[Blindtlk] "I Can See You're Blind"

[Steve P. Deeley]

Well Jen, I thought all professors were liberals, so it surprises me that he 
had a problem with the Braille Note sounds used by a blind lady!!  What is 
this world coming too??
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jen" <spiderweb1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:06 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] "I Can See You're Blind"


>I wrote this song to a professor who discriminated against me in
> community college because of my blindness. During my first semester
> there, the professor made fun of the sound of my BrailleNote, saying it
> drove him crazy. (His excuse was he had a bad day.)
>
> Did I mention this occurred in front of the entire class?
>
> My tutor, the professor and his supervisor and I had a meeting, and he
> apologized and was my best friend for all the time after.
>
> Once I recovered from my shock, I wrote this song to say what I could
> not at the time.
>
> Incidentally, the professor has never heard the song and does not know
> it is about him.
>


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