[Blindtlk] this one aide is driving me crazy? how should i react?

[Hyde, David W. (ESC)]

Talk to his supervisor. Explain that his behavior is distracting, and that it makes things more difficult. If you feel strongly enough about it, put your complaint in writing and send it to the school's administration. On the other hand, you could get someone like a local NFB representative who is not a student there, or your parent (sometimes it does take a parent in a school, no matter your age if you are under 18) to talk with the administration directly.

Now I like Ray's idea, but your school may just think of it as you being difficult and unappreciative of all that the aid is doing for you. 

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of vejas
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:50 PM
To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] this one aide is driving me crazy? how should i react?

Hi,
The person I am writing about is not my aide, it's another guy.  
This guy, Gregory, helps out with other kids, I think maybe the ones who are autistic?
Anyway, when I've seen him recently he has been ABSOLUTELY ANNOYING.
For example, for no other reason than the fact that I was travelling on my own, he said he was proud of me.  But I didn't do anything! I'm just traveling, exactly as I should!
On a second incident, when I was outside a classroom, I had to call my mom for something, and he came up.  After being told that I was on the phone, I was just about to leave the message when he began talking again in his loud voice, and I had to call her again.  When somebody knows you're on the phone, they should seriously JUST LEAVE.
And maybe the worst was today.  He followed me the WHOLE ENTIRE last quarter of my math class.  He would tell me to turn left, even if I knew I had to.  And the weirdest thing was that when I was walking, I felt a trash can with my cane and went around it just as I was supposed to.  Then a couple seconds later he said, "There's a trash can." Yes, I know.  I went around it a couple of seconds ago.
I really need help.  He really bugs me.  I'm assuming he might just be uneducated in blindness, as he is so used to working with learning-disabled and autistíc people and probably has to do a lot with them.
I've considered telling my aide, but they're sort of friends and knowing who he is (I've had this aide for three years, same one I talked about about getting lost a week ago), I'm assuming he's probably going to make some excuse for Gregory (they're on friendly terms.) How can I get the message across to Gregory? Seriously if he doesn't listen to the fact that I'm about to send my mom a message, how am I going to expect him to listen if I talk with him firmly?
Thank you so much.
Vejas


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