[blparent] coming to my defense

[Elizabeth Cooks]

Some people need to teach their children propperly.  If I had been a sighted 
parent or grandparent, and i heard that my daughter or granddaughter said 
something like that, she would have gotten a good talking to, if not more, 
and I would have personally taken her to the person in question and made her 
apologize.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kliph" <phantom3919 at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] coming to my defense


> No matter how hard we try, we will never satisfy the general public.  I am 
> a
> personal care attendant.  And applied for a position 2 months ago, they 
> put
> me through the ringer, making me provide double the references, taking 
> extra
> tests, and even made my clients sign a waiver saying if they got hurt the
> company wouldn't be liable.  So I said forget it, went to another company,
> they hired me with no questions asked, looked at my impressive resume, and
> asked me how many hours did I want.  So what I do is laugh at the 
> ignorance,
> be the best at everything I do, and let them sit back in aw because I can 
> do
> it better than they can!
>
> If God were small enough for our minds, He wouldn't be big enough for our
> needs!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Veronica Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:30 PM
> To: blind parents
> Subject: [blparent] coming to my defense
>
> Ok, this is how it went.  Kiana accused Gab of wearing the same dress 2 
> days
> in a row.  Gab said she had not, that the day before she had worn tan 
> pants
> and her spirit shirt.  Kiana said that Gab had not.  So then Gab told her 
> if
> she didn't believe her, she could ask her mom.  So then Kiana told Gab 
> that
> blind people didn't know anything and they were stupid.  Gab said she 
> wanted
> to hit her, but did not.  Gab told her that blind people could do anything
> except drive.   Gab told her that I knew everything especially what she 
> wore
> each day.  Kiana just laughed at her and insisted that blind people were
> nothing.  Of course, my daughter came home in tears.
>
> I tried to convince her that it didn't matter what her friend said, but it
> mattered to my daughter.  So I called Kiana's grandmother and told her 
> what
> happened.  She said that her granddaughter didn't mean to offend me.  I 
> saw
> Kiana at the bus stop this morning and really espected an apology, but 
> there
> was none coming.  I guess I should be satisfied that her grandmother knew
> what happened, but it really bugs me. V
>
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