[blparent] speaking of bumps on the face

[Jeri Milton]

		I have a good one for ya. When I was in high school there
was a long line of half phone booths just before the lunch room doors. Well,
I had a mobility instructor showing me the way around the campus and she
lett me smack my head right into one of the booths. It hurt quite bad. She
said that she let me smack it so that I would remember that it was there. I
never got along with her after that. If she had simply showed me that it was
there or told me that it was there, I would have remembered. Oh, and my cane
use to get stuck in the big heavy doors in between classes. I would just
reach the door jam with my cane and some other kid would run past me and let
it swing closed. Ah, such sweet memories! 

Jeri

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jo
Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:51 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] speaking of bumps on the face

I have often wondered who came up with the idea of heavy doors that swing
out into crowded hallways.  I got hit in the face when I was in high school
and ended up with a heck of a nosebleed.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message-----
From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:39 PM
To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
Subject: [blparent] speaking of bumps on the face

While G was walking to her locker at the end of the school day, someone
threw open a door and hit Gab directly under her right eye.  She said she
stood there for a few seconds, not knowing exactly what happened and then
toppled over.  One of the teachers who was just walking out of his class saw
her fall and immediately she burst into tears.
He got some help and had her science teacher escort her to the nurse.  Thank
goodness it wasn't her eye or much worse than a really sore cheek.
Really, doors that open out into a busy hallway, who thought that was a good
idea?
Now the funny side of this, she was walking with some friends who were a few
steps in front of her, they missed the accident and kept on going.  Not a
clue that Gab got hurt and oblivious to her wheare abouts.  Glad they're not
my friends. They did call her later, after she walked home and asked her,
where she went?Sheesh!


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