[blparent] Rebecca's question over the top; encouragement for Dianna

Sun Feb 22 06:59:28 UTC 2015

Hi Diana:

It sounds like you are doing everything you can do Diana.  I wish things had been different when my daughter was small.  I think if 
i had thought of it at the ttime, and I had a computer, I would have done home schooling.  I felt that our education system failed 
my daughter as well.  I was a single Mom and working twelve hour days at the time.  I always felt so tired and unable to cope with 
some of the problems my daughter was having.  I was finally able to get a tutor for her three times a week, but by the time that was 
able to happen, a lot of the damage had been done.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dianna via blparent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Steve Jacobson'" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>; "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Rebecca's question over the top;encouragement for Dianna

I have not been  reading the negative posts because I am living life and
doing the best I can to educate my child in a way I feel is right for her.
My theory is if you can't send positive thoughts just keep your thoughts to
yourself and do not send them to me either.  I have made my choice regarding
my child and there are challenges, but I will get through them.  At this
moment most of the stuff she  needs is online and offline so she helps find
the book she needs that goes along with her subjects and I use jaws to read
the screen.  I also use my scanning program on my computer.  She also goes
to an after school program and they are going to help as well.  I would like
more access to books, but I also realize that is not going to come quickly.
I feel where there is a  wheel there is a way.  I don't mind putting on list
why my child left her old school  She was not getting the education I felt
she should get and the school is very segregated.  She would have been
better if she were white, Spanish, or bilingual. My child is biracial.  I
also was not being told about her progress in school.  All I was ever told
about was her bad behavior which does not occur anywhere else but that
school.  I also did not like the fact there are 30 students to one class. I
also feel my child needs one on one attention her old school could not give
her.  She is doing very well academically.  I was not going to wait till her
academics matched her behavior she was supposedly having.  We got lucky and
the Chicago virtual charter school accepted our application so here we are
taking one of the biggest chances of our life.   I think it will be
positive, but very much a learning experience for all involved.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
Jacobson via blparent
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 9:18 PM
To: Eric Calhoun via blparent
Subject: Re: [blparent] Rebecca's question over the top; encouragement for
Dianna

Eric,

This is primarily between you and she and should not be taken up on the
list.  If you have a complaint and can't deal with her directly, then you
should raise it with me.  I do not want us to get off on a long and
emotional discussion on individual styles.  I do not know Diana's situation,
and she may well have had good reasons for her choices.  However, it also
seems reasonable to me to consider when changing to a home school that one
has to look at the entire picture, including how one is going to get books.
In Diana's case, she is where she is now and we need to help her sort it out
as well as we can, but others facing the same decisions need to consider all
of this as well, and there may be some valuable information here.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:27:20 -0600, Eric Calhoun via blparent wrote:

>I love you, Rebecca, but you put your foot in your mouth without you
>even knowing it.  You act like Dianna should tell blparent why Dianna's
>daughter shouldn't be home-schooled by asking the question: "What
>caused your daughter to leave her former school?"  Shouldn't you be
>asking that question off-list?  Let's ask questions, but not ask them to be
personal.
>Do I have a witness here?

>Dianna, it's Eric.  Hold on tight to your ideas on your daughter's
>education.  Let her learn, but let her learning last a lifetime.

>Eric:

>9168894809 at myboostmobile.com; eric at pmpmail.com, 916-889-4809 ..

>Eric from Los Angeles reminds you to remember to try to be good to each
>other.  eric at pmpmail.com; also on Facebook.
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