[Cabs] Introduction

Wed Jul 22 17:34:03 UTC 2009

Greetings Bekah,
   It is very nice to see that you have decided to join our list. I am
Nijat Worley. I have been busy, and I am sorry for not writing
earlier. I am so glad that you introduced yourself to us. We like
having new members on the list. Lately we have not been having any
interesting descussions on the list, but we will plan to do some
blindness descussions that are usually very interesting.
   Bekah! What part of Colorado are you from? Do you like high school?
Do you use a cane, or do you see enough to walk without it? What is
your favorite subject? Do you have lot of friends in school? Do you
like hanging out with them, and going to the movies, going to sports
games, or just going for coffee with them?
   You mentioned that you like writing, are you part of any clubs in
your school, like the writing club? If you want to do more writing,
and learn more about it, there is a writers division in the National
Federation of the Blind that you can become a part of. They have an
e-mail list, and you can join it at the same place where you joined
this list. If you need help finding it, let me know and I will be glad
to send you the link.
   That is great that you are doing lot of excersises and learning
karate. Do you know the other blind girl that is in your karate class?
Maybe you should try to get in touch with her and become friends with
her. Maybe she does not know about the National federation of the
Blind, and this list. You can be friends and become members of your
local chapter. When you tell us where you are from, we can see if you
have a NFB chapter near you so that you can go to their meetings.
   Bekah, do you intend to go to college? I know it is a little early
for you to think about it right now, but have you thought of what you
want to study in college? What university do you want to attend if you
do go to college? NFB is a great resource if you want to learn about
college and talk to the students about the colleges that they attend.
NFB will also be a great resource for you when you start applying for
scholarships for college. We have a national scholarship, and a state
scholarship program. Every year we give away thirty national
scholarships and about five state scholarships. Deffinitly keep us in
mind when applying for scholarships. Once again, welcome to the list,
and please feel free to ask any questions that you may have. We like
having great philosophical descussions, and you may jump in any time
you want. Hope to hear from you soon.
   Yours
   Nijat

On 7/16/09, BEKAHBEA at aol.com <BEKAHBEA at aol.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was planning on telling more about myself after I found that my email
> sent.
>
> Again, I'm Bekah, I'm in high school, and I'm home schooled. I joined this
> list hoping to get a little more involved in the NFB and CABS. I want to
> participate in more activities and grasp all learning experiences I can. I'm
> not  completely blind, but visually impaired.
>
> My favorite activities are mostly writing fiction and drawing the
> characters I write about (along with reading to learn ways to improve my
> writing--and to have fun!)
>
> None of my novels or short stories have been published, but I do volunteer
> at my church. One of the things I do is write a short story every month to
> present to the kindergarten and first graders. I also work with the first
> grade  class every Sunday and I love it! I enjoy working with children.
>
> Presenting my stories is a lot of fun, and it's a good first step to
> becoming a professional writer. You get the experience of targeting age
> groups
> and how to keep their attention. I also have an overall goal to glorify God
> in  all my writing, and writing for the children at the church gives me a
> chance to  experiment different ways to do that. I also like to see how the
> kids react when  they hear my stories. If they learn what they were supposed
> to
> from my story,  and they enjoy it, then I've done my job.
>
> For self defense and exercise, I take karate. The place I take lessons at
> has worked with blind people before (they're actually teaching a girl my age
>  who's blind, too). I like the way they teach, and the basics are very
> helpful in  dangerous situations.
>
> I'm taking art classes every Saturday to improve my artwork. Ever since I
> was little, I would write little stories and draw pictures to go with them
> and  staple them together to create a little book. My artwork has improved
> greatly  since then because I was always drawing, but you could compare a
> picture  from when I was a little girl to a picture I drew yesterday and
> notice
> similarities between them.
>
> I target people, mostly in scenes, which is one of the hardest things  to
> draw for some people, but for me, the easiest. I've been told I should
> become an author and illustrate my own books. That's something I'd love to
> do!
> When I get into collage, I plan on taking writing courses--especially
> creative  writing or something similar.
>
> Speaking of collage, I'm looking for resources for it. I'm only going into
> tenth grade, but it's good to know what I can do or get involved in. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Well, if I haven't talked your ears out, I think I'll be done now. That's
> about all I can think of.
>
> Rebekah
>
>
> In a message dated 7/14/2009 8:35:06 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> alicia716 at msn.com writes:
>
> Hello,  Bekah.  My name is Alicia.  Since I have not been keeping up with
> CABS much lately, would you mind telling me a little about yourself?
> Thanks.
>
> Alicia
>
>
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