[Cabs] Introduction

Fri Jul 24 20:45:35 UTC 2009

Hello Nijat, 

Guess what? I've met you before. I live in Colorado Springs and have  
attended meetings for this chapter. Do you remember me? 

To answer all your questions, I don't exactly love high school, but it's  
okay. I don't hate it, either. 

I feel uncomfortable walking without a cane. I could do without it in the  
sunlight, but I don't like to. Things blend into the ground that I don't 
notice,  and it's better to have my cane. 

My favorite subject is probably language arts. At the least, it's the  
easiest. If I'm going to be writing, I want to know how to do it properly. It's  
always been fun for me to do writing assignments in language arts, 
especially  creative writing. 

I have a couple friends. We mostly hang out at each other's houses and  
email each other. But my best friend and her family are very close to my 
family.  We do things together as a group sometimes (like we just got back from 
camping  with them!) 

Writer's division, huh? How can I get involved in that? I think it'd be fun 
 to get involved with other writers who are blind. 

I haven't met that other girl who attends karate classes at the same place  
as me. I'd like to, though. I wonder if she DOES know about the NFB...

Okay, so I understood almost everything you said about scholarships, but it 
 was a little confusing. Is it really that complicated? 

Talk to you later 

Rebekah 

In a message dated 7/22/2009 11:34:41 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
nijat1989 at gmail.com writes:

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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