[Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.

[Darian Smith]

wow!   I've  always heard great things about Diane.  She's always come
off as a very caring individual.  I remember  one conversation during
philosiphy class when I asked her if she agreed with everything  as it
related to NFB  Philosophy ( something that i think everyone asks any
leader in the federation that they respect enough to do so) and  what
she told me made  me forever respect her. She  basically said that
she  believes in much of  what the federationholds true.  but there
were things that she did not  believe in as much.  I found that it was
ok to  not believe in everything  that is said all of the time, and
from that point, I've   began to  shape my views and understanding and
growth here  with the understanding that  I'll not always agree with
everything and  that's okay.
 As for a person that I  thought was my favorite on staff...  It was
and  is still indeed tough. I still   hold dear to me  many people.
Julie deeden and Carol and Kimberly as well as Chip and Tom to name a
few.
  one of the  special  people that I remember would be Samara.  samara
 taught me travel and  showed me that  traveling as a blind person was
not  so bad and that using a cane is  not   limiting.
  That said  everybody taught me something that I'll take with me and
I'll forever be proud  of  the accomplishments and the journey.  It
still stands as the single best decision I've made  so far.
  Darian Smith
  ccb04

On 11/11/09, Jeremiah B. Beasley <jbeasley at jb11.net> wrote:
> This is a hard question to answer as all of my instructors helped to change
> my life!  I would have to say the Diane McGeorge has probably had the
> biggest impact on my life and success.  She has and continues to be a very
> positive mentor for me.  She is always direct with me and tells me how it
> is.  She has never said things in a way that made me feel inferior or said
> them in a hurtful way.  I don't always like to hear what she is saying but I
> have learned that she is much wiser then I and she is normally right!  I may
> not like to hear some things she has the courage to say to me but I love her
> for caring enough to say them to me.  She has often said that I am one of
> hers and I cannot think of any higher complement.  I was once told that I
> was a little Diane because I took the same side of an issue as she did.  I
> turned to this person and said THANK YOU!   Diane and Ray are part of my
> family and I love them both very much.  I owe my success to them.  They got
> me involved in the NFB and taught me many things.  One of the most important
> lessons that I learned from Diane is that we must care about all blind
> people if we are going to be successful in changing the live of blind
> people.  I try to live this in my life.  Diane has believed in me when I
> have not been able to believe in myself.  For this I will always be
> grateful.
>
> Diane if you are reading this Thanks you and I love you!
>
> Jeremiah Beasley - Graduated CCB June of 1994
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darian Smith [mailto:dsmithnfb at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:34 PM
> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list
> Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
>
> Hello all,
>
>   I know we don't always get a  strong  showing of topics on this list.
>   So I wanted to throw out a topic..
>    Who is your favorite instructor/staff member at  the CCB when you
> were a student and why?
>    thanks,
>   Darian  CCB 04
>
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