[Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
Melissa Green
graduate56 at juno.com
Tue Nov 17 05:00:30 UTC 2009
Darian is right.
There is a CCb newsletter.
But I don't believe anyone that puts it together is on this list.
If I had the time I would vollunteer to put the stories together. However,
I don't right now.
Sincerely,
Melissa Green
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of Christ I am able to stand!!!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
To: "'Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list'" <ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
> Ok, great idea, Melissa. Which among those on the list is an aspiring
> writer, and has time to put stories together. My time is such that I can
> advise, and maybe edit, but don't have the time to do the interviews and
> original text.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Melissa Green
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:51 AM
> To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
>
> I hope that the staff at the center and both former students and staff are
> reading these stories. I wish there was a way that we could share these
> stories and memories more.
> Thanks to the person who started this discussion.
> Sincerely,
> Melissa Green
> Without Christ I am nothing, Without me Christ is still God. It's
> because of Christ I am able to stand!!!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com>
> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" <ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
>
>
>> Val,
>> That was awesome what you did for us counselors. I was really proud of
>> all
>> of you when I heard what you guys had done by yourselves.
>>
>> I have been pondering this question trying to figure out who my favorite
>> teacher was. I can't decide, so will just tell about the few I can't
>> decide between.
>>
>> Eddie Culp was my first travel instructor when I got to the center.
>> Before
>> I got to Colorado I absolutely despised the cane, and was embarrassed by
>> my blindness. I wanted nothing to do with it unless I absolutely had to.
>> Eddie taught me that it was ok to be blind and to use a cane. He helped
>> me
>> build my confidence in myself as a blind person. He also was someone I
>> could always talk to about things. He wouldn't sugar code stuff just to
>> make me feel better. Instead, he would ask the right questions to make me
>> think on my own to figure stuff out. That fact about him annoyed a lot,
>> but for me it was an encouragement for me to take responsibility for my
>> own feelings and actions.
>>
>> Brent Batron taught me about the NFB. He always seemed ok with the fact
>> that I questioned the way things were done at times. I came to the center
>> set against the NFB, thinking they were just an annoying group of blind
>> people that really didn't do anything. Brent taught me about what the NFB
>> really was, and all the good they do for the blind population. He was an
>> encourager rather than a pusher. I have always found Brent to be real,
>> and
>> not give off the impression he is better than others like some of the
>> higher up NFBers do. He is a great guy, and went out of his way to check
>> in with you if he had heard things weren't going well for you.
>>
>> Eric Woods gave me my first real job. I worked for him for two summers as
>> a counselor. Those two summers taught me a lot, and strengthened my want
>> to teach blind children. I will always be thankful to Eric for those
>> opportunities, and the lessons and knowledge I walked away with. I always
>> loved how Eric was a straight forward guy who told you how it was. I have
>> and never will see a better travel instructor than that man. He was a
>> great teacher, and anyone who was taught by him should feel privledged.
>>
>> Of course I have other favorites such as Tom who was another you could
>> talk to if you had any problems. Jason Fayre was a good friend, and could
>> tell you about almost a good place to eat for any type of cuisine. Julee
>> Mullen was always down to earth, and a lot of fun to have as a teacher
>> and
>> co worker.
>>
>> Eva
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Valerie Gibson" <valandkayla at gmail.com>
>> To: "Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list" <ccb-alumni at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.
>>
>>
>>> EWoods!!!
>>>
>>> Eric was the director of the summer program in 04 when i was on that
>>> program, and i always thought of him as the "sherlock holmes" of
>>> travel because he seemed to pick up on the smallest things. I
>>> remember being on the light rail and he pointed out, and asked us if
>>> we could fel the train going down a hill or something. he paid
>>> attention to thinks that may seem trivial to any other person, in
>>> general, but he taught me to be more observant. Once, after the
>>> program, when i was transitioning into ITP, i stayd at his house, and
>>> we stayed up until two in the morning playing interactive fiction
>>> games. i love, absolutely love, rpgs, so to me, it was just good fun,
>>> but what i understood later was that when i was in that dark cave with
>>> exits and passages to the north and east, i was actually embarking on
>>> a virtual travel lesson. Bet you never thought of doing it that way.
>>> ^^
>>>
>>> A very close tie would be Lindsey Palumbo, who was my councellor in
>>> summer 05, and later a travel instructor in the ITP. LLindsey helped
>>> me get over some personal traumatic issues that i'd been going
>>> through, and i could never thank her enough. She stayed up in the
>>> early hours of the morning, talking to me, so that icould get over the
>>> past and focus on my future.
>>>
>>> I remember one time in sumer of 05 when we were at the national
>>> convention, and a couple of friends and I were hungry. it was around
>>> eleven AM, and we weren't really much for exploring the area as most
>>> people were, but we asked another fellow summer student where some
>>> good places to eat were. After we recieved the information, we set
>>> out. When we came to the restaurant in question, we found that it was
>>> closed. The group wanted to just go back and order a pizza. It was
>>> hot and i was hungry, so i told them we could either walk a few more
>>> blocks, where surely a restaurant would be found, or we could walk the
>>> four blocks back to the hotel; which sounded better?
>>>
>>> Point taken, my group and I set out to find an alternative. We used
>>> every travel technique we were taught by our mentors, and i was
>>> surprised that they actually worked. For the first time, i was
>>> traveling, not to bring back a business card, but to actually get some
>>> food for myself and my gang.
>>> To make a long story short, we found a place to eat which turned out
>>> to be a breakfast bufet. After using our nonvisual techniques to get
>>> food and seat ourselves, it dawnd on us that this was the first time
>>> that we'd really done something independantly. And that's when the
>>> idea struck me.
>>>
>>> After getting back to the hotel, we talked to eric, and told him what
>>> we'd done, but we wanted something. we wanted a way to take the
>>> instructors there, under sleepshades. Eric said he'd work it out, and
>>> all we had to do was be ready with sleepshades after sed meeting at
>>> sed time.
>>>
>>> Turns out he yelled at the instructors, telling them that he'd gotten
>>> word that they were using sighted guide at convention and that he
>>> expecte better of them. he said that they had failed him, and that
>>> some students, who were obviously better than they, were going to take
>>> them out on a travel lesson under sleepshades.
>>>
>>> We were waiting in the lobby with our sleepshades, and when the
>>> councellors came down, they were not happy. they idignantly put on
>>> their sleepshades, and followed us. Some of them started to joke
>>> with us, asking if/when they could take their sleepshades off, as if
>>> they were really students. When we got to the doors of the
>>> restaurant, i told them that we, as students, didn't like being told
>>> what to do; we didn't like slaving away over a hot stove everyday,
>>> then being made to go out on travel in the scorching heat. Some of us
>>> already knew braille,so we didn't like having to learn something we
>>> already knew, but for everything that they did, whether we liked it or
>>> not, we'd like to say ... then everyone at once, as if we'd planned
>>> it, said, "thank you". and then we explained what we did and we all
>>> enjoyed a lunch on Eric. lol
>>>
>>> The ITP did a lot for me as well, but nothing beats that momentous day
>>> for me, at the national convention, when we gave back to the
>>> counsellors for helping us achieve independence.
>>>
>>> On 11/11/09, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "And if you will join me in this improbable quest, if you feel destiny
>>>> calling, and see as I see, a future of endless possibility stretching
>>>> before us;
>>>> if you sense, as I sense, that the time is now to shake off our
>>>> slumber, and slough off our fear, and make good on the debt we owe
>>>> past and future generations,
>>>> then I'm ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with
>>>> you. Together, starting today, let us finish the work that needs to be
>>>> done, and
>>>> usher in a new birth of freedom on this Earth."- Baraq Obama
>>>>
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