[Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.

tina thomas tinadt at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 18 01:57:52 UTC 2009


Hey Darien- I will assist you with editing. I used to be the editor for our
CABS students division. 
Tina  


"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of
someone else's."
- Billy Wilder

 
-----Original Message-----
From: ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ccb-alumni-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Darian Smith
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 11:36 PM
To: Colorado Center for the Blind mailing list
Subject: Re: [Ccb-alumni] Favorite instructor story.

 If  I talked to the center about  possibly publishing some  pieces from the
alums who might actually be interested in their memories being  potential
features?
 Also,  I may be looking for  somebody to help me  with editing, who might
be interested in assisting?
 Best,
  Darian

On 11/16/09, Melissa Green <graduate56 at juno.com> wrote:
> 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
> Without Christ I am nothing,  Without me Christ is still God.  It's 
> because of Christ I am able to stand!!!
> Live journal topaz5674
> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com
> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado
> twitter: melissa5674
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> Skype: lissa5674
>
> ----- 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!!!
>> Live journal topaz5674
>> Blog: http://readergirl5674.blogspot.com
>> Facebook: melissa green northern colorado
>> twitter: melissa5674
>> msn: graduate1531 at msn.com
>> Skype: lissa5674
>>
>> ----- 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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>>>>> stretching before us; if you sense, as I sense, that the time is 
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>>>>> ready to take up the cause, and march with you, and work with you. 
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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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