[nabs-l] social interaction

[Franandah Damstra]

I play paino compleatly by ear and people are all like "How do you do
that?!" I just sit there and laugh. I admit, it is really anoying that
people don't think blind people can do anythign for themselves. I
mean, I went down to El Salvador for a missions trip two years ago and
they asked me the most stupidest questions and said the most stupidest
comments. "Wow! Blind people can swim?!" "Wow, you sew?" "How can you
find where your bed is when you can't see?!" I was about to scream by
the end of the trip and I called my parents and I was like "they think
I can't do anything!" My mum told me that they were just ingorant and
you need to teach them what blind people can really do." I know people
didn't know a lot about blindness, but I never knew it could be THAT
bad...

On 11/5/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> I play the piano, and yes, I do read Braille music notation.  I can
> read and play by ear, which makes things seem more amazing. lol
> Beth
>
> On 11/5/08, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at maine.edu> wrote:
>> What do you play, Beth, and to make this student related,  do you
>> read braille music?
>>
>> Hope and Beignet
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>>>To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:14:51 -0500
>>>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] social interaction
>>
>>>I can't stand how people find it amazing that I can play my
>> music.  It
>>>sucks that people even find it amazing that I can eat.  Here's a
>>>little story you might enjoy: I was sitting down to eat once at a
>>>cafeteria, and someone asked if I was fed or not.  Interesting
>> stuff,
>>>eh?
>>>Beth
>>
>>>On 11/4/08, Dezman Jackson <jackson.dezman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Yeah,
>>>> One barrier to making true friendships is that some people can't
>> just carry
>>>> on normal conversations with you with talking about the
>> blindness and "how
>>>> amazing it is that you can find your way down the hall".
>>
>>>> Dezman
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