[nabs-l] social interaction

[Sarah Jevnikar]

don't judge, my friends. There are plenty of people in the developed world
that don't have good views about blindness. Let's not kid ourselves and
judge others based on where they live.

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Beth
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:31 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] social interaction

I know that in third world countries, people don't exactly have a good
outlook on blindness.  That's why I wouldn't want to go anywhere near
places like El Salvador and stuff.
Beth

On 11/6/08, Franandah Damstra <fantasyfanatic01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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