[nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for High School Students

[Harry Hogue]

Hello,
 
Be prepared to laugh, both when things are going well and when things are stressful.  And always be able to laugh at yourself when you make mistakes, because it will happen; learn from them... we all, sighted or blind, make them!
 
And most important of all, realize that people are people, whether you are in college, on the job, in high school, or anywhere else in life.  This means that social skills, advocacy skills, a sense of humor, etc. are skills that are not specific to students who are blind or have other disabilities, but are useful even if you have no disability... everyone in the world has had to use each one of these skills and techniques at some point in their lives, no matter who they are.
 
Have fun!  It's a great experience!  Remember:  The little things are what you will remember most, so don't get bogged down with details!
 
Cheers,
 
Harry

--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] 10 Best Tips for High School Students
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6:42 PM

I've got a tip for high school students: please make sure that your
social skills are up.  I know this because let's face it, I don't
beleve that you should go anywhere without social readiness, so taking
a social skills course in high school wouldn't hurt.
Beth

On 10/25/08, T. Joseph Carter <tjosephcarter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll add another:  Take notes regarding your meetings in whatever form
you
> need to.  After a meeting, send back an email to the person you met with
> and thank them for meeting with you.  Even if it's someone you
can't stand
> and the meeting was hostile, do this.
>
> Also include a summary of what was talked about in the meeting with your
> thank-you.  Send yourself a carbon copy of these things and file them
> away.  If you interpret something wrong in the meeting, this gives the
> person you met with a chance to clarify.  If the meeting was less
> friendly, it gives the other person a chance to change what they are
> saying now that it's written down somewhere.  File responses you get
to
> those messages as well.
>
> If it sounds like I'm saying to be paranoid, I'm not.  Generally,
when
> things go well--and we hope that they do--this is polite and it gives
> people reminders of things they might otherwise forget.  It's a good
> thing, and it makes everything much more efficient.  It only starts to
> bother people if things get ugly and suddenly you have a written record of
> how ugly.
>
> Develop this professional habit early and make it a standard practice for
> the rest of your life.  It really is handy, and I don't mean in case
you
> need to call someone a liar, either.  It puts the important details in
> electronic form, and makes it easily accessible to search algorithms.
> You'll be the one person in the room who can figure out what the sales
> figures were three years ago without going to find the archives somewhere,
> and in most companies, that's the kind of organization that gets
people
> promoted.  This leads to higher salary and more than compensates for the
> extra hard drives you'll have to buy to save all that email and back
it up
> regularly.  *grin*
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 01:39:37PM -0400, Liz Bottner wrote:
>> The one thing I can think of off the top of my head is learn to
advocate
>> for
>> yourself and by yourself. If students start to do this in high school,
>> when
>> they get to college it won't be as big of a shock, at least I
wouldn't
>> think. Even if it's starting out small, anything is better than
nothing.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> email: liz.bottner at gmail.com Visit my livejournal:
>> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
>>
>>
>>
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