[nabs-l] major changes

Domonique Lawless dlawless86 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 9 19:35:40 UTC 2009


Beth,
Do you want to live by yourself or would you rather have a roommate?

Domonique

On 12/9/09, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> I"m sure, but the equipment is not compatible with 64-bit Windows, and
> I missed a bunch of QA (question and answer) worksheets because of
> tech problems.  The prof expected me to hand in work, and then I got a
> reader who couldn't read music but read music well enough to help with
> it. It was horrid.  Also, you have to write music a lot, and it
> would've been much easier to do the writing portions with Lime, but it
> didn't work well enough with JAWS 10 and a 64-bit Windows Vista
> operating system.  I didn't think to change it all.  Also,l I wanted a
> real-world setting, not a blind school, which is where I thought I'd
> end up.  A music degree in music education would not get me too far in
> Florida anyway.
> As far as housing goes, maybe they are doing something illegal, but
> they didn't see me as holding responsibility for my own actions with
> roommates and I'd had a similar problem with a roommate last year.
> But she backstabbed me and said she didn't pay to be my "baby-sitter".
>  I'd heard this from a friend of a friend, so it surprised me when she
> said this.  Thanks for all the support.
> Beth
>
> On 12/9/09, Hope Paulos <hope.paulos at maine.edu> wrote:
>> Beth, there are plenty of blind music majors. Don't drop it just because
>> you
>> can't find a program that is compatible with jaws. There has to be
>> *something* out there. If you want to receive a degree in music, then you
>> should be able to. Don't let anything stop you from doing so!!!!
>>
>> Hope and Beignet
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Teal Bloodworth" <tealbloodworth at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 11:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] major changes
>>
>>
>>> hi beth
>>>
>>> first i want to say yay and not for dropping the music major but for the
>>> social work. I am also majoring in social work and yes there are MANY
>>> opportunities with social work. You can work in just about any setting
>>> you
>>>
>>> would like. First you have to talk to your advisor about changing your
>>> major.
>>>
>>> I have also had roommate problems but not in a dorm. we had apartments on
>>> campus. With the changing a dorm some schools change rooms each year
>>> anyways and you just need to talk to the resident life person at your
>>> school. Maybe even ask for a room by yourself.
>>>
>>> once again sorry about dropping the music major but look at all your
>>> options before you make a decision as big as this and make sure you
>>> really
>>>
>>> want to do it. With as many things out there as there is maybe you wont
>>> have to change.
>>>
>>>        -Teal
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 11:35 PM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] major changes
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, guys.  As of this spring, I will be majoring in social work.  I
>>>> have decided that music just can't be my career because of the endless
>>>> specialaccommodations that have to be made for me by the student
>>>> disabilities office.  Plus since I upgraded from Windows XP to vista
>>>> recently in August, I couldn't get my music programs to work.  Lots of
>>>> bad luck on my side.  Also I wanted an appropriate job in a real world
>>>> setting.  Also, I am changing dorms.  Has anyone experienced a major
>>>> move before?  Had to change dorms because of both roommate issues and
>>>> a major change?  Please help.
>>>> Beth
>>>>
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