[nabs-l] Come to You or Go to It

Wed Feb 18 06:11:32 UTC 2009

1. I attended public school and was in regular education classes. During 
elementary school I was totally independent, only having resource a couple 
days a week, but in middle and high school I had a teacher's assistant with 
me all day. I didn't socialize with other students, just kept up with my 
grades.

2. I didn't have mobility training in school. I wasn't totally blind in both 
eyes at the time, so they didn't think I needed it. Even now I don't have 
mobility training on a regular basis.

3. I only took a cooking class my senior year in high school. It wasn't much 
adapted for me though, so I didn't learn much. I didn't learn anything 
really about cooking until recently.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Come to You or Go to It

> Okay, having heard a few different stories, I will now tell mine, but I
> first want to say that I think that it is sad when parents do not know 
> about
> the resources available or how to proceed.
>
> 1. a. I went to public school for all of my education. My mother was an
> advocate for me from the start. Were she got the resources or to whom she
> talked to get the information, I do not know. She was adamant that I would
> have an aide in school, which did happen. I am glad that I attended public
> school. I do not know if all of the opportunities, such as numerous AP
> classes from which to choose, would have been available at a school for 
> the
> blind.  Also, I feel that growing up in and around sighted peers helps
> develop some of the skills that are critical for getting along in a 
> sighted
> world. I do regret not having any blind academic friends near by, though.
>
> 2 and 3 are pretty much the same answer as 1. My mobility training started
> in--gosh--it seems like pre-school. The mobility instructors always came 
> to
> my school district, and the last few years of high school, I had a local
> one.  One of the benefits of working in my own tow was that I got to learn
> routes that I knew that I would actually use.
>
> As far as cooking and cleaning, I learned part from good old mom (cheers 
> to
> the mothers) and part from a blind mentor.  It was always interesting to 
> get
> two perspectives on things, the sighted way and the
> tactile/audible/smellable way. I did go to a summer program for life
> skills/job training once. I also attended a kind of college information
> program called DO-IT.
>
> In retrospect, in spite of a few bumps here and there, things went quite
> well, and I do not think that I would change much, except for maybe trying
> to keep one mobility instructor (that was not my fault or something over
> which I or my parents had much control).
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jonathan matte" <jmatte28 at comcast.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Come to You or Go to It
>
>
> I think you've started up an interesting topic so I wanted to throw my 2
> cents in to the discussion.
> I had what I like to refer to as a split sort of education if you will.
> Most of my elementary school through high school years I went to the 
> Perkins
> School For The blind for in Watertown Massachusetts.
> But during my stint as a 2 year senior I also took some courses at 
> Watertown
> Public High School.
> I think in a way I benefited from both.
> While I didn't per say walk away from the public high school having really
> made any friends per say I felt by the time my high school years were over
> ready to try a public school setting again.
> I use to be in public school from first through about 4th grade but had 
> some
> real educational struggles with the public school system so for many years 
> I
> went to school with blind people which comprise about 90 percent of my
> friends.
> I just thought that this was a fascinating discussion so wanted to comment
>
> Regards Jonathan.
>
>
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