[nabs-l] backpacks are unprofessional?

[Rania]

I use a labtop case on wheels. In high school I used a book bag on wheels 
because I have a neck injury the waight is just to much to be putting on my 
back.
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martha Harris" <latinanewschic at hotmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing li" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <Journalists at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] backpacks are unprofessional?


> Hi Everyone,
> I'm a journalism major; as part of our magazine production, we have to go 
> out in to the community to sell ads, talk to Lions Clubs, have tables at 
> local events, ETC. We have two conditions: dress professionally, and don't 
> wear a backpack. I totally understand the dress professionally, but what 
> do you all think about backpacks? Do they make us look too much like 
> students and not professionals, and if so, why? As a blind student, would 
> I not be taken seriously because "she doesn't know that everyone else has 
> different bags?" or something like that?
> Personally, I prefer the backpack. It is painful to have the strap of a 
> messenger bag, satchel, or large purse on my left shoulder with the bag on 
> the right side of my body, and having the strap on my right shoulder with 
> the bag hanging on the left gets in the way of my hand with the dog. Our 
> professor says that since our target audience is permanent residents 
> between 35 and 55 years old who live in the two surrounding counties and 
> not students like the traditional college magazine, we shouldn't look like 
> we come from the university when we go into the town. Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Martha
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