[nabs-l] backpacks are unprofessional?

[Antonio M. Guimaraes]

Hello Martha,

I think your journalism teacher is making a reasonable enough request of all 
students. One can get roling brief cases, if the *equipment* is too heavy. 
You should not need much moren than a note-taker, or laptop, and a handheld 
recorder.

There are big enough briefcases you can carry that will give you enough 
space. It sounds like this is not a work assignment, at which case you 
should push back about what is confortable for you.

If the job requires students to quote unquote, look professional, and in the 
mind of this professor professional means no back pack, then you for out the 
money if you can.

I could see finances as a reason not to comply, but you probably can either 
find a big enough briescase for your needs, or down size on what you carry 
to your assignments.

Antonio

----- 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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