[nabs-l] introduction

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

Hi there,
Welcom to the list, and also welcome to all new members. I'm Sarah  
Jevnikar and am in first year at the University of Toronto studying  
actuarial sciences. I love this list and I hope you get to as well.
Have a good day,
Sarah



Quoting Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>:

> Hi, Jen.  My name is Beth Taurasi, and am currently residing in
> Tallahassee for school, and I go to Florida State Univerity and am
> pursuing a career as a high school choral director.  I'd like to teach
> in a sighted-children's school, not a blind school, because it would
> probably be like throwing all the blind people together in the box if
> you know what I mean.  I like you graduated from a community college,
> and have jumped on many firsts.  I am not the first blind student at
> FSU thank God.  I am one of the first to study the classical theory
> though.  My professors get along with me fine, and I am just fine in
> the piano department.  I am not interested in studying voice because
> there's a risk of getting your performance level knocked down if you
> get a cold or whatever.  I've had that experience, and it's not fun.
> So you're deaf/blind?  Cool.  Never met too many of them before.
>
> On 3/5/09, Jen <jenandnixon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Good day everyone:
>>
>> I just wanted to come in and say *HELLO!* and introduce myself.
>>
>> I currently reside in BC, Canada, but have been on this list for quite some
>> time, just reading. I graduated college May 2008; however, I may pursue a
>> continuation of my educational career at a later date, until I've moved to
>> Toronto. I may be moving in a ew months if I get accepted for the apartment
>> in Toronto, where services are readily more available to me, as I am
>> deafblind.
>>
>> I was a high school drop-out; however, I was lucky enough to receive the
>> high school equivalent diploma in college, as I gained enough credits for
>> this alongside my administrative assistant certification. I am hoping to
>> look into teaching as a career mostly in the post-secondary sector. I have a
>> strong preference working with adults.
>>
>> My college career brought on a lot of ups and downs, in a small community
>> college, that doesn't see many blind/visually impaired students, let alone a
>> deafblind student pursue education there. I am the first deafblind student
>> to graduate there. I urrently use JAWS 10 with a Focus 40 braille display
>> (JAWS is set at a slow speed and my omputer speakers is usually on the
>> highest volume), have Kurzweil, CCTV, etc. I also have a yellow lab guide,
>> named Nixon, from the Oregon campus of Guide Dogs for the Blind. He's my
>> second dog, my first was from a Canadian school and resides with us as a
>> royally spoiled retired pet. His retirement was premature due to dog
>> attacks.
>>
>> I thought I'd jump in and introduce myself *grin*, but have been reading the
>> vast amount of interesting topics that passes through the list on a daily
>> basis.
>>
>> Jen and Nixon
>>
>>
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