[nabs-l] High school outreach

[Rania]

I also think that's a great idea!
Rania,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aziza C" <daydreamingncolor at gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:22 PM
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> Jim,
> I also like your idea. I am seventeen, and the most security I've ever
> gotten in being shown around a new location is when another blind
> person is doing the showing.
> Maybe we can start a program where blind college students sign up as
> volunteers to show blind high school students around their specific
> campus. Then have a flyer writen up and circulated to high schools, to
> lists that have O and M and VI teachers on them, to the youth outreach
> program, post it on our website, as well as those of state devisions,
> and networking sites like myspace, facebook, (for those states that
> have them,) give the flyers to the parents of blind children.
> Circulate the information to all the places we can find within the NFB
> to start. The flyer can have a number or email address to contact if a
> student is interested, the contact could have a list of colleges, and
> the list of volunteers attending which college.
> Matches and appointments could be made.
> I don't think it'll be as difficult as some might thing.
>
> Also, Jim, I am a senior in high school, and I know many blind
> students in and around my city. Many of them were not to keen on being
> called blind, until I started a mini student group branched off my
> local chapter. It doesn't take that much to get high school students
> engaged. I invited them for pizza, cake and fun, when they got to my
> house... well that all happened, but first we had an hour meeting.
> Turned out they all stayed for about three more hours listening to
> music, eating, and talking about what had happened in the meeting and
> giving their ideas and thoughts. When your open and give kids the
> opportunity to express themselves, and don't do the "adults know
> best," speech, we do tend to open up and actually have fun.
>
> Just my thoughts.
> Aziza
>
> On 5/13/09, rachel Jacobs <oceanrls at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I think that is a great idea. I think blind high school students would
>> really benefit from blind college students showing them around campus. I
>> think it would give them a sense of security knowing that they too can 
>> get
>> around college while being blind. I just don't know how this would 
>> happen.
>> It is a great idea though!
>> Rachel Jacobs
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
>> To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:03 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] High school outreach
>>
>>
>>> I'm wondering what, if any stratagies people have tried to use in 
>>> reaching
>>>
>>> out to blind high school students.
>>>
>>> Also, I was wondering if the NABS has ever considered starting a program
>>> where blind college students can show blind high schoolers around 
>>> campus.
>>>
>>> In other words, if a blind high school student wanted to take a trip to
>>> check out a potential college, then a blind college student could show
>>> them around (assuming there is a blind student at the school in 
>>> question).
>>>
>>> Maybe there would even be a way to get the blind student guides paid
>>> through such a program, as the program would ultimatly be helping the
>>> college recruiters.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>>> Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>>> Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>>> Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>>>
>>>
>>>
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