[nabs-l] The Awesome Class of 2009

[lou]

Hi Joe, I am a non-traditional student and will walk in the fall of this 
year. My major is Psychology with a miner in history. Like you I will be 
going back into the class room for my masters in counseling.
Some background on how I am where I am today,after dropping out of school 
when I was fourteen I raised a family then decided it was time for me to get 
out of my shell of fear. Starting with an O an M instructor coming to my 
home. But after a while he encouraged me to go to LCB in Ruston LA. I really 
did not want to go because of the sleep shades I really really did not want 
to live as a total because the fear was tremendous. If you would have ask me 
why I did not want to train as a total my response would have been I can see 
enough. But the fear left me after watching the blind instructors that is 
how my faith in myself evolved. It took longer than I wanted to get to 
graduation but I had many life problems get in the way.
Congratulations to all the students walking this year.  I am so glad you all 
are not spending your lives in fear and settling for things less than you 
want.
Lou
Monitor for Louisiana students list
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:44 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] The Awesome Class of 2009


> Hello,
>
> Congratulations if you're walking this year.  I was hooded this morning, 
> and
> as cheesy as it may sound, I want to congratulate my fellow graduates on a
> job well done.  If you're like me, you are a masochist and preparing
> yourself to walk right back into the academic arena, but regardless of 
> what
> you do next, best of luck.  I personally enjoy hearing what people do
> outside of blindness, and so if you are graduating this year, I'd like to
> hear what you studied and what you're doing next.  As heated as some of 
> our
> dialogue gets at times, it's nice to get a sense of the other people's
> personality beyond these posts.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
> crowd."--Max Lucado
>
>
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