[nabs-l] The Awesome Class of 2009

[Aziza C]

Lou,
I for one am proud of you for trying it though, it took you some time,
but you did it, and that is awesome!
Aziza

On 5/17/09, lou <labney at charter.net> wrote:
> 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
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>
>> 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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