[nabs-l] Social Stuff

Sat Sep 26 19:52:06 UTC 2009

Yes but what i am saying is not just to the general public. I guess the 
people at this school are on a different mentality of what you are thinking. 
When i say friends that means they are this way around me. My second 
semester when Jamey, the guy i spoke of came back me and him were completely 
different from one another. He was very active in the church and ministry on 
campus while i was in a social work program with alot of friends on campus 
while attending all social events like dances or even basketball games. They 
really got off lucky because we were different in a very blunt way but yet 
we were both very friendly and spoke to everyone. Yes the baseball team 
spoke to me much more than Jamey but he did live under them and one day 
their toilet overflowed and it was a shitty situation.

I know where you are coming from but i am talking about in a college 
situation rather than an place of employment. No this would not be 
appropriate but in a friendly small college atmosphere where you know 
everybody very well and who to kid with or put on your business face.

            -Teal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff

> NABSters:
>
> I try to be excessively careful when joking like that in case my friends 
> actually think that's how they should interact with another blind person 
> they might meet. After all, that's how this thread got started. One blind 
> guy joked with a sighted friend that he could identify her by smell since 
> her perfume is strong and unusual. As a result, she got it in her head 
> that all blind people did this and thus stuck her wrist in front of my 
> nose at first meeting with the invitation to become familiar with her 
> scent.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jedi
>
>
> Original message:
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>> Teal,
>> Once again I find myself laughing at a comment in this thread because
>> I've used that "I see with my hands" line when joking with someone. The
>> thing is, you've gotta be careful who you say that too. Not because you
>> might offend someone, I'm careful enough to avoid that. But because I've
>> had them counter with, "That sounds like fun. Go ahead." They were
>> joking of course. I think. But what do you say in response to something
>> like that? LOL I'm not really expecting an answer to that by the way. I
>> told you all about it so you could get some of the amusement I
>> experienced remembering it.
>> - --
>> Those of you who think they know everything are very annoying to those
>> of us who actually do.
>> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>> Teal Bloodworth wrote:
>>> just be sturn almost stubborn in asking questions and dont try to fit in
>>> just be yourself. college is much easier but its not. I was friends with
>>> everybody that i went to highschool with before my car accident that led
>>> to my vision loss and it was awkward because they didnt know how to act.
>>> I thought college would be easier and it is but it isnt. Harder course
>>> work but easier social interaction because with the diversity in my
>>> school, it was a very openminded and nonjudge mental and no one that i
>>> went to highschool went to this college which was weird because it was
>>> 45 minutes away from my highschool.
>
>>>> From a personal view there is not much difference in going with those 
>>>> who
>>> are sighted or those who are not. Everyone will have different
>>> personalities that you will either like or not like. In a laughing
>>> matter i had a good pick up line..."i cant see so i have to see with my
>>> hands." I would never use that but i would tell people that if they were
>>> friends to kid with them.
>
>>> Do you have similar feelings in your environment?
>
>>>            -Teal
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Arreola"
>>> <alberto.2500 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:09 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>
>>>> That goes for me.  I was the only blind student in my hight school,
>>>> and I'm
>>>> now the only blind student at the university I go to.
>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Teal Bloodworth
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:40 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>>>> that must be nice for all of you. in highschool i was the first and 
>>>> only
>>>> totally blind person, at my community college same and at the four year
>>>> university same. I guess i dont really have any blind friends where i
>>>> live
>>>> because there is no one my age.
>
>>>>            -Teal
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
>>>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:10 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Social Stuff
>
>
>>>>> Mark,
>
>>>>> I also find that many of my friends are blind. However, many of my 
>>>>> blind
>>>>> friends are struggling with their blindness more than I seem to be. 
>>>>> That
>>>>> is to say that some of them deny their blindness while others live the
>>>>> stereotypes. Some of my best friends are sighted.
>
>>>>> I haven't noticed a remarkable difference between how my sighted 
>>>>> friends
>>>>> treat me versus how my blind friends treat me. I think what makes the
>>>>> difference is philosophical understanding of blindness, not visual
>>>>> acuity.
>
>>>>> Respectfully Submitted
>>>>> Original message:
>>>>>> Reading this thread makes me think; most of my closest friends are 
>>>>>> also
>>>>>> blind. This is not to say that I don't have sighted friends, I have
>>>>>> lots
>>>>>> of friends that are sighted. I go to a mainstream school and 
>>>>>> otherwise
>>>>>> fully participate in everything that my sighted friends do. It just
>>>>>> seems
>
>>>>>> like my sighted colleagues still treat me differently than they would
>>>>>> treat another sighted classmate. It's nothing that I can put my 
>>>>>> finger
>>>>>> on, just an impression I get. Do any of you also find this to be 
>>>>>> true?
>
>
>
>>>>>> Also do you find that it is easier to make friends with blind people
>>>>>> than
>
>>>>>> sighted people? I think it is, because you don't have to deal with 
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> blindness thing. I mean you don't have to teach them that just 
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> your eyes don't work it doesn't make you drastically different than
>>>>>> anyone else.
>
>
>
>>>>>> I would appreciate your thoughts,
>
>
>
>>>>>> Mark
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