[nabs-l] Single Room: Opinions

[T. Joseph Carter]

I had the single room because the rooms were small, my equipment was 
large, and I was significantly older than the people who lived in the 
building with me.  It didn't help me build strong social ties, but 
that may have been a function more of the age difference than the 
lack of a roommate.  Most of my floor had individual rooms.

My advice is to ask for it if you want or have need of one.  I think 
we blind folks become far too concerned about what others think about 
us sometimes.  Educate where you can, but do not force yourself to do 
one thing or another based on what someone else MIGHT think of you 
because of it.  My experience is that people are going to think what 
they're going to think, and your best bet is to educate them when and 
where you can.

Joseph


On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:12:00PM -0400, Chelsea Cook wrote:
>Hello NABSters,
>
>
>I will be starting college next fall. Likewise, I've been very busy
>getting everything worked out! Something brought up: It was suggested
>by a few blind friends that I try and obtain a single room (I will
>have many computers and a lot of Braille for my physics major.) I've
>shared a room before and totally intend to participate in dorm life.
>What do you guys think? From a practical standpoint, it seems like an
>enticing idea; just want a second opinion.
>
>Thanks,
>Chelsea
>--
>"I ask you to look both ways.  For the road to a knowledge of the
>stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has
>been reached through
>the stars."
>Sir Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944), Stars and
>Atoms (1928), Lecture 1