[nabs-l] being scholastically social?

Darian Smith dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Wed Mar 24 04:33:29 UTC 2010


Maybe it's the californian  in me, but  I think it's perfectly fine to
 "play  hard" as well as work hard.  it's equally important not to
"take your eyes off of the ball" or "prize" in so  far as to
remembering why you are in college.

On 3/23/10, Jamie Principato <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com> wrote:
> I suppose, but not all work places are the same, and I suppose it will
> depend on what you intend to do. I know that in my workplace, I'll be
> regularly interacting with administrators, colleagues, students, lab
> assistants, and members of the community, and especially with colleagues,
> I'll want to feel like I'm on friendly terms with everyone and can enjoy
> working with them. I'm working in a Visual Information Processing lab right
> now, and the professors in the lab hold monthly lab socials for all the
> profs, grad students and undergrads that work there. they also have retreats
> holiday activities, and enjoy each others company outside of school and
> work. The idea is that a lab team made up of people who can enjoy healthy
> social activity with their colleagues, they'll have a happier, more
> productive time collaborating on research.
>
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> true but you don't want to be distracted from work. so you treat college
>> like a work place. Ok I'm hanging out at the student union right now but
>> I'm
>> talking to no one unless I have to get up to get food. lol.
>> On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:50 AM, Jamie Principato wrote:
>>
>> > I consider myself to be very academic-oriented. My career goal is to
>> become
>> > a researcher and university professor of cognitive psychology, but f you
>> > only focus on work and nothing else though, if you don't branch out and
>> at
>> > least devote a little effort to extracurricular interactions, how will
>> you
>> > develop relationships with future colleagues?
>> >
>> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> No in my opinion it will get you distracted from work and work is what
>> you
>> >> are there to accomplish. nothing more. I have no time to go out and
>> >> have
>> fun
>> >> now that I'm doing 13 credits. only in the summer or duroing spring
>> break
>> >> can I pleasure myself in singing karoque. but college is for work alone
>> in
>> >> my opinion even if it is a choir class.
>> >> On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:43 AM, Sarah Jevnikar wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I disagree with RJ and Sarah. Obviously you're there to get a degree
>> but
>> >>> there is so much more to education than that. Learning from lectures
>> and
>> >>> texts is such a small portion of what you will learn in life it can't
>> >> hurt
>> >>> to expose yourself to a wide range of people and interests while so
>> many
>> >>> opportunities are available to you. Maybe you won't like what you
>> >>> learn
>> >> from
>> >>> others or you won't make the friends you hoped but putting yourself
>> >>> out
>> >>> there can only benefit you In the long run.
>> >>> Respectfully,
>> >>> Sarah Jevnikar
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> >> Behalf
>> >>> Of RJ Sandefur
>> >>> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:50 AM
>> >>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> >>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] being scholastically social?
>> >>>
>> >>> I felt the same way as Sarah does!
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com>
>> >>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> >>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 5:18 PM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] being scholastically social?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I don't socialise but that has nothing to do with my blindness. I
>> choose
>> >>>> not to socialise with anyone because I'm there to get my degree and
>> >> nothing
>> >>>
>> >>>> else. I know that sounds cruel but those are my thoughts.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Take care.
>> >>>> On Mar 21, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Darian Smith wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi list,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm curious to  here what  people's thoughts are about  becoming
>> >>>>> involved in  clubs and campus  activities in school (high school or
>> >>>>> college). do you  jump at the oppertunity to meet new people? do you
>> >>>>> feel nervous about it. have you met some of your  best friends at a
>> >>>>> ralley,  social club, campus society? how did your  self- identity
>> >>>>> as
>> >>>>> a blind person factor into  your interactions with people? how did
>> >>>>> people interact with you?
>> >>>>> Thoughts?
>> >>>>> Best,
>> >>>>> Darian
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Darian Smith
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