[nabs-l] On Personal Matters and List serve posts
Darian Smith
dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Fri Dec 16 22:57:37 UTC 2011
Hello all,
I think that matters such as this arn't so much blindness based as
much as they are familial. I typically would ask friends before
posting such a personal topic to a public list serve. While I don't
doubt that there are some really nice and considerate people on a list
such as the nabs list, I do believe that the best advice on personal
matters come from the friends in my life. They generally know
better than most where my head/heart is at on matters and can guide me
based upon those things.
I think that is something to keep in mind when posting to a list serve.
I hope this is helpful toall.
Darian
On 12/16/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I should have read the original E-mail closer.
> The financial endependence point still stands.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 12/16/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wow! That shows their misconceptions about blindness!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>> exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>> nuisance."
>> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
>> 1968-1986
>>
>> The I C.A.N. Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth
>> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
>> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
>> which help them be equal with their sighted peers. For more
>> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
>> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:33:50 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
>> house
>>
>> Arielle,
>> It's because we're both blind. She's legally blind and I'm
>> totally
>> blind.
>> Koby.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:30 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
>> house
>>
>> Chris and all,
>> With all due respect, it's possible that the reason Koby's
>> parents
>> don't want him to date this girl is because of his blindness,
>> hers or
>> both, so it could be blindness-related. Also, this is a list for
>> blind
>> students, so we discuss blindness stuff but we also discuss
>> student
>> stuff-and decisions about moving out, college, careers, dealing
>> with
>> parents etc. is very much a student issue.
>> I understand you were just trying to be helpful, but to reduce
>> clutter
>> on the list, it's best to let NABS officers or the list
>> moderators
>> make judgments about what is on or off-topic. Otherwise, we
>> could end
>> up with fifty emails back and forth debating about what is on or
>> off
>> topic, and the whole point of staying on-topic is to reduce the
>> number
>> of messages. (And so this will be my only post on the matter).
>> Best,
>> Arielle-former list chair and former NABS president
>>
>> On 12/15/11, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I wouldn't post it to any blindness-related list, if that list
>> is
>> meant strictly for blindness-related discussion, as this one is.
>> If there's a general chat list out there or a dating list or
>> something like that, you could try that, but I wouldn't post
>> this
>> to a list at all; maybe you could try posting it to your
>> Facebook
>> page or something like that.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>> exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>> nuisance."
>> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the
>> Blind,
>> 1968-1986
>>
>> The I C.A.N. Foundation helps blind and visually impaired
>> youth
>> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
>> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
>> which help them be equal with their sighted peers. For more
>> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
>> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:30 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
>> house
>>
>> Chris,
>> What mailing list should I post this on?
>> Koby.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:35 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
>> house
>>
>> Hi Koby,
>>
>> Wow! Sorry I can't help you here; I'll just say this. I don't
>> think this question is really blindness-related, as the fact
>> that
>> your parents don't want you to see your girlfriend has nothing
>> to
>> do with your blindness. So, I don't think this is a good list
>> for it. Just my opinion!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The
>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>> exists. If a blind person has the proper training and
>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>> nuisance."
>> -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the
>> Blind,
>> 1968-1986
>>
>> The I C.A.N. Foundation helps blind and visually impaired
>> youth
>> in Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing
>> assistive technology and scholarships to camps and conventions
>> which help them be equal with their sighted peers. For more
>> information about the Foundation and to support our work, visit
>> us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Koby Cox" <kobycox at gmail.com
>> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:07:25 -0600
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Question about moving out of your parents
>> house
>>
>> Hello All,
>> I'm totally blind and am 19 years old I currently have a
>> girlfriend
>> whose 22 years of age. She's legally blind and has cadaracts.
>> I'll be
>> graduating highschool on December 20,2011. I'm thinking about
>> moving in
>> with her on that day after I get out of school. However, I'm
>> not
>> sure
>> how I should explain this to my parents sense they don't want us
>> seeing
>> one another. Any ideas?
>> Each one of you right back soon,
>> Koby.
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Darian Smith
"To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the
formula
for a life well lived."
- Dr. Peter Benson
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