[nabs-l] lions world

Fri Feb 11 22:22:56 UTC 2011

My room mate was the drunk. An old man was the one smoking in his
room. The only good food we had was when they had pizza. I'm a
Christian, (so,) I prayed all of the time. My room mate didn't mind my
praying, because we agreed on the subject of the prayer. This was my
prayer every day for 4 weeks. "Okay, God," here's the deal." I hate
the food here. Please let us have pizza all day, because that's the
only good thing they cook." I know that prayer sounds immature, but
that's how I felt. Thankfully, we had pizza every other day. The other
stuff made me sick. The rest of the food is like the stuff you'd eat
in high school.
They also think that everyone's on the same levil. I've been blind
since birth. Those fools thought that I didn't know Braille. A young
lady called it the "Braille Jail." That's nothing further than the
truth. I didn't need to take that Braille class. We went to Walmart
every other Wednesday. I had trouble getting to a church on Wednesday
nights. Thank God, I was able to go home on the weekends.
The curfue was 10-00, Although, my room mate was at the latest,
midnight getting to the room.
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/11/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joshua,
> Thanks for the clarification.
> What time is the curphew?
> That is bad.  I thought they promoted independence, guess not.
> Those who need help with meds should get it, but if you got a way for
> identifying your meds already, they need to leave you alone.
> How terrible your roommate smoked.  While I'm not alergic to dogs, I cannot
> stand their smell and shedding hair.
> I thought it was only this ACB student complaining, but now I know the food
> is bad having gotten another opinion.
> This is good for Josh to know.
>
> At the center in Virginia, the nurses individualize the meds issue. Many
> take their own medicine.
> If they cannot do it because they can't label the meds yet, then the nurses
> help.
> Nurses also taught about diabetes management for those needing it and
> connected students with adaptive medical equipment such as talking glucose
> machines and talking blood pressure cuffs.
> You could also self administer any over the counter drugs without question.
> Sad to hear about such restrictive policies in this century.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:36 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] lions world
>
> lolololol! The food is horible! It's always warm in the dorm rooms.
> Yes, there's a curfue. Everyone has to relinquish their meds. The
> piano in the salarium, (I'm a musician,) is out of tune. I hate old,
> out-of-tune pianos! Someone kept breaking the rules. He smoked in his
> dorm room. I didn't have a choice on whether I wanted a room mate or
> not. I couldn't stand him, because he was always bragging about how
> much alcohol he could consume. I went for an evaluation, in 2007. I
> haven't attended a training center. I've received the mobility skills
> in school, and received my endependent living skills at LWSB. I only
> stayed 4 weeks. That's hw long an evaluation lasts. I made some
> friends, but some of them, (including my room mate,) were nothing but
> trouble. There are other places where he can get training without
> going to that place. O yeah, and too many of the trainees, allowed
> their guide dogs to run loose. I'm allergic to dogs.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 2/11/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Joshua,
>> I told Josh that on the other nabs list, the one belonging to ACB; I told
>> him to think through it, think about the rules and if he'd like to abide
>> by
>> such restrictions.  It didn't work.
>> Josh has already been to a nfb center; now he wants to get a
>> certification;
>> so perhaps he's willing to stay confined at LWSB to get that training.
>>
>> Joshua, what program did you attend and did you go to another training
>> center afterward?
>>
>> But do they really have a lights out rule?  Do they really have a curphew
>> where you got to be in your room?
>> I know they got dorms and roommates. They don't have apartments.  Someone
>> told me from Nabs ACB list that the food was not too good; it was mostly
>> fried food which is very unhealthy.
>> As to nurses, I can understand that if a blind person cannot identify
>> their
>> meds; I mean some newly blind people cannot read braille or print and
>> cannot
>> know what meds they have in what bottle!
>> But some blind people have the skills already to take their meds.
>> However, is this an individual thing?  Does everyone have to relinquish
>> their meds, or just the ones who cannot take it independently yet?
>>
>> On their website it says you have to agree to relocate after the program.
>> That sounds terrible for the reasons you stated. If you don't have friends
>> or family down in say Georga, then why move there?
>> Maybe so LWSB doesn't hear from you again.
>>
>> Ashley
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joshua Lester
>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 4:04 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] lions world
>>
>> In Little Rock, Arkansas? I attended there for 4 weeks. That is one of
>> those centers like the one Tara was talking about. They have "lights
>> out," "nurses controling meds," etc. I know, because I was there. They
>> thought that every blind person needed counseling. They called it
>> assertiveness training. The whole thing is a scam! They ship you off
>> to another state once you've graduated. Let's say, your home state is
>> Arkansas, (because that's mine.) You go through the IRS program, (for
>> example.) Once you've graduated, (since there are no jobs for you in
>> that field, they'll ship you to Georgia, Florida, Alabama, or
>> somewhere else, without your consent. I want to stay in Arkansas. All
>> of my family is here. You think I'm going to a state where I don't
>> know anyone from Adam? Nope! That's all LWSB is good for. Stay away!
>> Go to LCB, if you want that kind of training, but stay away from LWSB!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 2/11/11, Josh Kennedy <jkenn337 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I want to let you guys know that I will be going to lions world within
>>> the next 5 or so months. I will be going for desktop support technician
>>> and then microsoft certified systems engineer program.
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
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