[nabs-l] asking for advice on problem at school

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Sat Feb 11 17:58:44 UTC 2012 

Correct.=20=20I'm=20in=20my=20second=20semester=20of=208th=20grade=20now,=20=
and=20will=20be=20
going=20to=20high=20school=20next=20school=20year.

Chris

Chris=20Nusbaum
Email=20and=20Google=20Talk/Keychat=20(on=20the=20BrailleNote)=20ID:=20
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Skype:=20christpher.nusbaum3=20or=20search=20for=20Chris=20Nusbaum

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Brian=20Hatgelakas"=20<brian.hatgelakas at verizon.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2010=20Feb=202012=2017:45:14=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20sch=
ool

Chris=20is=20in=20middle=20not=20high=20school.
-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Friday,=20February=2010,=202012=201:58=20PM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20sch=
ool


=20Nicole,
=20Excuse=20me,=20we=20are=20talking=20high=20school,=20not=20college.
=20Read=20the=20original=20email.=20=20Chris=20is=20in=20eigth=20grade=20an=
d=20students=20
are=20acusing
=20him=20of=20cheating.

=20I=20think=20they=20are=20just=20trying=20to=20bully=20him.=20=20But=20th=
at=20said,=20I=20
think=20he
=20needs=20to=20ensure=20they=20can=20see=20his=20work=20like=20other=20stu=
dents.=20=20
There=20needs=20to
=20be=20visual=20verification,=20just=20as=20there=20is=20for=20other=20stu=
dents.
=20So,=20if=20you=20need=20to=20use=20your=20technology,=20hook=20up=20a=20=
display=20to=20it.=20=20
Then=20when
=20students=20=20acuse=20you=20of=20something,=20you=20have=20the=20teacher=
's=20backing=20
since
=20they=20saw=20you=20do=20the=20exam.

=20Personally,=20I=20think=20blind=20students=20get=20to=20use=20electronic=
s=20way=20
too=20much.=20=20If
=20sighted=20students=20have=20to=20write=20by=20hand=20and=20read=20the=20=
test,=20why=20
not=20blind
=20students.=20=20Read=20the=20braille=20test=20and=20write=20answers.
=20Many=20schools=20do=20=20not=20let=20you=20use=20personal=20computers=20=
and=20IMO=20it=20
should=20stay
=20that=20way.

=20Also,=20having=20options=20is=20important=20because=20=20your=20technolo=
gy=20can=20
break=20down.
=20It=20seems=20like=20blind=20students=20are=20treated=20and=20trusted=20m=
ore=20so=20
than=20sighted
=20students=20in=20public=20school=20these=20days=20with=20taking=20exams=20=
on=20their=20
equipment.
=20I=20didn't=20do=20that.=20=20It=20worked=20okay=20so=20I=20know=20there=
=20are=20other=20
options.



=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20February=2010,=202012=201:45=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20Please=20be=20careful=20about=20making=20blanket=20statements.=20=20What=
=20may=20
be/have=20been
=20for
=20you=20may=20not=20be=20the=20case=20for=20everyone.=20=20I=20am=20curren=
tly=20attending=20
college,
=20and
=20I=20am=20allowed=20to=20use=20both=20my=20BrailleNote=20and=20my=20lapto=
p=20on=20tests.=20=20
Of=20course,
=20there=20is=20that=20thing=20called=20the=20honor=20code=20that=20says=20=
that=20
cheating=20is
=20against
=20the=20rules.=20=20It=20applies=20to=20me=20no=20differently=20than=20it=
=20applies=20to=20
other
=20students.=20=20This=20is=20enough=20to=20ensure=20that=20I=20do=20not=20=
cheat.=20=20As=20I=20
said=20in=20a
=20previous=20email,=20if=20you=20cannot=20be=20trusted=20to=20not=20cheat=
=20on=20tests,=20
then=20it's
=20possible=20that=20you=20cannot=20be=20trusted=20with=20certain=20other=20=
things.
=20As=20for=20your=20options=20for=20other=20test=20taking=20methods,=20onl=
y=205=20is=20
really
=20practical=20in=20a=20college=20setting.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20February=2010,=202012=209:42=20AM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school


=20Hi,
=20Well,=20I=20think=20there=20needs=20to=20be=20supervision=20of=20these=20=
notetakers=20
if=20they
=20are=20used=20in=20test=20situations.
=20I=20think=20a=20monitor=20should=20be=20hooked=20up=20to=20the=20notetak=
er=20for=20
monitoring.
=20Alternatively=20you=20can=20take=20tests=20a=20number=20of=20different=20=
ways=20in=20
high
=20school;=20I=20am=20glad=20I=20did=20not=20use=20my=20notetaker=20as=20th=
e=20temptation=20
to=20look=20at
=20notes=20would=20be=20there=20and=20besides=20I=20firmly=20believe=20one=
=20needs=20to=20
keep=20up
=20their=20hard=20copy=20braille=20skills=20and=20not=20rely=20on=20notetak=
ers=20all=20
the=20time.
=20BTW,=20you=20do=20not=20use=20a=20notetaker=20in=20college;=20you=20use=
=20a=20computer=20
or=20a
=20reader=20for=20tests.=20=20You=20cannot=20use=20your=20own=20PDA=20such=
=20as=20a=20braille=20
notetaker
=20or=20personal=20laptop=20either;=20at=20least=20where=20I=20went=20to=20=
school=20you=20
do=20not
=20because=20they=20know=20you=20have=20personal=20and=20school=20info=20on=
=20your=20
laptop,
=20notetaker,=20I=20Pad,=20etc.

=20Why=20should=20blind=20students=20get=20to=20use=20electronic=20equipmen=
t=20when=20
the=20rest
=20of=20the=20class=20has=20to=20write=20by=20hand?
=20You=20have=20an=20advantage=20if=20you=20use=20a=20pc=20or=20notetaker=20=
because=20you=20
can=20edit
=20your=20work.

=20Instead=20of=20a=20notetaker=20you=20can=20take=20tests=20these=20ways=20=
and=20
eliminate=20the
=20questions=20that=20you=20might=20be=20cheating:
=201.=20=20Have=20your=20TVI,=20teacher=20of=20the=20visually=20impaired,=20=
read=20it=20to=20
you.
=202.=20=20Have=20an=20aide=20read=20it=20to=20you=20if=20one=20works=20wit=
h=20you.
=203.=20=20If=20you=20have=20to=20write,=20you=20write=20on=20a=20brailler=
=20and=20your=20TVI=20
transcribes
=20it.=20=20Oh=20what=20a=20concept;=20write=20by=20hand=20like=20everyone=
=20else!

=204.=20=20Read=20it=20in=20braille=20and=20mark=20your=20answers=20in=20br=
aille=20on=20a=20
brailler.=20=20You
=20can=20also=20mark=20your=20answers=20with=20a=20crayone=20or=20something=
=20else.

=205.=20=20Take=20the=20test=20on=20a=20school=20issued=20computer=20that=20=
has=20none=20of=20
your=20study
=20notes=20on=20it.

=20That=20said=20I'm=20sure=20no=20cheating=20is=20going=20on;=20but=20just=
=20saying=20if=20
you=20want
=20to=20eliminate=20suspicions,=20you=20do=20not=20use=20your=20own
=20notetaker=20which=20has=20your=20=20=20notes=20on=20it.

=20Ashley
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20frandi.galindo at gmail.com
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20February=2010,=202012=2010:58=20AM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20How=20else=20is=20some=20one=20who=20has=20vision=20problems=20or=20who=
=20is=20blind=20
suppose=20to
=20take
=20notes=20in=20schools=20with=20out=20some=20kind=20of=20device=20that=20a=
ssists=20them=20
in=20doing
=20so.
=20Do=20people=20expect=20them=20to=20bust=20out=20a=20pencil=20and=20a=20s=
heet=20of=20paper=20
and=20start
=20printing=20or=20cursive=20like=20the=20rest=20of=20them?=20=20Educate.=20=
=20That=E2=80=99s=20
the=20magic
=20word.

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20February=2010,=202012=201:52=20AM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20Actually,=20I=20think=20that=20there=20is=20a=20problem=20if=20you=20can=
not=20be=20
trusted=20to=20not
=20cheat=20when=20using=20a=20notetaker=20on=20a=20test.=20=20If=20people=20=
cannot=20trust=20
you=20with
=20something=20like=20that,=20they=20probably=20cannot=20trust=20you=20with=
=20other=20
things.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Thursday,=20February=2009,=202012=206:40=20PM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school


=20Well,=20it=20is=20easy=20to=20cheat=20with=20a=20notetaker=20and=20I'm=20=
surprised=20
blind
=20students=20these=20days=20are=20let=20to=20take=20tests=20with=20them.
=20When=20I=20was=20in=20middle=20and=20high=20school,=20I=20was=20not=20al=
lowed=20to=20use=20
my
=20braille=20n=20speak=20on=20exams.
=20That=20said,=20these=20students=20have=20no=20business=20accusing=20any=
=20one=20of=20
cheating.
=20They=20need=20to=20focus=20on=20their=20own=20work.
=20If=20they=20don't=20have=20evidence=20of=20cheating,=20they=20cannot=20d=
o=20anything=20
about
=20it=20anyway.=20=20Just=20say=20you=20are=20not=20cheating=20and=20go=20o=
n.
=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Beth
=20Sent:=20Thursday,=20February=2009,=202012=208:26=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20Chris,
=20Cheating=20on=20tests=20is=20a=20huge=20thing.=20=20IF=20these=20kids=20=
are=20trying=20to
=20tarnish=20your=20academic=20integrity,=20you=20need=20to=20tell=20the=20=
principal
=20once=20again.=20=20She=20will=20have=20to=20educate=20the=20kids=20about=
=20blindness
=20and=20academic=20integrity=20issues.=20=20This=20is=20important=20as=20y=
ou=20will
=20need=20academic=20integrity=20in=20order=20to=20go=20on=20to=20college=20=
and
=20university=20and=20if=20caught=20at=20university=20doing=20this,=20they=
=20will
=20penalize=20you=20and=20kick=20you=20out.=20=20Every=20sylabus=20at=20col=
lege=20I=20saw
=20had=20an=20Academic=20Integrity=20policy=20on=20it,=20and=20that=20shoul=
d=20be=20said
=20of=20middle=20school.
=20Beth

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Thu,=2009=20Feb=202012=2020:18:17=20-0500
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20Hi=20Ashley,

=20I=20agree.=20=20I=20don't=20think=20this=20is=20something=20which=20is=20=
effecting=20my
=20right=20to=20a=20"free=20and=20appropriate=20education,"=20and=20therefo=
re
=20wouldn't=20be=20appropriate=20for=20an=20IEP=20or=20to=20even=20be=20bro=
ught=20up=20at
=20the=20IEP=20meeting;=20that=20is,=20unless=20it=20happens=20again=20and=
=20again.=20=20As
=20I=20reported=20here=20last=20week,=20I=20have=20talked=20with=20my=20pri=
ncipal=20about
=20this,=20and=20she=20has=20promised=20to=20take=20care=20of=20this.=20=20=
I=20trust=20that
=20she=20will,=20so=20I'm=20letting=20it=20go=20for=20now.

=20Also,=20after=20more=20recent=20events=20have=20happened,=20the=20pretze=
l
=20incident=20seems=20like=20a=20pretty=20small=20matter.=20=20I=20won't=20=
go=20through
=20all=20the=20details,=20but=20basically=20other=20students=20at=20my=20sc=
hool=20have
=20been=20falsely=20accusing=20me=20of=20cheating=20on=20tests=20(that=20is=
,=20looking
=20at=20notes=20I=20take=20in=20my=20notetaker=20during=20tests)=20and=20be=
ing=20"let=20off
=20the=20hook"=20on=20classwork=20when=20I'm=20really=20in=20a=20pullout=20=
class.=20=20
These
=20kids=20really=20need=20to=20be=20educated!

=20Chris

=20Chris=20Nusbaum
=20Email=20and=20Google=20Talk/Keychat=20(on=20the=20BrailleNote)=20ID:
=20dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20Skype:=20christpher.nusbaum3=20or=20search=20for=20Chris=20Nusbaum

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20ey=
esight.=20=20The
=20real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20educati=
on=20that
=20exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20a=
nd
=20opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=

=20nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Sat,=204=20Feb=202012=2023:30:25=20-0500
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20Chris,
=20If=20it=20happens=20again=20and=20again,=20then=20bring=20it=20to=20the=
=20IEP=20team.
=20But=20if=20not,
=20I'd=20let=20it=20go.=20=20I=20mean=20you=20let=20the=20top=20official--=
=20the=20principal
=20know.=20=20So=20I
=20think=20that=20is=20enough.=20=20Its=20not=20as=20if=20the=20Iep=20team=
=20will=20do
=20anything=20more;=20and
=20besides=20most=20of=20them=20such=20as=20your=20parents=20and=20TVI=20al=
ready=20know
=20about=20the
=20issues.

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Chris=20Nusbaum
=20Sent:=20Saturday,=20February=2004,=202012=2010:07=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20You're=20right;=20it=20wouldn't=20be=20something=20to=20put=20in=20my=20=
IEP.=20=20But=20do
=20you=20think=20it=20would=20hurt=20to=20bring=20it=20up=20to=20the=20team=
?

=20Chris

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20ey=
esight.=20=20The
=20real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20educati=
on=20that
=20exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20a=
nd
=20opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=

=20nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Nicole=20B.=20=20Torcolini=20at=20Home"=20<ntorcolini at wavecable=
.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Fri,=203=20Feb=202012=2015:09:51=20-0800
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20This=20is=20not=20the=20kind=20of=20thing=20that=20you=20put=20in=20an=20=
IEP.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Hope=20Paulos"=20<hope.paulos at gmail.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Wednesday,=20February=2001,=202012=204:48=20PM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school


=20=20=20=20Hi=20Chris.=20=20I'm=20assuming=20you're=20in=20high=20school..=
=20=20I'd=20go=20to
=20both=20your
=20principal=20and=20your=20guidance=20counselor.=20=20I=20wouldn't=20talk=
=20to=20him
=20directly--=20I
=20think=20he'd=20get=20more=20dicipline=20if=20you=20had=20the=20principal=
=20talk=20to
=20him.=20=20I'd
=20also=20bring=20it=20up=20during=20your=20IEP/PET.
=20HTH
=20Hope=20and=20Beignet
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Beth"=20<thebluesisloose at gmail.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Wednesday,=20February=2001,=202012=206:54=20PM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school


=20I=20knew=20this=20kid,=20speaking=20of=20criminals=20who=20were=20playgr=
ound=20and
=20school
=20bullies,=20who=20was=20always=20harassing=20me,=20got=20mein=20trouble=20=
at=20lunch
=20one=20day=20in
=20elementary=20school,=20and=20later=20went=20on=20to=20rape=20somebody=20=
and=20go=20to
=20jail=20for
=20it.
=20Beth

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Desiree=20Oudinot=20<turtlepower17 at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Wed,=201=20Feb=202012=2018:41:07=20-0500
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20asking=20for=20advice=20on=20problem=20at=20=
school

=20When=20I=20was=20in=20elementary=20school,=20I=20had=20kids=20stealing=20=
books=20from
=20me,
=20throwing=20erasers=20in=20my=20hair,=20pulling=20chairs=20out=20from=20u=
nder=20me,
=20you
=20name=20it,=20they=20did=20it.=20=20The=20worst=20part=20was=20that=20mos=
t=20times,=20my
=20teachers
=20were=20right=20there,=20and=20refused=20to=20do=20anything=20about=20it,=
=20because
=20they
=20too=20were=20uncomfortable=20with=20my=20blindness,=20so=20why=20should=
=20they
=20intervene?=20I=20say=20this=20because=20it=20wasn't=20so=20long=20ago=20=
that=20this
=20happened
=20to=20me.=20=20I=20grew=20up=20in=20the=2090's,=20before=20bullying=20was=
=20the=20huge=20deal
=20it=20is
=20now,=20but=20still=20close=20enough=20to=20the=20events=20of=20Columbine=
=20that=20it
=20wasn't
=20completely=20unheard=20of=20either.=20=20And=20it=20was=20as=20"unaccept=
able"=20then
=20as=20it
=20is=20now.=20=20Yes,=20I=20put=20unacceptable=20in=20quotes,=20because=20=
guess=20what,
=20it
=20happens=20every=20day=20and=20so=20little=20of=20it=20is=20actually=20de=
alt=20with.
=20Meanwhile,=20things=20that=20are=20no=20real=20problem=20at=20all=20are=
=20resulting
=20in
=20criminal=20records,=20such=20as=20a=20case=20I=20heard=20about=20recentl=
y=20where=20a
=20boy
=20gave=20his=20friend=20a=20hug=20in=20school=20and=20was=20charged=20with=
=20sexual
=20harassment.=20=20I=20forget=20their=20exact=20ages,=20but=20they=20were=
=20young,
=20elementary
=20school=20age.=20=20And=20yet,=20kids=20are=20driven=20to=20suicide,=20de=
pression,
=20drugs,
=20and=20every=20other=20dysfunction=20in=20the=20book,=20because=20they're=
=20bullied
=20mercilessly=20every=20day=20and=20no=20one=20will=20do=20anything=20abou=
t=20it.
=20Why=20do=20I=20say=20all=20this?=20I=20say=20it=20because=20I=20hope=20y=
our=20school=20isn't
=20like
=20mine=20was.=20=20I=20hope=20that=20someone=20in=20authority=20actually=20=
cares.=20=20I
=20hope=20that
=20it=20doesn't=20escalate,=20because=20most=20kids=20have=20a=20cruel=20st=
reak.=20=20I
=20think
=20it's=20true=20what=20they=20say=20about=20the=20impulsiveness=20of
=20adolescents--it's
=20human=20nature=20to=20be=20cruel,=20and=20at=20that=20age,=20most=20of=20=
us=20haven't
=20learned
=20how=20to=20control=20those=20impulses=20or=20aggressions,=20making=20the=
m=20the
=20most
=20prone=20not=20only=20to=20selfishness=20and=20thoughtlessness,=20but=20t=
o=20almost
=20animal=20rage,=20not=20to=20mention=20an=20inability=20to=20see=20beyond=
=20their=20own
=20actions=20to=20how=20they=20might=20be=20affecting=20others.=20=20My=20p=
oint=20is,
=20people
=20like=20this=20have=20to=20be=20stopped.=20=20Perhaps=20if=20something=20=
can=20get
=20through=20to
=20them=20while=20they're=20still=20young=20and=20impressionable,=20they=20=
might
=20not=20grow
=20up=20to=20be=20tomorrow's=20criminals.=20=20Or=20maybe=20they=20will,=20=
who=20knows.
=20But=20I've
=20seen=20enough=20to=20know=20what=20usually=20happens=20in=20these=20situ=
ations,
=20even=20if
=20it=20was=2015=20years=20ago;=20and,=20in=20saying=20that,=20I=20hope=20t=
hings=20have
=20evolved
=20at=20least=20a=20little=20bit=20since=20then.=20=20It=20makes=20me=20sic=
k=20to=20read
=20messages
=20like=20this.=20=20I=20hope=20for=20your=20sake=20that=20these=20small=20=
actions=20do=20not
=20go
=20untouched.=20=20Right=20now=20this=20kid=20is=20probably=20testing=20the=
=20waters,
=20seeing
=20just=20how=20much=20he=20can=20get=20away=20with.=20=20If=20he=20can=20s=
teal=20a=20pack=20of
=20gum,=20so
=20to=20speak,=20he=20may=20try=20to=20steal=20a=20candy=20bar=20next,=20th=
en=20a=20bag=20of
=20chips,
=20and=20on=20and=20on=20it=20goes,=20you=20get=20the=20picture.

=20On=202/1/12,=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>=20wrot=
e:
=20Chris,=20I=20know=20what=20you're=20going=20through.
=20I=20had=20a=20girl,=20put=20a=20dead=20frog=20in=20my=20shirt,=20as=20we=
=20were=20playing
=20outside,
=20(I=20was=20in=20elementary=20school,=20when=20that=20happened.)
=20Go=20to=20your=20principal,=20and=20he/she=20should=20do=20something.
=20This=20stuff=20has=20got=20to=20stop!
=20If=20they=20don't=20do=20anything,=20go=20in=20front=20of=20the=20school=
board!
=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20On=202/1/12,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20everyone,

=20I=20had=20a=20problem=20at=20school=20today=20that=20I'd=20like=20to=20g=
et=20your
=20thoughts=20on=20as=20to=20what=20I=20should=20do=20next.=20=20Today=20du=
ring=20lunch,
=20another=20kid=20at=20my=20table=20dumped=20his=20bag=20of=20pretzels=20i=
nto=20my=20water
=20bottle=20without=20my=20knowing;=20he=20must=20have=20thought=20it=20was=
=20some=20kind
=20of=20funny=20prank.=20=20Fortunately,=20I=20was=20sitting=20next=20to=20=
a=20good
=20friend
=20of=20mine,=20who=20told=20me=20about=20this.=20=20Even=20after=20multipl=
e=20people
=20commented=20negatively=20about=20what=20he=20did,=20he=20said=20nothing.=


=20Variations=20on=20this=20have=20happened=20before=20with=20this=20same=20=
kid=20as
=20the
=20perpetrater;=20only=20once=20before=20today=20this=20school=20year=20and=
=203=20times
=20last=20year.=20=20The=20one=20time=20something=20like=20this=20happened=
=20this=20year,
=20he=20put=20his=20dirty=20napkin=20in=20my=20Yogurt=20cup=20(after=20I=20=
had=20finished
=20eating=20the=20Yogurt)=20without=20saying=20anything.=20=20The=20first=20=
time
=20(with
=20the=20napkin,)=20I=20realized=20that=20this=20had=20happened=20as=20I=20=
was=20getting
=20my=20trash=20together=20to=20throw=20it=20away.=20=20Knowing=20who=20did=
=20it,=20since
=20he'd=20done=20this=20kind=20of=20thing=20before=20last=20year,=20I=20sai=
d,=20"(Insert
=20name,)=20why=20is=20your=20napkin=20in=20my=20Yogurt?"=20Knowing=20that=
=20he=20had
=20been
=20caught,=20he=20replied,=20"Oh...=20=20sorry."=20I=20then=20talked=20to=20=
the=20lunch
=20lady=20who=20is=20in=20charge=20of=20supervising=20all=20of=20us=20in=20=
the=20lunchroom.
=20She=20said=20she=20would=20talk=20to=20him.=20=20I=20wasn't=20there=20wh=
en=20she=20did,
=20but
=20apparently=20she=20had,=20as=20the=20problem=20(for=20about=20a=20month=
=20and=20a
=20half)
=20had=20been=20resolved...=20=20that=20is,=20until=20today.

=20I=20feel=20that=20this=20is=20a=20person=20taking=20advantage=20of=20my=
=20blindness
=20and
=20playing=20a=20"prank"=20on=20me=20knowing=20that=20I=20won't=20catch=20h=
im.=20=20So,
=20what
=20do=20you=20think=20I=20should=20do=20next?=20Should=20I=20go=20to=20our=
=20principal?
=20Should=20I=20talk=20to=20him=20directly?=20Any=20suggestions=20would=20b=
e=20greatly
=20appreciated!
=20Thanks,

=20Chris

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20ey=
esight.=20=20The
=20real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20educati=
on=20that
=20exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20a=
nd
=20opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=

=20nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan

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