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

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Thu Feb 2 02:36:49 UTC 2012


All of you make great points!
Desiree, your responses were well thought out, which is appreciated!
Welcome to this list, BTW!
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/1/12, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Chris.  I'd talk to the principal and the kid.  And I'd make
> it clear that taking advantage of you is no game plan from now
> on.  I'd also tell him not to mess around with you because you're
> blind, and for any reason.  We already have a lot of problems in
> elementary and middle schools with bullies.  Bullies abuse and
> harass LGBT kids and handicapped kids who are labeled with the
> aggressive R word, which I will not use on this list.  We do not
> need a bully in your corner, do we?  AFter all, bullies can
> arrouse some pretty mean stuff in kids, especially good kids.  If
> this kid for instance dumped a bag of pretzels into a water
> bottle, tell him he needs to buy you another water bottle.  I
> stayed at a facility once where a kid dumped milk in my cereal,
> and someone told me he was doing so.  I screamed at him (don't
> try that because some people won't take kindly to that, but just
> be firm if you can.) and told him he better get me another bowl
> of cereal and leave me alone.  I didn'gt particularly like the
> kid in question because he was creepy and thought Hillary Duff
> was watching him through his CD player.  Talk about mentally
> disturbed.  Hmmmm.
> Good luck.
> Beth
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
> To: NFB NABS list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:57 -0500
> Subject: [nabs-l] asking for advice on problem at school
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I had a problem at school today that I'd like to get your
> thoughts on as to what I should do next.  Today during lunch,
> another kid at my table dumped his bag of pretzels into my water
> bottle without my knowing; he must have thought it was some kind
> of funny prank.  Fortunately, I was sitting next to a good friend
> of mine, who told me about this.  Even after multiple people
> commented negatively about what he did, he said nothing.
>
> Variations on this have happened before with this same kid as the
> perpetrater; only once before today this school year and 3 times
> last year.  The one time something like this happened this year,
> he put his dirty napkin in my Yogurt cup (after I had finished
> eating the Yogurt) without saying anything.  The first time (with
> the napkin,) I realized that this had happened as I was getting
> my trash together to throw it away.  Knowing who did it, since
> he'd done this kind of thing before last year, I said, "(Insert
> name,) why is your napkin in my Yogurt?" Knowing that he had been
> caught, he replied, "Oh...  sorry." I then talked to the lunch
> lady who is in charge of supervising all of us in the lunchroom.
> She said she would talk to him.  I wasn't there when she did, but
> apparently she had, as the problem (for about a month and a half)
> had been resolved...  that is, until today.
>
> I feel that this is a person taking advantage of my blindness and
> playing a "prank" on me knowing that I won't catch him.  So, what
> do you think I should do next? Should I go to our principal?
> Should I talk to him directly? Any suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated!
> Thanks,
>
> 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
>
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