[nabs-l] introducing Myself

Fri Jun 29 05:19:00 UTC 2012

Yes, I'm a music student studying Opera/voice at CSU East Bay.

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: josh gregory
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:11 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] introducing Myself

Awesome post! I assume you're a student yourself?

On 6/28/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, that is cool!
> My mom is a TVI and she contracts out of Vista Center here in CA. I really
> think those kinds of organizations are the way to go for the school
> districts, because in my experience, Vista's workers have been eons higher
> quality than most of the TVIs I've had who were directly from the school.
> My mom runs the TVI program in a county with like 65 students or some huge
> number like that and in every place she's worked she's been given inhuman
> amounts of students. She's a full TVI who was trained at Steven F Austin
> University and she has never needed to look for TVI work. The supervisor
> from Vista flew from CA to Washington state just to have lunch with my mom
> and offer her the job. It's super awesome that you're planning on going 
> into
>
> TVI work! It's probably one of the hardest jobs out there, just because of
> the work load, but it's super fulfilling when you realize how many people
> you've taught technology to, how many books your students have read, how
> much your students have learned thanks to your problem solving with the
> teachers and students as well as how many dreams your students have been
> able to follow because of the confidence and inspiration you've given 
> them.
>
> (I wonder what it's like being the TVI of that girl who read 21 thousand
> pages? My word!)
> It might be a good idea to consider getting your masters in education as
> well. In today's age I believe teachers are best able to cope with the
> riggers of teaching with that masters. I'm not sure why, but all the 
> totally
>
> best teachers I've had either had a masters, or had been teaching some 30+
> years the same subject.
> My mom's favorite students are the little kids, 5 month to 9 year olds. 
> They
>
> are the students who require the most intense attention because if they 
> are
>
> stunted by their parents and deprived of their childhood, not aloud to 
> fall
>
> off the monkey bars a couple hundred times, they will be considered
> developmentally delayed and their real world experience for how ever many
> years will have been taken away from them. It's been my observation that 
> the
>
> middle school and high school students are more difficult relationship 
> wise
>
> because often at that point the educational system has ground them into
> submission, so many times it's very difficult to get the student to learn.
> The secondary school students also have lots of social questions and
> problems, wanting a date for the prom, making friends, being scared of 
> being
>
> on the dance teem... So lots of what my mom has to do is teach social 
> skills
>
> to their students. (What does it look like to be in love? and other
> oddities)
>
> TVI is probably the most involved and problem solving job and I believe 
> it's
>
> the most in demand. If one is just a Braille Teacher or VI instructor, 
> they
>
> have to be darn good at what they do. For example I only had one Braille
> teacher who actually knew Braille music, Nemith, Grade 3 and all those 
> other
>
> languages and were possibly able to teach them. And I had one VI 
> instructor
>
> who actually  knew how to problem solve and was super involved with the
> public transportation and knew all the city boards. It's crucial for a VI
> specialist to be up to date on what's going on with all 6 kinds of public
> transportation in each town and for them to actively be making sure cities
> remain accessible. When a student has a teacher who loves their subject,
> it's the difference from being OK to being exceptional. There can't be an
> exceptional teacher who doesn't find a modicum of pleasure  in what they 
> do.
>
> I think teaching is the hardest job and in my experience for every good
> teacher, there are at least 3 bad ones. If it was that our intelligences
> didn't mesh or what ever, I've been in classes where the teacher just
> couldn't communicate with me and in TVI classes, I've known more Braille
> than my Braille teacher in a few cases :(.
> I a plod, commend and admire you for wanting to be a TVI and I hope you 
> come
>
> to CA and decrease the shortage a little! LOL
> Sorry for the long email...
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rylie Robinson
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:06 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] introducing Myself
>
> hello Brandon,
>
> Secondary English Education just means middle school/high school
> english (Secondary School as opposed to Primary School.) I was going
> to simply major in English, but if I am to teach blind students
> (braille specifically,) I figured getting some of the education out of
> the way would work out better in the long-run. Braille is what I would
> like to specialize in, but any TVI work could potentially be what I'm
> looking for. What I teach isn't what I'm particular about, but where.
> I would really like to work in a public school setting; I believe this
> is where a lot of the advocacy work would have to be done, and it's
> one of the best places to lay a foundation of high expectations, both
> the the blind students and to their sighted parents and educators.
>
> It's wonderful to see other blind musicians; I'll definitely have to
> check out those other mailing lists.
>
> Thanks a lot for the welcome, and i look forward to getting to know you
> better.
>
> Blessings,
> Rylie
>
> On 6/28/12, Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Rilie!
>> Wow, we need good TVIs! Are you wanting to specialize in one area, or
>> just
>> be a full TVI?
>> Does secondary English education talk about people learning things in
>> their
>>
>> second language? Like if I'm Italian or German going to school in China?
>> Or
>>
>> is it something totally different? I've never heard of that major
>> before...
>> Thanks and so nice to hear from another person! And especially one going
>> to
>>
>> Dallas!
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rylie Robinson
>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:31 PM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] introducing Myself
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I don't really know how these introduction processes work on lists,
>> but I just wanted to drop in and say hello to everyone. I've been on
>> the list for a long time, but I finally changed my EMail over to a
>> client that I actually enjoy using. So, hopefully, more posting from
>> me will follow.
>>
>> My name is Rylie, a 20-year-old college student attending Indiana
>> university Purdue University Indianapolis. Right now I'm studying
>> Secondary English education. I hope after I acquire this degree to
>> earn a certification in teacher of blind students and teach Braille in
>> a public school setting.
>>
>> I have been involved in the nFB for a while, and I know, or know of
>> quite a few of the Nabs members, and this seemed like one of the best
>> ways to stay involved, especially with convention coming right around
>> the corner. I hope to get to know some of you more and to be able to
>> see some of you in Dallas.
>>
>> Blessings to all,
>> Rylie
>>
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