[nabs-l] Extremely frustrated with microbiology class

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi Jewel,

Maybe you can ask your professor the question you just asked us: what
questions *can* you ask your lab assistant? You could also talk to your
disability service office. Perhaps they could produce a higher-quality
tactile image.

Hope this helps,

Chris

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Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 6:49 PM
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Subject: [nabs-l] Extremely frustrated with microbiology class

I'm taking a class in microbiology that I need for my degree program, and
one of the things I need to do for the midterm lab praticle is identify
cells under the microscope. The thing is, my lab assistant is not allowed to
give an in-depth description of the cells, nor can I ask him questions like
"What colour is it?"...I have to identify the cell by looking at a tactile
image that I can't understand because the image is not of good enough
quality for a tactile image to work, and I'm having trouble getting my
professor to understand my problem. She says I should be able to recognize
the cell based on the tactile image and specific questions to my lab
assistant, but I can't ask him "What colour is this blob here?" or anything.
I am not sure what kind of questions I *can* ask him, nor am I sure how I am
going to identify cells based on images that are just blobs and dots to me.
Please, can someone give me any ideas or suggestions? This has me frustrated
to tears, beause I'm afraid I'm going to fail the lab practicle because I
don't have access to the same materials as everyone else. Help please!
~Jewel

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