[nabs-l] blind person becoming a teacher

I. C. Bray i.c.bray at win.net
Fri Nov 1 15:52:30 UTC 2013


For What it's worth, I am recently blind.  In fact, it's only been 14 and a 
half months.
I am looking forward to going back to school to finish my Bachelors, and 
start Grad School to become a Middle School Teacher.

I say DO IT!




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelsey Nicolay" <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 9:54 AM
Subject: [nabs-l] blind person becoming a teacher


Hello,
I completed my undergraduate studies in communications and
French, but I am finding that the French is not being useful to
me at all since "ow are no jobs in the French field.
Communications is a little better.  However, ever since I started
tutoring my two students, especially my student who is in
kindergarten, I think I would like to go back to school at some
point to become a teacher.  Family members keep telling me that
there is no way I could be a teacher, but I think otherwise.  I
went to a work and learn camp in 2007 with a girl who wanted to
be a preschool teacher.  I don't know if she eventually persued
that or not, but she was talking about it.  We both had the same
eye condition but she had a little more vision than I do but she
is still considered legally blind and uses Braille and JAWS.  So
my question is, what do you think about this? Can someone who is
totally blind be a teacher? I already decided that I would not
want middle or high school, but early childhood would be ok,
especially kindergarten.  Did anyone major in education or are
you majoring in education right now that you could give me some
suggestions on how I could make this happen? I know I would
probably need an aide in the classroom, right? Also, how would I
manage my class effectively without vision? I think I would want
to teach kindergarten or first grade.
"To ó please share your thoughts and experiences.
Thanks,
Kelsey Nicolay


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