[nabs-l] AP statistics

[Lillie Pennington]

Thank you again for your kind response.
My tvi does want me to take trig. Some research I did yesterday tells me that on last years act there were only 4 trig questions and most of the questions are about things I know about from geometry. 
You make an interesting point about the power complex.  I think my mom is calling him tomorrow because he called her and said he had concerns. I find it ironic that he preaches self advocacy but doesn't seem to respect what I say.

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> On Apr 25, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Lillie,
> 
> I am a little confused about what your TVI is recommending. Does he
> think you should take trig instead, or that you shouldn't take the
> ACT? Either way I completely agree it is not his place to be
> questioning your choice of courses. He is not a guidance counselor,
> and even if he were, he is still bound to respect your informed
> decisions.
> 
> My guess is that this guy has a power complex and that may be part of
> the reason he has decided to teach blind students. I do not think his
> actions are based on anything you have done in the past. You can
> certainly try talking to him, but I am not sure if it will be
> effective. It is great that your parents are supporting you because
> until you turn 18 they are primarily in charge of your education and
> can overrule anything your TVI does or at least can legally advocate
> on your behalf. I would strongly suggest having your mom or dad talk
> to your TVI about his actions and perhaps even request a meeting with
> you and he to discuss his actions. Your TVI may not have much respect
> for blind teens and may not listen to you but he is obligated to
> listen to your parents.
> 
> Best,
> Arielle
> 
>> On 4/25/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>> Hi Arielle and all,
>> 
>> I apologize for my horrible email responsive habits again. I met with my
>> stats teacher today for next year. The meeting itself was good, and the
>> teacher seemed willing to work with me. She said that she rarely uses excel
>> or hand graphs and instead uses a graphing calculator. She said she would
>> send me a list of functions so that I could have the summer to work out
>> what
>> I needed to do.
>> 
>> However, one thing that did not go well was my TVI. I apologize if I need
>> to
>> start a new thread for this. While he did let me deal directly with my
>> teacher (which surprised me), when my teacher mentioned that there was some