[nabs-l] AP statistics

[Sophie Trist]

In the blindness field, I've found that a lot of people talk the 
talk but don't walk the walk. Basically, they say they want us to 
be independent and stuff, but they enable us and don't let us 
advocate for ourselves. And Lillie, you're right about the Trig 
on the ACT. I can tell you as someone who just took it a few 
months ago, there isn't much trig on it at all, and what there is 
basically just finding the sine, cosine, or tangent of angles, 
which is covered in tenth-grade geometry. I got a pretty good 
score on my ACT--a 30--and I am NOT a math person. I'm about as 
unmathematical as you can get. So my point is, you don't need a 
complicated math class to do well on the ACT. Stas should be 
fine. That's what I'm taking next year. Some teachers tried to 
talk me out into taking precalc, but I dug in my heels.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:21:25 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] AP statistics

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.

Sent from my iPhone

 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

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