[nabs-l] AP statistics

[RJ Sandefur]

I have a question for all of you. What does being independent mean to you? 
RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sophie Trist" <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] AP statistics


> 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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