[nabs-l] AP statistics

[Lillie Pennington]

Hi Sophie
Thank you for your experience. A 30 is really good.
You are definitely are right about walking the walk as well.

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> On Apr 26, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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