[nabs-l] Opinions on a TVI Issue

[Lillie Pennington]

Your tvi could be teaching you to help you help you help yourself. Personally I think her helping other students is good, it bridges the gap between blind and sited students.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Feb 25, 2014, at 3:47 PM, "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jamie
> Principato
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:36 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Opinions on a TVI Issue
> 
> There you go. That is very reasonable. As I've said, helping other students
> is fine if you're working independently and she has nothing else to do, but
> if she's in that class to be your aide, you need to be her first priority
> and shouldn't have to wait in line behind students who are not blind and in
> need of assistance the regular math teacher can't provide. I would suggest
> telling her just that and see how it goes. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:31 PM, johnnie Jean duran <johnniejduran at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 
>> No,
>> The TVI will neglect me, and if her assistance is needed, she is not 
>> there. I don't mind her helping other students, however, when I need 
>> help, I would like it before she goes to assist other students.
>> 
>>> On 2/25/14, Jamie Principato <blackbyrdfly at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Let's remember that JJ brought this issue up and only he can tell us 
>>> if his TVI is failing to meet his blindness related needs. Aleeha 
>>> simply agreed with him. Some of you are asking her questions as if we 
>>> are talking about her TVI in particular.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:18 PM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, Aleeha,
>>>> 
>>>> And how do you know what distracts the teacher from you?