[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 23:09:14 UTC 2014

Hi=20again.

First=20of=20all=20thank=20you=20to=20all=20for=20making=20me=20feel=20welc=
ome=20on=20this=20
list!=20:were
Now=20I'll=20try=20to=20answer=20to=20everyone=20who=20asked=20me=20questio=
ns.
Ashley,=20I=20can't=20really=20compare=20piano=20lessons=20at=20a=20music=20=
school=20
for=20the=20blind=20with=20having=20them=20with=20a=20regular=20teacher,=20=
I=20think=20it=20
adepends=20on=20the=20teacher.
Before=20I=20started=20coming=20to=20that=20school,=20I=20actually=20did=20=
take=20piano=20
lessons=20with=20a=20teacher=20in=20Nyack=20when=20I=20was=204,=20and=20I=20=
quit=20that.
I=20don't=20remember=20why,=20because=20I=20was=20so=20young=20back=20then,=
=20but=20now=20
that=20I=20think=20about=20it,=20it=20is=20probably=20because=20the=20teach=
er=20focused=20
more=20on=20my=20disability=20then=20myself=20as=20a=20person,=20since=20fo=
r=20example=20
I=20actually=20do=20remember=20that=20we=20didn't=20learn=20any=20actual=20=
pieces,=20we=20
spent=20more=20time=20on=20the=20layout=20of=20the=20piano.
My=20teacher=20at=20the=20music=20school,=20however,=20isn't=20like=20that=
=20at=20all.
I=20feel=20that=20she=20really=20feels=20toward=20me=20as=20a=20person,=20r=
ather=20than=20a=20
"blind"=20person.
Lilli,=20France=20is=20very=20nice.
All=20the=20people=20there=20are=20very=20nice,=20and=20the=20food=20is=20d=
elicious,=20
and=20the=20citys=20are=20beautiful.
Would=20you=20like=20to=20go=20there=20some=20day?
Ben,=20thank=20you=20very=20much=20for=20your=20offer!=20Yes,=20I=20do=20ha=
ve=20Skype.=20=20
To=20make=20sure=20that=20nobody=20here=20who=20I=20don't=20know=20yet=20ju=
st=20adds=20me=20
to=20their=20Skype=20contacts,=20I=20also=20won't=20post=20my=20Skype=20nam=
e=20here=20
either.=20=20I=20will=20email=20you=20personally=20off=20this=20list=20and=
=20I'll=20give=20
you=20my=20Skype=20name=20so=20you=20can=20add=20me.=20=20Wow,=20I=20can't=
=20believe=20that=20
you=20know=20Italian=20and=20Portugese!=20I=20also=20want=20to=20learn=20th=
ose,=20since=20
I=20already=20know=202=20of=20the=20romance=20languages=20(French=20and=20S=
panish).
Helga,=20it's=20same=20for=20you,=20if=20you=20have=20Skype=20you=20can=20e=
mail=20me=20your=20
skype=20name.=20=20Is=20Peru=20nice?=20I=20would=20like=20to=20go=20to=20a=
=20
Spanish-speaking=20country=20some=20day=20so=20I=20can=20practice=20my=20Sp=
anish.=20=20
I=20also=20would=20like=20to=20learn=20German=20like=20you,=20since=20I=20k=
now=20English,=20
and=20I=20personally=20think=20that=20your=20great-grandfather=20made=20the=
=20right=20
decision=20to=20imigrate=20here=20to=20the=20Kmericas,=20since=20Hitler=20a=
nd=20those=20
Germans=20discriminated=20against=20the=20Jews.
Yes,=20looking=20at=20your=20messages,=20I=20think=20that=20being=20on=20th=
is=20list=20
will=20be=20lot=20of=20fun!
Thanks.

Sami.

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Ben=20J=20Bloomgren=20<ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2022=20Jan=202014=2020:48:55=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20my=20introduction

Hello=20Sami,

Since=20I'm=20no=20longer=20a=20student=20for=20the=20moment,=20I've=20beco=
me=20quite=20a=20
lurker=20on=20this=20list;=20however,=20your=20intro=20woke=20me=20up=20and=
=20peaked=20my=20
interest.=20=20My=20name=20is=20Ben=20Bloomgren,=20and=20I'm=20from=20Scott=
sdale,=20
Arizona.=20=20By=20the=20way,=20it=20was=2075=BAF=20today=20here=20in=20Pho=
enix!=20Anyway,=20
I'm=20a=20language=20freak=20like=20you,=20and=20you=20have=20three=20of=20=
my=20
four/five,=20depending=20on=20if=20you=20count=20English.=20=20I=20also=20s=
peak=20
Portuguese=20and=20Italian.=20=20I'm=20an=20interpreter=20myself,=20and=20I=
'd=20love=20
to=20work=20with=20you=20on=20those=20things.=20=20If=20you're=20on=20Skype=
,=20I'd=20love=20
to=20contact=20you.=20=20Being=20that=20you're=20a=20minor,=20I'm=20not=20g=
oing=20to=20put=20
my=20Skype=20name=20out=20here.=20=20Otherwise,=20however,=20c'est=20un=20p=
laisir=20de=20
te=20conna=EEtre.=20=20It's=20a=20pleasure=20to=20meet=20you!

Ben=20J.=20=20Bloomgren

Manager
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=20On=20Jan=2022,=202014,=20at=2020:33,=20Lillie=20Pennington=20
<lilliepennington at fuse.net>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20Sami=20and=20welcome=20to=20the=20list.=20=20I=20really=20liked=20y=
our=20intro.=20=20
Wow,=20three=20languages.=20=20How=20is=20it=20like=20in=20France=20compare=
d=20to=20
America?

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Jan=2022,=202014,=20at=209:27=20PM,=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20
<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:

=20Sami,
=20Welcome!=20I'd=20like=20to=20hear=20about=20your=20experiences=20at=20th=
e=20school=20
for=20the=20blind.=20=20I=20rarely=20meet=20people=20from=20schools=20for=20=
the=20blind.=20=20
Do=20you=20study=20all=20subjects=20the=20regular=20ed=20kids=20do?
=20What=20is=20it=20like=20going=20to=20a=20blind=20music=20class?=20I=20di=
d=20=20not=20do=20
that,=20but=20I=20did=20take=20piano=20lessons=20privately.

=20I'm=20Ashley=20and=20I=20am=20a=20graduate=20of=20marymount=20university=
=20and=20I=20
obtained=20a=20certificate=20too=20at=20our=20community=20college.=20=20I=20=
have=20a=20
liberal=20arts=20degree=20in=20communication=20and=20psychology=20and=20a=20=

certificate=20in=20writing.=20=20I=20am=20now=20hoping=20to=20obtain=20at=20=
least=20a=20
part=20time=20job=20and=20am=20contemplating=20=20attending=20a=20center=20=
for=20the=20
blind=20to=20learn=20more=20skills.
=20In=20free=20time,=20I=20enjoy=20listening=20to=20the=20radio,=20surfing=
=20the=20
internet,=20chatting=20with=20friends,=20exercising,=20playing=20cards,=20a=
nd=20
reading.

=20Take=20care.

=20Ashley

=20-----Original=20Message-----=20From:=20sami=20osborne
=20Sent:=20Wednesday,=20January=2022,=202014=207:15=20PM
=20To:=20nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20my=20introduction

=20Hello=20everybody.

=20I=20just=20registered=20to=20this=20list=20a=20few=20hours=20ago=20and=20=
this=20is=20my
=20first=20post=20here=20so=20let=20me=20introduce=20myself=20so=20you=20gu=
ys=20can=20know
=20me=20better.
=20My=20name=20is=20Sami=20Osborne.=20=20Just=20to=20clarify:=20Sami=20is=20=
spelled=20S,=20A,
=20M,=20I.=20=20I'm=20just=20clarifying=20that=20because=20I=20know=20that=
=20unless=20you
=20edit=20the=20pronunciation,=20those=20screen=20readers=20always=20pronou=
nce=20my
=20name=20wrong...
=20I=20am=2016,=20and=20I=20am=20totally=20blind=20since=20birth.
=20I=20live=20in=20the=20state=20of=20New=20York,=20in=20a=20town=20called=
=20Nyack.=20=20It=20is
=20directly=20to=20the=20north=20of=20New=20York=20City,=20and=20it's=20nic=
e.=20=20I've=20
been
=20living=20there=20as=20long=20as=20I=20can=20remember.
=20I=20don't=20want=20to=20brag,=20but=20I=20speak=203=20languages!=20I=20s=
peak=20english=20
of
=20course,=20and=20also=20French=20and=20Spanish.=20=20I=20know=20French=20=
because=20my
=20mother=20was=20born=20in=20France=20and=20we=20go=20there=20every=20summ=
er.=20=20Not=20my
=20dad,=20though,=20he's=20American.=20=20But=20he=20does=20know=20French=20=
because=20he
=20studied=20it=20in=20school.=20=20That=20is=20of=20course=20handy=20becau=
se=20then=20he
=20can=20talk=20to=20my=20family=20in=20France,=20since=20the=20majority=20=
of=20they=20
don't
=20speak=20English.
=20I=20know=20spanish=20because=20I=20used=20to=20study=20it=20for=20school=
,=20for,=20
you're
=20not=20going=20to=20believe=20this,=209=20and=20a=20half=20years!=20I=20d=
on't=20study=20it
=20anymore=20because=20last=20year=20I=20took=20an=20exam=20that=20would=20=
determine=20if
=20I=20would=20continue=20with=20spanish=20or=20if=20I=20was=20finished,=20=
and=20I=20passed
=20it.
=20When=20I=20grow=20up,=20I=20would=20either=20like=20to=20be=20a=20langua=
ge=20interpreter
=20or=20a=20French=20or=20Spanish=20teacher=20at=20a=20school.=20=20I=20act=
ually=20am
=20practicing=20those=20jobs=20at=20school,=20because=20I=20now=20have=202=
=20jobs
=20involving=20languages.=20=20One=20of=20them=20is=20that=20I=20help=20the=
=20spanish
=20teacher=20translate=20documents=20such=20as=20the=20school's=20news-lett=
er=20
into
=20Spanish=20for=20hispanic=20parents=20who=20don't=20speak=20English.=20=20=
My=20other
=20job=20is=20that=20I=20teach=20one=20of=20my=20other=20teachers=20French=
=20and=20she
=20teaches=20me=20how=20to=20be=20a=20good=20teacher.
=20I=20attend=20a=20school=20for=20the=20blind=20in=20New=20York=20City,=20=
which=20is=20about
=2045=20minutes=20away=20from=20my=20house.=20=20The=20name=20of=20the=20sc=
hool=20is=20the=20
New
=20York=20Institute=20for=20Special=20Education.=20=20I=20have=20been=20att=
ending=20
that
=20school=20since=20I=20was=2012=20and=20am=20enjoying=20it=20very=20much.
=20During=20my=20free=20time,=20I=20like=20to=20listen=20to=20the=20radio,=
=20go=20swimming,
=20biking,=20going=20on=20the=20computer,=20and=20playing=20the=20piano.
=20I=20go=20to=20a=20music=20school=20for=20the=20blind=20in=20Manhatan=20e=
very=20Saturday
=20for=20my=20piano=20lessons.=20=20I=20also=20enjoy=20that=20school=20alot=
,=20and=20I=20
think
=20that=20my=20teacher=20is=20very=20nicedd
=20I=20am=20also=20a=20big=20tech=20guy...=20=20I=20own=20numerous=20types=
=20of=20technology
=20at=20home,=20including=20a=20Windows=20computer=20with=20Jaws,=20a=20Bra=
illeNote,
=20(which=20I=20am=20using=20right=20now=20to=20right=20this=20post),=20a=20=
Victor=20Reader
=20Stream,=20and=20the=20new=20Ipad=20Air,=20which=20I=20got=20last=20Chris=
tmas.
=20By=20the=20way,=20=20=20I=20hope=20you=20all=20enjoyed=20reading=20my=20=
introduction,=20
and
=20am=20excited=20to=20be=20part=20of=20this=20list.
=20I=20hope=20discussing=20on=20this=20list=20will=20be=20fun=20and=20inter=
esting.
=20Sincerely,

=20Sami.

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