[nabs-l] my introduction

[Lillie Pennington]

Hi Sami and welcome to the list. I really liked your intro. Wow, three languages. How is it like in France compared to America?

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> On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:27 PM, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Sami,
> Welcome! I'd like to hear about your experiences at the school for the blind. I rarely meet people from schools for the blind. Do you study all subjects the regular ed kids do?
> What is it like going to a blind music class? I did  not do that, but I did take piano lessons privately.
> 
> I'm Ashley and I am a graduate of marymount university and I obtained a certificate too at our community college. I have a liberal arts degree in communication and psychology and a certificate in writing. I am now hoping to obtain at least a part time job and am contemplating  attending a center for the blind to learn more skills.
> In free time, I enjoy listening to the radio, surfing the internet, chatting with friends, exercising, playing cards, and reading.
> 
> Take care.
> 
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: sami osborne
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:15 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] my introduction
> 
> Hello everybody.
> 
> I just registered to this list a few hours ago and this is my
> first post here so let me introduce myself so you guys can know
> me better.
> My name is Sami Osborne.  Just to clarify: Sami is spelled S, A,
> M, I.  I'm just clarifying that because I know that unless you
> edit the pronunciation, those screen readers always pronounce my
> name wrong...
> I am 16, and I am totally blind since birth.
> I live in the state of New York, in a town called Nyack.  It is
> directly to the north of New York City, and it's nice.  I've been
> living there as long as I can remember.
> I don't want to brag, but I speak 3 languages! I speak english of
> course, and also French and Spanish.  I know French because my
> mother was born in France and we go there every summer.  Not my
> dad, though, he's American.  But he does know French because he
> studied it in school.  That is of course handy because then he
> can talk to my family in France, since the majority of they don't
> speak English.
> I know spanish because I used to study it for school, for, you're
> not going to believe this, 9 and a half years! I don't study it
> anymore because last year I took an exam that would determine if
> I would continue with spanish or if I was finished, and I passed
> it.
> When I grow up, I would either like to be a language interpreter
> or a French or Spanish teacher at a school.  I actually am
> practicing those jobs at school, because I now have 2 jobs
> involving languages.  One of them is that I help the spanish
> teacher translate documents such as the school's news-letter into
> Spanish for hispanic parents who don't speak English.  My other
> job is that I teach one of my other teachers French and she
> teaches me how to be a good teacher.
> I attend a school for the blind in New York City, which is about
> 45 minutes away from my house.  The name of the school is the New
> York Institute for Special Education.  I have been attending that
> school since I was 12 and am enjoying it very much.
> During my free time, I like to listen to the radio, go swimming,
> biking, going on the computer, and playing the piano.
> I go to a music school for the blind in Manhatan every Saturday
> for my piano lessons.  I also enjoy that school alot, and I think
> that my teacher is very nicedd
> I am also a big tech guy...  I own numerous types of technology
> at home, including a Windows computer with Jaws, a BrailleNote,
> (which I am using right now to right this post), a Victor Reader
> Stream, and the new Ipad Air, which I got last Christmas.
> By the way,   I hope you all enjoyed reading my introduction, and
> am excited to be part of this list.
> I hope discussing on this list will be fun and interesting.
> Sincerely,
> 
> Sami.
> 
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