[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 03:37:04 UTC 2014

Welcome Sami to the list. I am a new list member as well.

Matthew Dierckens
Macintosh Trainer
Blind Access Training
www.blindaccesstraining.com
1-877-774-7670 ext. 4

On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:

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