[nabs-l] my introduction

[Helga Schreiber]

Hi Sami, this is Helga Schreiber. Welcome! to the NABS list!!  That's cool! that you speak three languages! Specially the Spanish language. Just to let you know, I Speak Spanish fluently. I'm actually from Peru, and I came to the United States 9 years ago, almost 10, at the age of 12 years old. And when I came here to the U.S. I didn't know any English at all! So I actually learned English here. So my first Language is Spanish, and my second language is English! Also, just to let you know, when I came to the U.S. I was low vision, but 6 years ago! I lost my sight, due to the fact that I lost my sight because my Retina got detach, and even though I had many surgeries in the past, the doctors could not restore my sight. But I actually know that even though I'm going through many bad circumstances, I will nevr give up, and I know that these circumstances will not stope me to fulfill my dreams! Actually, I'm actually a college student! Hope to talk to you soon! Thanks so much for listening to me, and God bless!! :) 
P.S. By the way, I'm very interesting in learning the French Language, since some day I would like to go to France, and visit the place, where Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille code lived! I just wanted to ask you, who taught you French? And do you know who can teach me, or where can I learn it? Just curious!! I will really appreciate it a lot, if you could give me some suggestions regarding this. Thanks again! for all your time! ;) 

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> On Jan 22, 2014, at 7:15 PM, sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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