[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 15:23:13 UTC 2014

Didn't get the peroo either; though german or some eastern European as well.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:53 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction

Helga, I didn't know you were from Peru.  I could tell that English might
not be your first language, but I always thought you might be German or
Austrian based on your name.  I've always wanted to go to Peru.  I'm told
it's very beautiful there.

On 1/23/14, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
> Welcome to the list, Sami.  I am pretty familiar with Nyack--I'm 
> originally from Newburgh, New York which is pretty close to Nyack.  I 
> moved to Connecticut in 2002 when I was 12, but I've been through 
> Nyack a number of times and my father still lives in that area.  I'm 
> glad you like attending NYSe for school; I've heard some pretty good 
> things about it.  I'm also glad to hear that you're a language 
> enthusiast.  I, myself, have a goal of being fluent in at least five 
> languages (including English).  Of course, if I can gain fluency in 
> more, that would be even better.  I speak fluent Spanish (I studied it 
> in school up to the advanced placement level), I speak some French, 
> some Italian, some German, good conversational Greek and I also know 
> bits and pieces of Bosnian, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic (both of which I 
> want to study more), Zulu, Xhosa and Welsh.  I also know Latin fairly 
> well, but no one actually speaks Latin conversationally.  Well, I 
> would because I'm a geek, but that's beside the point.  Anyway, 
> welcome to the list.  I am sure you will enjoy all our discussions.
>
> Ryan
>
> On 1/23/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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!
>> ;)
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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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