[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 18:47:21 UTC 2014

Hi Helga,

I think that's fairly common; a lot of German Jews emigrated to South
America, as well as the U.S.  Still, it's a neat story.  Do you speak
German as well as Spanish and English?

Ryan

On 1/23/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, this is Helga! Yeah, I knew that you will probably think that I'm
> from Germany, due to my name! Just to let you know, my name is a German
> name. Actually, just to let you know, my Great Grandfather in my dad's side
> was a German Jew, but the reason he came to Peru was because he wanted to
> scape from Hitler. So that is why I was born in Peru, but just to let you
> know, I'm not Jewish, I'm actually a Christian! Also, I just wanted to tell
> you that my last name Schreiber means writer. Actually, JAWS pronounces my
> last name wrong, but VoiceOver pronounces my last name right! In some parts
> of Germany my last name is pronounce different than others. This is actually
> the info that my dad told me! Hope this give you  some info about me, and I
> hope I haven't confuse you guys! Thanks for listening to me!, and God
> bless!!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:23 AM, "justin williams"
>> <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Didn't get the peroo either; though german or some eastern European as
>> well.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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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