[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 22:31:25 UTC 2014

Yes.

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 23, 2014, at 5:23 PM, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Mikayla, this is Helga. What do you mean by an email? Just curious! Do you mean the email about this girl name Marina? Thanks and God bless!! :)
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Mikayla Gephart
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 5:14 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction
> 
> Helga,
> Did you get my email?
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Jan 23, 2014, at 5:09 PM, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ryan, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I don't speak the German language at all. I know that you probably think that is weird!since my name is German. But I always wanted to learn the German  Language. Do you know, who can teach me the German language, and who can teach me the German Braille code? Just curious! I'm very interesting in learning how to speak, read, and write the German Language! I will really appreciate it, if you could help me, and give me some suggestions regarding this. Thanks so much and God bless!! :)
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Silveira
>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:47 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction
>> 
>> 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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