[nabs-l] my introduction

Fri Jan 24 01:25:10 UTC 2014

I love languages. I am learning swedish, and I know english obviously. :) I learned French from Grade 3-10, then stopped.

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

On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:20 PM, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:

> All of that is interesting. Do you know Braille music? In terms of France, perhaps if the language barrier were not an issue.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 6:09 PM, sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi again.
>> 
>> First of all thank you to all for making me feel welcome on this list! :were
>> Now I'll try to answer to everyone who asked me questions.
>> Ashley, I can't really compare piano lessons at a music school for the blind with having them with a regular teacher, I think it adepends on the teacher.
>> Before I started coming to that school, I actually did take piano lessons with a teacher in Nyack when I was 4, and I quit that.
>> I don't remember why, because I was so young back then, but now that I think about it, it is probably because the teacher focused more on my disability then myself as a person, since for example I actually do remember that we didn't learn any actual pieces, we spent more time on the layout of the piano.
>> My teacher at the music school, however, isn't like that at all.
>> I feel that she really feels toward me as a person, rather than a "blind" person.
>> Lilli, France is very nice.
>> All the people there are very nice, and the food is delicious, and the citys are beautiful.
>> Would you like to go there some day?
>> Ben, thank you very much for your offer! Yes, I do have Skype.  To make sure that nobody here who I don't know yet just adds me to their Skype contacts, I also won't post my Skype name here either.  I will email you personally off this list and I'll give you my Skype name so you can add me.  Wow, I can't believe that you know Italian and Portugese! I also want to learn those, since I already know 2 of the romance languages (French and Spanish).
>> Helga, it's same for you, if you have Skype you can email me your skype name.  Is Peru nice? I would like to go to a Spanish-speaking country some day so I can practice my Spanish.  I also would like to learn German like you, since I know English, and I personally think that your great-grandfather made the right decision to imigrate here to the Kmericas, since Hitler and those Germans discriminated against the Jews.
>> Yes, looking at your messages, I think that being on this list will be lot of fun!
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Sami.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ben J Bloomgren <ben.j.bloomgren at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:48:55 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction
>> 
>> Hello Sami,
>> 
>> Since I'm no longer a student for the moment, I've become quite a lurker on this list; however, your intro woke me up and peaked my interest.  My name is Ben Bloomgren, and I'm from Scottsdale, Arizona.  By the way, it was 75ºF today here in Phoenix! Anyway, I'm a language freak like you, and you have three of my four/five, depending on if you count English.  I also speak Portuguese and Italian.  I'm an interpreter myself, and I'd love to work with you on those things.  If you're on Skype, I'd love to contact you.  Being that you're a minor, I'm not going to put my Skype name out here.  Otherwise, however, c'est un plaisir de te connaître.  It's a pleasure to meet you!
>> 
>> Ben J.  Bloomgren
>> 
>> Manager
>> CLG Productions
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>> Http://www.clgproductions.com
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>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 20:33, 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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