[nabs-l] representing blindness on an aplication

[minh ha]

I sort of agree with what Joe said. The fact that blindness is the
biggest challenge in your life could bring up some questions as why
that is, but each person's situation is different and none of us can
tell you otherwise. Personally I don't often talk about blindness as a
challenge because I face bigger hurdles in my life, but you can
definitely paint blindness as a challenge in a positive light. Talk
about how your blindness has taught you to be more empathetic and
compassionate towards others due the prejudices you have face.
Describe the advocacy skills you have learned because of blindness.
People reading applications don't really want to read a sob story, but
they love it when essays can show how they overcome their
difficulties.

Minh

On 5/9/14, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a philosophical discussion in here somewhere. Blindness ought not
> to
> be your biggest challenge in life, but if you do make that your response, I
> would exhibit it in as a casual way as you did in your post. It's no big
> deal. Talk about the positives you've been able to derive from your
> blindness, empathy or whatnot.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lillie
> Pennington
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 10:13 PM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: [nabs-l] representing blindness on an aplication
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> A local hospital in my area is starting a youth suicide prevention council
> for local high school students next year, and I am applying now because it
> both sounds interesting and I think it could be good for me.
>
> There are several written response questions on the application, such as
> what is your biggest challenge in life. My answer would be blindness.
> However, I do not know how to exactly deal with the phraising of my
> answers.
>
>
> I want to treat it like a casual thing; sort of like, although blindness
> does present its own special challenges, I have adjusted reasonably well
> and
> live a pretty normal life.
>
> I am afraid that I will become a hero and be admitted solely on that fact,
> or not admitted because I talked about blindness and the powers that be do
> not want to deal with that. I am not asking you to write my answer for me,
> but how can I better phraise my approach, or what are some key words?
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. This sounds like an awesome opportunity.
>
>
>
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