[nabs-l] Back-to-school Preparation

[Suzanne Germano]

I email all my professors to get book list and syllabus if it is ready. I
make sure all of my books pdfs have either been secured from the publisher
or scanned in before the semester starts. I meet with someone from building
operations and have electric extensions run to my seat. I use a magnilink
cctv connected to my laptop to see the board and it kills my battery in an
hour so I need electricity. I will usually meet with my professors prior to
the semester starting to arrange receiving PowerPoint slides in advance of
the lecture and so they make sure any in class assignments are large
printed for me. I discuss testing and together we decide whether testing in
class in large print will work or if I need to test at DSS and use the
CCTV. I found the CCTV option the best for the 3 years of Calculus and many
of the programming classes. The large print provided isn't sufficient to
tell a parenthesis from a curly brace.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Sophie Trist via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> wrote:

> To prepare for returning to school, I faithfully read all my summer
> reading books. Also, my teachers often send me a list of textbooks and, in
> the case of my English teacher, reading books that we'll be using
> throughout the year. I download all of these from Bookshare if possible
> over the summer. I've heard of people meeting with their teachers in the
> summer, but I just wing it. I introduce myself on the firt day of school,
> and over the next couple of weeks, I gradually explain how they can help me
> be successful in their class. I prefer not to do all this explaining in one
> sitting so as not to overwhelm them with new information. Usually, teachers
> are a bit nervous about teaching The Blind Girl, but (I'm not trying to
> brag here) I do pretty well academically and have a mostly easygoing
> personality, so they get comfortable around me within the first two or
> three weeks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: petras via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:37:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Back-to-school Preparation
>
> I make sure I buy all my schpplies, read my summer reading books,
> have a meeting with the school district.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:09:16 -0400
> Subject: [nabs-l] Back-to-school Preparation
>
> Dear Students,
>
> I know that we are still on Summer vacation, preparing to travel
> to convention, and taking Summer classes, but I decided to post
> this anyway.  I am writing an article for Future Reflections
> about back-to-school preparation.  How do each of you prepare to
> go back to school? Look forward to reading your thoughts on this
> topic.
>
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