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[josh lester]

Angela, I can help you too.

On 2/4/16, STOMBERG, KENNEDY via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Angela,
>
> I have nothing against homemakers, which are  people who work in the home
> "tending house" as it were, rather than getting a job. In fact, my mom was
> a homemaker for most of my growing up years. However, being a homemaker
> assumes that you will be living with someone who will have a job, and will
> support you. (You  don't really get paid for being a homemaker.) It seems
> to me that your VR councilor is making a lot of dicisions about what you
> can and can't do, and quite frankly, I am offended on your behalf!
>
> If you don't know what you want to do, that's totally okay! Heck, I'm in
> the second semester of my sophomore year of colleg, and I'm still fairly
> clueless! :) But I know that I don't want to be a homemaker!
>
> If you don't want to do this, then definitely make that clear to someone
> that is high-up in the agincy, like arielle said! Of course, if you want to
> be a homemaker, good for you! But I hope that that is your decision, and
> not VR'S decision.
>
> Okay. I'll stop ranting now. :)
>
> Good luck with your courses and learning Braille!
> Kennedy Stomberg
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Angela. One comment: The VR counselor shouldn't be the one making
>> your vocational goal, it needs to be your choice. The counselor can
>> help you brainstorm, but he or she shouldn't be trying to make that
>> decision for you. If your counselor set your vocational goal as a
>> homemaker and that's not actually what you want to do, you can contact
>> the director of the VR agency or at least find out who your
>> counselor's boss is, and get that goal changed. The whole purpose of
>> VR is to give you the resources you need to do what you want to do
>> professionally. Of course, if you actually want to be a homemaker
>> instead of getting a job outside the home, that's fine, but I got the
>> sense from your email that that might not be what you want to do.
>> Best, Arielle
>>
>> On 2/4/16, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Angela welcome to the list.  My name is Roanna Bacchus.  I
>> > learned braille when I was very young.  A home maker is a person
>> > who stays home and takes care of the house.  After earning my
>> > Associate of Arts degree my VR counselor refused to pay for my
>> > Bachelor's degree.  It is being paid for through funds from my
>> > financial aid.
>> >
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Joshua Lester
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