[nabs-l] Another Questions about Professors

[KENNEDY STOMBERG]

The one good thing about what you were dealing with is that your professor will likely listen to you. Ask has already been said, just talk to him. He respectful as I know you are. Be gentle and diplomatic if you can. (I know that can be hard sometimes. :-)) but I think things will work out for you. He is seeing you be successful, and he is trying to put himself in your shoes. He doesn't think that if he were blind he would be able to be that successful. But of course that is not the case. I am sure it is just a matter of having a conversation. :-) Good luck! Let us know how it goes. :-)

Kennedy Stomberg 
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> On Oct 20, 2016, at 10:12 PM, chelsea peahl via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I've had a professor like that, but I honestly just talked to her about it. For me, it was that simple. She is now one of my favorite people and I have a great relationship with her outside of campus life. Just explain that just because you are doing something a little differently than they are used to, your are still doing the same thing that they do and that specialized equipment lost the "cool" factor after the first use. Everyone is human and mistakes happen, just continue to remind him. I don't feel like it's a reason to drop the class.
> 
> Chelsea Peahl
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>> On Oct 20, 2016, at 8:52 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hello All,
>> 
>> In addition to the problems I am facing in terms of my accommodations falling through for my science class, I also have a bit of a problem with my professor for my sociology class. He thinks I am the most amazing person for being able to do things as a blind person. I have received attitudes like this from other sighted people in the past, but never from a professor, or nothing that was this bad. Even after walking out with me from class to the bus stop and watching me find a phone number I recorded on my Victor Stream to call someone on my IPhone, he still somehow thinks I am the most amazing person simply because I can do things even though I am blind.
>> 
>> I really do not want to drop this class because I really enjoy this class. I find the subject matter to be interesting. I find the personal stories the professor shares with the class when he explains things to us in class. And I like the fact that the accommodations are fairly simple and straight forward in that I really do not need to do all that much in terms of accommodations for this class.
>> 
>> However, the fact that this professor keeps telling me how I am this amazing person simply because I can do things as a blind person is really starting to annoy me. I thought if I simply ignored these comments that they would go away. But they do not seem to be going away, and I honestly am not quite sure what to say to my professor to make him understand that my blindness really does not need to be as big of a deal as he is making it out to be.
>> 
>> So does anyone have any ideas as to how I can go about dealing with a professor who is overly annoying about how I am this amazing person simply because I can do things as a blind person? I am really beginning to think that sighted people are incapable of being able to understand blindness. So any thoughts or ideas anyone may have in regards to dealing with this situation would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Elizabeth
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