[nabs-l] Transitioning to college or training center and being almost a senior in high school

[Mikayla Gephart]

Vejas,
    I live in North Carolina. Thank you for your response. I agree on not using a critical tone. The President of the local NFB chapter is the Braille instructor at the state center, and also helped with running the summer program. She is phenomenal, but the program as a whole could use more work. They would not even let her take off for Washington Seminar. As a result, she has not been to many national events, but I love her passion for Braille!
> On Mar 2, 2017, at 11:33 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mikayla,
> I believe that you live in California, right? I went to LCB right after high school and the 3 centers they would encourage you to go most are the Junior Blind of America in Southern California, and the Orientation Center for the Blind and the Hatlen Center for the Blind in Northern. I visited all of these and compared the expectations of these centers to these of the NFB centers. Don't use a very critical tone, because there are some people associated with the NFB who work for/support these cent ers. 
> I went to LCB right after high school, and am glad I did. You will grow more especially  on skills which you may not have used as much due to your academics being a priority. I think that you will also grow socially as well. 
> Vejas
> 
>> On Mar 2, 2017, at 18:27, Mikayla Gephart via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>   I am counting on my Federation family to help me during this time of excitement anticipation, and stress. Next year, I will be a senior in high School. I am planning on starting my college journey at a community college to transition into the college thing, and to get some of my general education courses out of the way. However, I also want to attend an NFB training center, as I know I am not fully independent. I know this is a personal decision for each individual, but what do you guys think about going to a training center before community college, after community college but before going to a four year universityity, or after a four year university? I will also be meeting with my VR counselor soon. I know that you usually have to justify going to a NFB training center as opposed to a state training center. When do you think I should bring this up to my counselor? I like her, but am a little nervous to bring this up to her. Also, how do you justify it positively? I went to the state center’s summer program last summer. It was good, but I feel like I would have a better experience at the NFB center. We had one low vision instructor, and the rest of the instructors were sighted. Also, we went to see a movie, and the theater did not provide audio description. They also do not make us work under blindfold. Any help will be appreciated. My family and I will also be attending convention! Thank you.
>> Best,
>> Mikayla
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