[nagdu] Angie's Graduation /was/ TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison

Mon May 18 23:27:38 UTC 2009

Way to go, Angie!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Angie's Graduation /was/ TSE and Guiding Eyes 
comparison

> Congradulations Angie!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Angie Matney
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 12:57 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Angie's Graduation /was/ TSE and Guiding Eyes
> comparison
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> Thanks! The bar is around July 28-29 (need to look at my calendar to
> remember the  exact dates). I am already doing Bar/Bri and PMBR.
> Hopefully I will be ready when the time comes!
>
> Angie
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of craig.borne at dot.gov
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 11:50 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] Angie's Graduation /was/ TSE and Guiding Eyes
> comparison
>
>
> Congratulations, Angie!  When do you sit for the bar?
> Craig
>
> Craig Borne
> NHTSA/DOT
> (202) 493-0627
> craig.borne at dot.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Angie Matney
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 8:23 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
> Tina,
>
> I'm jealous! But I did have to get back because of school. (And on a
> positive note, school is over! I graduated yesterday!) Most of my
> training
> with Yani happened during my break, and I only missed one week of class.
> But
> I'll bet you had a great training experience!
>
> Angie with Yani
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of tina thomas
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:18 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
> Hey Angie-  How could I not stay. Pete Jackson one on one for one week.
> It
> was very cool
>
>
> "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own
> instead of
> someone else's."
> - Billy Wilder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Angie Matney
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 4:14 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
> Hey Tina,
>
> In my group, there were two Seeing Eye retrains, a first-time guide-dog
> handler, and me. I was very, very tempted to stay the extra week, but I
> needed to get back to class. The first-timer in our group had the
> instructor
> all to himself for that last week, too. He said it was a great
> opportunity.
>
> Angie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of tina thomas
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:46 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
>>From what I understand, the instructor to student racial has changed
>>over
> the years, and students are receiving more individualized instruction.
> When
> I attended the Seeing Eye back in Feb, there were four of us in my
> group.
> All but me had received from the Eye prior, So the last week of class, I
> had
> the instructor to myself.
> Tina
>
>
> "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own
> instead of
> someone else's."
> - Billy Wilder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Haben Girma
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:30 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>
>
> Angie, that's really interesting. I would have actually assume that
> training
> would be more individualized at GEB since GEB has a smaller class size
> and a
> smaller student to instructor ratio.
>
> Haben
>
> Angie Matney wrote:
>> Hi Tami,
>>
>> The training at TSE is similar. I obviously can't compare it to GEB,
>> but I will say that what I liked about TSE was that it was very
>> individualized. At my first school, all students went into the city on
>
>> the same day. At TSE, we went in groups. I only went to NYC once, but
>> other students went more often, depending on their needs. Maybe Ann or
>
>> another GEB grad could speak to scheduling at GEB.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Ann Chiappetta
>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:33 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>>
>> Hi Tammy;
>> I'm a recent GEB grad and I believe I've gotten great urban training.
>> We were out five days a week for three weeks in downtown White Plains,
>
>> NY, a busy city with plenty of obstacles, like rounded sidewalk  ramps
>
>> buses,,complicated crossings,  scaffolding, and people and other
>> dogs.We trained in NYC only one day but it was great as I got
>> train/subway training and felt the safest I've felt in the subway
>> since
> losing my sight.
>>
>> I live in a suburban/urban setting and Verona's city skills are spot
>> on. We don't have much need for country walking so I make sure I take
>> her on side streets just to keep her skills up. But her shorelining
>> skills are good, too.
>> Hope that helps.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:26 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] TSE and Guiding Eyes comparison
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hey, all.  A friend was asking me some questions about guide dog
>>> schools, and I had no clue to the answers, so I thought I would ask.
>>> She wanted to know how Guiding Eyes and TSE compare when it comes to
>>> urban training for both dog and handler, since both are near NYC.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone been to both schools?  How would you compare the two?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tami Smith-Kinney
>>>
>>>
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