[nagdu] An O&M self teachig site

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Gail,

It appears to be a sight for O&M educators more than students...  Still,
here's my take on the whole notion of self-teaching and sources of
information:

1.  If it's information, take it, soak it in, and .... decide what you can
use for now, what you can use for later and how you can best use it for you.
2.  Trust your own instinct and judgment over anyone else's at any time
about moving from one step to another.  In other words, if someone gives you
the one key that absolutely, positively work to solve your problem with
whatever (street crossings, the exactly perfect cane technique, you name
it), take that information, apply step 1, and if you don't think it will
work for you don't do it.  No matter who the other person is or how pissy
they get over your decision.  It's your decision, your life, your
conssequences, either way.  Not theirs.
3.  Rinse and repeat as necessary.  /smile/

I'm not saying you shouldn't listen to advice, and take it with both hands
when it's good.  Just try to remember that you're the one who has to apply
it, who will be using it every day in real life and who will bear the
consequences if if goes wrong...  So it's your judgment, 100 percent.

That applies, of course, to anything I tell you, too.  /grin/  What the heck
do I know about your life?

That being said, I'm trying to think of anything I have to add and any
information I can find that might be worth sharing with you.  Some of it I
would be looking for my own reasons, anyway, but it's related enough and I'm
interested enough in the general notion of self-training (as opposed to
owner-training a guide/sd) to want to dig a little deeper anyway.

Hang in there.  You're going to get so discouraged you think you can't get
out of bed in the morning.  That's okay.  You will also get past it and move
yourself just another little baby step along sooner or later.  Every now and
then you will be shocked to realize that, while you were paying attention to
something else, you made a giant leap.  That's a pretty cool realization.
Savor it, because then you'll need to move on to the next phase and there
you are on the same emotional merri-go-round.

Ah, well.  I've lost quite a bit of vision over the past few months, and it
hasn't thrown me all carzy out of whack like it used to, but I'm noticing
the need to take myself back to school for general O&M before my brain
collapses and I go bouncing off of walls to find my way through the house.
It's been a couple of years since I had even one day like that, and I think
I would like to keep up my good record.  /grin/

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Gail
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:47 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: [nagdu] An O&M self teachig site

What do you all think of this site? I still havent found anyone to teach me
O&M, and no school who will take me without it. Take a look at this, and let
me know?



http://www.sauerburger.org/dona/crosscredit#q



Gail