[nagdu] Seeing Eye Class Length Shortened

Natalie nrorrell at qwest.net
Sun Nov 6 02:42:38 UTC 2011


Huh?  Didn't know that.  Thanks for sharing.  Referring to pregnancy was the 
only way I'd ever heard that word, lol.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Seeing Eye Class Length Shortened


> Hi here in montana for a while the university system tried going to what 
> is called a trimester system kind of a cross from quarters iand 
> semesters.It was strange.
>
> Sheila Leigland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Natalie <nrorrell at qwest.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 5:20 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users 
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Seeing Eye Class Length Shortened
>
> Bibi, I think you might mean "semester" instead of "trimester."  If you
> missed two weeks of your trimester, how did the baby come out?  Just
> teasing.  But seriously, "trimester" means a time during pregnancy, 
> whereas
> "semester" means sixteen weeks of school.
> Best,
> Nat and Liam Joshua
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire" <orleans24 at comcast.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Seeing Eye Class Length Shortened
>
>
>> Hi, Lynn,
>> I have to agree with you on this one as each and all of us do have an
>> important, productive life to live and support families too.
>> Each and all of us can't always put things on hold or the back burner, so
>> yes, the guide dog schools really need to take a step back and look at
>> everything in a large picture as a whole.
>> If I wanted to, I could already be training my own dog, but because of my
>> medical ailment and other circumstances, it wouldn't be feasible for me 
>> to
>> do that during this time.
>> At the same time, there are people who can't be away from work, more due
>> to their employers having a fit over missed time.
>> Again, we're back to the question that raises concerns over guide dog
>> training and employment.
>> Despite that I'm not in school right now, it was rough on me during my
>> college prime time.
>> I remember when I had to go back to retrain with a successor dog at 
>> Pilot,
>> I also had to retire the second dog around the same time I got Odie.
>> I missed two weeks of a trimester at Westwood College and I figure it's
>> something I'd rather not do again if I can avoid it.
>> Truth here is that I had a choice to wait until after my trimester.
>> I didn't do that as me myself directly allowed my stubron streak to get
>> the best of me.
>> I wanted another guide dog beside me immediately and took the consequence
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