[nagdu] Tell the whole truth

[Laurel]

Well, I don't mind telling you all the name of the school. I just
wanted to be careful when I first posted here because I didn't wanna
start a "school war" or you know make people get all mad and defensive
or anything. My main concern was helping my friend. It's going to work
out fine with her by the way. The school that my friend was having the
problems with was Southeastern. I want you all to know that I
personally don't know much about them and don't have a problem with
them, I can't really judge southeastern seeing as I have never had a
guide from there. Also, please know that my previous messages I tried
to leave my opinion out of it, I just tried to relay my friends issues
and what she told me. Personally, I'm sad that this happened to my
friend and it's unfortunate that Southeastern couldn't have dealt
better with it. I learned a little more about the situation yesterday,
and lets just say they lied to my friend regarding some issues with
her dog. I'm not going to go into the details, but suffice to say she
has been traumatized.

I think it's good too if we talk about the negatives of a school, in a
respectful manner, as well as the positives. I also know there's a
fine line between discussing the negatives and bashing a school, and I
just wanted to be on the careful side, especially since I haven't been
on this list long, I didn't want anybody to mistake my messages as
school bashing.

I really appreciate these discussions and everybody's imput especially
with my friend, we have found it helpful for sure and she will soon
join this list.

Sorry, I know this is really lengthy. /smiles/
Laurel and Stockard

On 4/11/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> And sometimes it might not be an issue necessarily with the school but with
> the student.  For example, we had a student in our class whom I really hope
> didn't get her dog.  She was in for a retrain 4 months after she got her
> first dog.  They gave her a second.  SShe would poo-poo everything the
> trainer said and sleep all day and skip training sessions.  She gave the dog
> attention only when she wanted to play with it!  Well, I sure hope the
> school kept track of what she did with the dog if she got him at all!  Just
> noting that I learned well and passed with Holly with little effort.  Some
> students may develop resentments or the schools may not get a good feeling
> about a student iether.  I thaught my trainer was great!  Most of us did
> but, maybe 2 or 3 may not have felt that way!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Vandervest" <timelord09 at att.net>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Tell the whole truth
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>
>>i agree whole heartedly, i want to know both the good and bad even if its
>>about my school
>>
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