[nagdu] Retaliation? was: I need some advice/help

[Margo and Arrow]

Ditto, and another thing.  We have to stop letting the schools think they 
have all this power and we have to alert the schools or training programs 
that we want to work interactively with them.

Margo and Arrow
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:35 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Retaliation? was: I need some advice/help


> Really?  Are people really afraid of retaliation if they talk about some
> negative aspect of their school, but want to return there?  I guess they
> are, but I dont understand it.  I expect my school, first GDB and now TSE,
> to act professionally.  I expect them to be able to take criticism in a
> professional manner.  And I can't think of anything I might say on the
> list about them that I wouldn't be equally willing to say to, say, a
> director of training or a CEO.
> But I'm a Taurus from Montana, living in New York and New Jersey; in other
> words, I tend to speak my mind pretty plainly.
> But it does seem to me to show a lack of trust in the people one is
> getting service from.  If I didn't feel I could trust my school to act
> like adults, I'd seriously consider going elsewhere.
> JMO.
> Tracy
>
> Nicole said:
>> Because, sometimes, people don't want the school to know that you are
>> talking about them. Yes, in this sort of situation, I probably wouldn't
>> care, as I personally would not go back to that school. However, if it is
>> something more minor that is more of a just FYI thing, it is possible 
>> that
>> the person may not want the school knowing that he/she was talking about
>> the
>> school.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 6:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] I need some advice/help
>>
>>
>>> Why on earth would you not name this school?
>>> School bashing is saying "school x sucks, they have ugly trainers and
>>> their dogs are mean".
>>> You are presenting facts as you know them to be. Why would you not name
>>> the school?
>>> If I go to Safeway and buy meat that I find out had spoiled, I wouldn't
>>> say to my neighbor "I had a bad experience at the store, but I won't
>>> tell
>>> you which one".
>>> Why doesn't this work for schools? If one is doing something bad, share
>>> it.
>
>
>
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