[nagdu] update on my work question

Cindy Ray via nagdu nagdu at nfbnet.org
Thu May 15 23:35:51 UTC 2014


Well, first of all on this, people whose employer don’t care how they are going to do things are lucky. Most don’t, of course, once you are doing the job and doing it well. Second, the convention is full of stuff to do. Ours isn’t like most conventions as many go to it to learn something. Also, lots of people do get out into the city, but what is more important is that we educate by fanning out in our own cities joining organizations, churches, getting involved in volunteer projects, etc. I’d love to go out in Orlando to some of the attractions there, but I frankly cannot afford to do it. It’s all I can do to attend the convention. This is true of many who show up there. The point is not invalid at all, but what we are doing isn’t either.

Cindy

On May 15, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hector Cevigny, in "My Eyes Have A Cold Nose" opines that the most important thing for helping people treat a blind person as just another human being is imagination.  He talked about a bookie friend of his who had the capacity to imagine the world from another perspective than his own, and could see him as just a guy, not just a blind guy..  I think about this from time to time, and I think it has some validity.
> 
> Julie J,  congratulations on your raise and promotion!  Your workplace sounds a bit like mine, in that people don't much care how I get things done, so long as I do.
> 
> I have a friend who thinks that NFB conventions would do a lot more to educate the public if we all fanned out across our host city, eating at restaurants, going to tourist spots, doing the kinds of things other tourists do, instead of holing up in the hotel as many people seem to do.
> Tracy
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] update on my work question
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> Hi,
> 
> Education by action is the best kind of education. Clearly, in your case, it works a treat. And, more importantly, they’re as educated as they need to be. The how and why doesn’t matter, clearly your coworkers see results, and that’s what they care about. That’s the best thing ever.
> 
> To tell you the truth, I think it’s possible to be *too* educated. Sometimes, it’s those smart people that often have the hardest time…has anyone else ever noticed that? Like, in school, it seemed like it was easier to make friends with the people who was the more average students, maybe the ones that weren’t really academic? Seems that those were the people who had more common sense going on upstairs, the ones who, if they wanted to know something about you, they’d just plain old ask, and otherwise everyone got on with life. The so-called A students, the ones in the AP classes that did really well, you know, the ones who would argue about why they got a 95 instead of a 97, coincidentally, the ones I was in lots of classes with, just didn’t know what to do with us. This of course has absolutely nothing to do with education or, I guess, much of anything else, but I still wonder if it’s really a thing or not.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or (814) 431-0962
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> On May 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Julie J. via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Thanks to all of you!  Yes, my employer is super supportive of me as a blind person, but really it isn't a big deal.  I know this sounds kind of backwards, but I have never had in depth conversations with anyone in my office about Braille, guide dogs, accessible technology or general blindness.  I just do what I need to to do and take care of my job responsibilities and it's all good.  I guess perhaps that's education by action?  I don't know.
>> 
>> I'm not sure how educated any of them are about blindness and what guide dogs do exactly.  I'm not sure that it matters to them.  I show up and get stuff done, so they are happy.  It works.   I don't think the details of the how are so important as the results.
>> Julie
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