[nagdu] Social Acceptance of Disability (was Re: update on my work question)

Fri May 16 00:20:53 UTC 2014

Of course, how smart someone is isn’t really determined by GPA. I know some pretty dumb people who have high GPA’s. I was talking with someone this afternoon, and she theorizes that it’s not so much to do with that as it is to do with some feeling of being “special” or some such thing, somehow above us mere mortals. Back to high school, she mentioned the jocks, who seemed to have the same sort of problem with acceptance as the crowd I mentioned, and that would definitely fall in line with her theory. We decided we likely wouldn’t solve it today, but that someone should do a study or something. There’s probably some organization that would fund such a thing. 
On May 15, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Nicole Torcolini via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I don't know, but I am inclined to not think so. I think that what matters
> most is personality , and personality, at least in my experiences, does not
> tend to influence or be influenced by how smart someone is. Okay, yes,
> perhaps some people who are not as smart are nicer because they are not self
> centered and obsessed with being the best, but, that being said, I have met
> smart people who are nice and not so smart people who are not nice, so it
> goes either way.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan via
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] update on my work question
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 15, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Julie J. via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> 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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