[nfb-db] New Member

[Haben Girma]

Go for grad school! You've got just one life to do what you really want 
to do. Your kids would admire you for taking up the challenge of 
following your dreams. Who gets anywhere taking the easy route? I'm not 
a parent, so maybe it's easier for me to say this. But in my opinion, 
your children need to support your dreams as much as you need to support 
theirs. Children find it hard to think of anyone but themselves, so it 
will be a life lesson for them as well.

best,
Haben

John Lee Clark wrote:
> Mussie:
>
> Nice to find you here!  I am sorry to have missed the chance to go to the
> Bay Area recently.  We were going to attend a NCADB event, but then the
> program was put on hold.  Then it wasn'['t on hold anymore but basically
> closed, along with most of the company's operations.  Fortunately, we still
> hadn't that many consumers in your area.  In other areas, it was chaos!
>
> As I mentioned before, I have to decide between taking a similar job or
> going to graduate school.  The job would pay good and right away, but it is
> not quite what I really want to do.  School means being really poor for a
> while, but at the end I'll be able to get a tenure-track post at a
> university, doing what I really want to do.  If I was single and had no
> children, I'd go the latter route without any questions.  But that's not the
> case.
>
> Any advice or thoughts?
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mussie
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 8:59 PM
> To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] New Member
>
> Welcome John Lee Clark. I have joined this list several months ago, but I 
> remained totally absent because I, too, have been really busy.
> Pardon me everyone on this list if I failed to introduce myself first. I am 
> Mussie Gebre from the Bay Area of Northern California. I am deaf-blind and 
> currently provide assistive tech training and consulting, but my current 
> college education significantly limits my ability to work with additional 
> clients and organizations throughout California.
> Mussie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Lee Clark" <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
> To: <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 2:29 PM
> Subject: [nfb-db] New Member
>
>
>   
>> Hello, all!
>>
>> Several months ago I joined NFB through the Writers Division.  Someone on
>> their list let me know that there is also a DB Division, but at that time 
>> I
>> was too busy with work to check it out.  But here I am now!
>>
>> My name is John Lee Clark, and I am second generation deaf-blind.  My 
>> father
>> is the current vice president of AADB.  I live in St. Paul, Minnesota, 
>> with
>> my wife and three sons.  Until very recently, I worked as director of
>> Communication Facilitator Service.  Right now, I am debating whether to 
>> take
>> a similar job with another company or go to graduate school.  These days, 
>> I
>> am busy writing and promoting my two books.
>>
>> I look forward to meeting all of you on this list!
>>
>> John
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