[nfb-db] New Member

Fri Apr 10 17:17:19 UTC 2009

Hi Mussie and John, I understand some topics cannot be discussed on this 
list. I'd like you to know, though, that I"m very interested to read 
what you have to say; I"m sure to learn many things that way.

best,
Haben

Mussie wrote:
> Hi John,
> I tried emailing you off-list, but the email message bounced. 
> Apparently you have a new address. My email address that I use for 
> lists like this one is gmussie9 at hotmail.com. We can of course converse 
> through this list, but if you have any specific questions you'd like 
> to ask or any particular topics you prefer to talk off list, use that 
> email address.
> Well, it could be a tough situation for someone like you to be in when 
> kids are involved. And as you probably know, finding a decent job is 
> not easy these days, but it really pay to have a graduate degree so 
> that it might be easier for you to market your skills and be able to 
> find a well-pay job.
> There are online degree programs (some universities have accessible 
> websites offering graduate degrees online). I have taken numerous 
> classes online at a community college (but the college uses Blackboard 
> Learning Systems) and find distance education helpful. But it all 
> comes down to individual preferences (some people learn better in 
> class on campus through interaction with others), and you should have 
> to also be prepared because online classes do not translate into ease 
> and flexibility as I have found myself struggling to catch up for 
> having thought that online classes would provide me with flexibility 
> and easy time management. Many of the students taking online classes 
> at my school do so because they have kids.
> I hope all is going well for you!
> Mussie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lee Clark" 
> <johnlee at clarktouch.com>
> To: "'NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List'" <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 8:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-db] New Member
>
>
>> 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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