[Nfbf-l] State School

[Sherri]

I feel I had an excellent education at the Utah School For the Blind. I 
attended until I was in 10th grade. I consider myself quite well-educated 
and socially mature and able to compete with any other sighted people. I had 
the advantage of being able to stay home and travel back and forth each day 
to school, which allowed me to grow up in my neighborhood. I also had the 
advantage of learning excellent blindness skills, particularly Braille, 
math, etc., which gave me a nearly 4.0 grade point average upon attending 
public high school. I see so many mainstreamed people today who were totally 
isolated in their public school experience, made no friends, did not develop 
good blindness skills, don't read braille well or at all. I do not at all 
consider myself socially immature or incapable because I went to a school 
for the blind.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] State School


> Joann, I so agree with you on this topic! I, too, have seen many blind
> individuals that act so childlike compared to others and have wondered 
> why.
> Why some are always figitting, and others are not. I was told it was due 
> to
> their parents allowing them to do what they wished without letting them
> know it is not polite to rock or figit all the time in their seets,etc. I
> was also told it was because they were placed in their playpens for hours 
> to
> keep them safe and they would get extremely bored so they developed habits
> that were very distracting to others in a room and such. These behaviors 
> are
> what the majority of our population (sighted) see and assume we are not
> prepared to be on an even  keel with them and until we try and feel
> comfortable about talking about these foibles with some of usletting them
> know this behavior is not acceptable and quite rude as well, we will have
> diminished and negative attention brought our way. Just one man's opinion 
> is
> all! Kirk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joanne" <jdking09 at earthlink.net>
> To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:21 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] State School
>
>
> I know first hand what a shambles the Daytona School became after it was
> influenced by NFB's  theory of teaching independents to the blind.   If I
> were
> in charge  I would first have every student believe in their dignity. 
> Then
> I
> would teach them to believe  that they can achieve anything if they really
> want
> to.  and the other important thing is to join society without thinking 
> that
> they
> need  special treatment.  You can't burn the candle at both ends.  And 
> that
> is
> what they had done at the center.  That's why the school is not on track.
> The people that I have known before NFB's influence had a better chance of
> learning all this.  After that forget it.
> I personally grew up in public and private schools and learned my own
> independents because I wanted to.  I agree that one can always pick out a
> blind
> student who was educated at a school for the blind including one like
> Daytona.
> They act like a child..
> So whether it is NFB or ACB or anything else.  A blind person can be so
> called
> Normal if treated like they are normal.
> We are a very small percentage of society.  Therefore, it is us, who needs
> to
> comply with the majority.
> Please pass this on to the NFB and the ACB and any other Organizations who
> feel
> that special privileges is the only way to go.  I guess what I am trying 
> to
> say
> is stop degrading us.
>
>
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