[Nfbf-l] State School

Wed Apr 6 14:52:17 UTC 2011

Very well said Joanne, an I so do agree 100%.

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From: "Joanne" <jdking09 at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:45 AM
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> That is exactly what I am saying. You don't have any blind hang-ups.  You 
> are
> one of the  well adjusted blind .  I can say I too am well adjusted for 
> all my
> life because of mingling with sighted kids and adults in the normal 
> society.
> I don't consider myself as special or unusual among the sighted world
> And that is the training that I am looking for for well adjusted blind 
> kids and
> adults.
> You need the special training for adapted equipment and tips on cooking 
> safely,
> but you need to grow up with all kids.  That makes for a well rounded 
> blind
> person
> And yes it is important for adults who loses his sight later in life to 
> learn
> how to do the  things the same way but in a LITTLE different way, but 
> don't make
> them feel that they are not normal in every other sense.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] State School
>
>
> 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
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> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] State School
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>
>> 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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