[Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

[David Evans]

Dear R.J.,

If you are in it for half a loaf, why not a whole loaf?
Have you considered going away to Daytona, Ruston or even Colorado for your 
training?

It is your life, so why not get the best training you can.
DBS can send you out of state for this training.
Under the Freedom of Choice provisions of the Rehab Act, you have the right 
to choose where you want to go for that training.
It is true that DBS can send you, but they only have to pay what it cost to 
send you to their own training center in Daytona and you could be on the 
hook for the rest, but they can also pick it all up and pay for it too.
Kathy Davis when there a couple of years ago and you could ask her for her 
input about it.  Rehab training is just like Post Secondary Education and 
training.    If a student wants to go to college and specialize in a subject 
or career, they want the best training possible, Right?
If you wanted to be a lawyer you might want to go to a school that 
specializes in the kind of Law you want to practice, such as at Princeton, 
Yale, Harvard or Stanford.  If you wanted to be an engineer, you might go to 
M.I.T., Georgia Tech, Michigan  or U.C.L.A.
This is why picking a place that has the best training you can get is 
important as it will determine the course of the rest of your life.
I learned, in training for the Olympics that if you want to be the best at 
what you do, then you need to run with the best and do what they do.  If you 
do that there will come a point when you will be the best.

I hope that you can come to the NfB National Convention in Orlando and see 
it for yourself.  You will be able to talk to many people who have attended 
NFB training Centers and get some first hand knowledge from them.
Ask your DBS counselor for some help in attending the Convention.  They have 
sent students to the conventions before.
You still even have a couple of days to do an application for a scholarship 
to attend the convention under the Jernigan Scholarship Program which would 
give you funding to attend.  The cut off date is April 14.
Get the info at www.nfb.org  .

David Evans, NfBF and GD Jack.
"The person we become is determined by 3 things.  The experiences we have 
had, the people we have met and the books we have read."--Mark Twain.,"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 5:55 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs


> Any one in the palm beach area, What is your opinion of the light house of 
> the palm beaches? My meeting with the Florida division of blind services 
> went great, and I am satisfied with my councilor! However, my family is 
> soar displeased with me, but this isn't their life, it is mine and I felt 
> it was time for me to stop making excuses, and be a man and just go ahead 
> and do this for me and not any one else! Robina brought up what Steve 
> Luther said about me not being capable of doing mobility, and my councilor 
> would hear none of it! She said I was going to be receiving independent 
> living training, along with orientation and mobility I've heard Steve 
> Matson from the light house is really good. What do you guys think of my 
> good news? RJ
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