[Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

[RJ Sandefur]

I thought the scalarships were only for those persons going to school. Is 
this true? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs


>
> 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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