[Nfbmt] (no subject)

Wed Jan 8 03:40:49 UTC 2014

When I was mentioning Microsoft Word, I was thinking of Sheila because I
don't remember if she has that on her computer or not.  

Were you able to get the information I sent you about the fact sheets?

I can't speak for Bruce, but I can tell you that I went to a school for the
blind at a young age and got a good grounding in Braille there.  Bruce grew
up in the same town as the blind school in California, and his parents
refused to send him there.  As far as cooking is concerned, I am pretty much
self-taught.  My mom was afraid to let me in the kitchen for fear I'd burn
the place down.  Truth was she didn't have the patience to teach me what she
knew.  It was just easier for her to do it herself.  She was a good cook,
too.  So I got out on my own and learned through trial and error.  I didn't
get training in cooking.  When I was old enough, the home ec class at the
high school didn't know how to incorporate me, and the one at the blind
school didn't exist because there weren't enough of us.  I went to public
school my last two years of high school and I don't know if there would have
been time for home ec then.  I would have loved it, though.  It seems funny
to me that my mom had the attitude she did about me in the kitchen, because
in every other way I was treated as normally as possible and expected to do
chores and have responsibilities and be just a regular kid.  My parents even
moved to the same town where the blind school is, so that I could go to
school every day and come home and be with my family in my neighborhood at
night like every other kid.

I had known typing since something like second or third grade because we
were taught it in school, so jumping to computers was relatively easy,
especially in the Dos days before Windows.  As new things have come along, I
have learned a few things by having a computer expert familiar with screen
readers come and show me a few things to get me started, but now I learn
more by reading tutorials and just trying things.  

Have they said why they don't want you to come to CCB?  That doesn't seem in
character for them.  Maybe your application is just taking a while.  

Maybe the reason Bruce and I do as well as we do is because we have to.
Necessity is the mother of invention.  Nobody is here to do things for us,
so we have had to figure out ways of doing them ourselves.  You learn how to
do certain things after a lifetime of living a certain way.  I suppose you
could call it immersion training.  Joy   

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 8:22 PM
To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

Hi Joy.  I have Word 2013 in my computer.  No.  I'm sure the problem lies
with the operator.  I'm not very good at using a computer.  I had hoped to
learn better computer skills and so much more at CCB since they offer all of
that but for some reason they appear to not want me to come to CCB so I
don't know what I'm going to do. I'm in quite a pickle.  I don't know how to
use a computer beyond a few things my friend showed me, I can't read Braille
and I'm not very competent at cooking.  These are all things I had hoped to
get at CCB.  Did you get training at CCB or some other school for the blind?
Just tell me if it's none of my business.  I'm curious because you and Bruce
are both blind.  It must be difficult for you guys to manage unless one or
both of you received training.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfbmt [mailto:nfbmt-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bruce&Joy
Breslauer
Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 6:53 PM
To: 'NFB of Montana Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Nfbmt] (no subject)

I'm wondering if, since these are in Microsoft Word and you don't have that
on your computer, (I don't think), that's why you can't access them.
Otherwise, I don't have any other bright ideas.  But we got it solved
anyway.  Joy 

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