[nfbwatlk] Update

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
Thanks for letting us know how you are doing in the program.  It sounds like 
you are doing very well.
Thanks
Lauren
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> Hello:
>
> I am taking a 3 day break from the OTC and spending time with Ron and the
> baby birds. It's nice to be home. I return for a two week break on March 
> 9.
>
> How is it going:
>
> Braille:
>
> I am starting on Grade 2 braille next week. Reading is great! Writing with
> the slate and sylise I need to keep working on it but it is getting 
> better. Joy
> is a great teacher. I have to slow down my reader for the other two 
> students
> who  are reading at a much slower pace then me. The book we are using 
> takes a
> fast  approach to braille and it is advanced. I really enjoy the class.
>
> Computers:
>
> I am being trained on the braille note the KNFB reader and I am learning
> excel. Jim is a wonderful teacher. He has a great sense of humor. I have 
> been
> asked to be a peer tutor for other students in regards to MS word and 
> Windows. I
> hope I can help other struggling students.
>
> Home Ec:
>
> I am doing pretty good in this class; but I burned my hand last week when 
> I
> accidentally touched the stove burner; good reflexes saved me from getting
> seriously burned. I thought Quill was going to have a heart attack. That's 
> life
> under sleep shades. I will complete this course March 4.
>
> O&M:
>
> This is the struggle. It is coming very slowly. I must be patient. My  O&M
> instructor is an Intern from Texas. She is nice but very strict. I tease 
> her
> and think of her as my drill sargent; just like the Army. I hope to have 
> much
> more O&M time next term. I am getting the cane techniques down but it  is 
> slow
> work and I am still in the building.
>
> The other classes are good and I love dependable strengths. The only 
> things
> that really bother me is the outside drama (mainly with some of the other
> students); it can be a very stressful progam to go through and it is not 
> easy to
> be away from Ron for 6-10 weeks at a time. I still can't cook in my 
> apartment
> nor walk on my own to the center.A lot of things have changed since my 
> first
> training program in 1989-1990. However, all in all the program is a good 
> one
> and  I am glad that they really make you wear the sleep shades. I think I 
> am
> handling  the stress a lot better now then when I first started last 
> month.
> It's a work in  progress.
>
> Please keep me in your prayers. I am really glad I am in the program! It 
> may
> not be in LA or CO but it is still a very good program and I am learning a
> great deal. What a blessing!
>
> Lisa A. Owen
> NFB & CFB
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