[nfbwatlk] Update

[Jedi]

Hi.

I graduated in May of 2004. By the way, my name is Jedi.

Thanks.


Original message:
> Jennifer, waht year did you graduate from LCB, if you don't mind my asking?
> I'm curious because my boyfriend went there, and you might know each other.
> Sarah
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> From: "Jedi" <loneblindjedi at samobile.net>
> To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Update


>> Lisa,

>> I'm glad to hear that you're doing well at the training center. I'm also
>> sorry to hear about your accident in the kitchen. No worries though. I
>> think everyone blind or sighted, has had accidents at least once in their
>> lives. In fact, I remember a time in my training at LCB when I gashed my
>> thumb open a bit with a knife. No worries though; a band-aid and some
>> disinfectant gel were enough to appropriately manage things.

>> I'm curious. Why can't you cook in the apartments or walk to school on
>> your own? are you having some trouble or are there specific policies
>> regarding these matters at the OTC?

>> I wouldn't worry so much about the student drama. Training is hard on
>> everyone: it's a sort of initiation into independence and for some, an
>> initiation into blindness itself. Initiations of any kind are difficult,
>> and interesting things can and do happen when people get stressed out over
>> their training. This is, of course, not to mention that when you're in
>> training, you practically work together, play together, and live together
>> with all the other students who are involved. i've often wondered at how a
>> blindness training reality TV show would fare on MTV.

>> Keep us posted on how you're doing. Congratulations on your Braille,
>> that's awesome. I hope you're having a good weekend and it will be
>> exciting to have you home for a while at the end of your first term.

>> Cheers and good luck.
>> Original message:
>>> 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
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