[nfbwatlk] Update

Mon Feb 16 06:23:34 UTC 2009

Bravo!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kristina Lawrence" <tishgifts at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Update

Hey Lisa,

Glad to have your update on the listserv. Thank you for sharing. Hope
you will be able to attend the meeting on Saturday at the downtown
YMCA.

See you then!

Kris

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Jedi <loneblindjedi at samobile.net> 
wrote:
> 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
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
>>>> NFB & CFB
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