[Ohio-talk] blindness and minor inconvenience

[Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk]

Well, I have requested this book twice so does that make up for the
books I didn't request? (smile)

On 5/23/14, Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Marianne,
>
> I can assure you that you're not the only one to do this. My TVIs had
> several issues with textbooks in my k-12 years, probably because of their
> caseloads and just overlooking details. I didn't even have a textbook for my
> Spanish III course, and because we were on block scheduling I had that class
> from August till Christmas break. No one even caught the mistake till my
> braillist asked to see the form, and the ISBN for the Spanish book wasn't
> there at all. Murphy's Law had it show up in January when the class was
> over. Thank goodness my braillist brailler whatever I needed for homework,
> and I had a great Spanish teacher who was willing to be flexible.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 23, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> NFB says blindness is a minor inconvenience.  Today, it was one of
>> those for sure and I am very embarrassed.  I hate it when I look
>> stupid and blind at the same time and I pulled it off today.  I had
>> the ISBN for a textbook and sent it on to be ordered.  I learned that
>> I had provided the same ISBN in March but did not know that because
>> the school district was going to order new math books so I assumed the
>> original number was for the old book.  Then, I didn't check the
>> numbers and responded that the previous number was for the old math
>> book.  I was wrong but didn't bother to look up the old number.  I
>> find the form a little challenging to navigate so didn't even look.  I
>> think a sighted person would have checked the 2 numbers to see if they
>> were the same.
>>
>> I know that was complicated but I wanted to share one of those minor
>> inconveniences.
>>
>> --
>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>> (513) 607-6053
>>
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-- 
Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053