[Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

[hannibal8it at aol.com]

The more comments i see around this, the more i believe it comes down 
to the individual child, and how they were raised.  again, not unique 
to blind kids.

i spent my whole childhood overcoming the lower expectations of 
clueless people.  they found out i was going to lose my sight, and 
dropped me two academic levels thinking my enucleation came with a 
lobotomy
it took the adult community 6 years of straight a's and bad citizenship 
grades to figure out they made a mistake.
i would dare to say your attitude probably netted you more success in 
your life than not.
the only thing you can be sure about not trying something, is you won't 
accomplish that target or goal.
I truly believe that every trip to the emergency room as a kid 
translated into a success down the road.  LOL
but again, just my opinion, and i welcome the opportunity to share with 
all of you.

-----Original Message-----
From: jody <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List' 
<sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tue, Jul 10, 2012 2:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] clueless coaches

Hi Mike,

Ah but the student doesn't always know their limitations.  I had low 
vision
all of my life and I had no idea what normal vision was.  I would plow 
in to
every situation with a chip on my shoulder daring anyone to say I 
couldn't
do anything.  I had no idea of what my limitations were.

I hated being told I was different and I was in complete denial of what 
my
visual limitations were.  I would say I could see things when I couldn't
because I didn't want to be told I couldn't do it.  I remember before
starting horseback riding lessons the instructor asked me if I saw the 
boat
on the dock on the lake.  To this day I don't know if there was a boat, 
dock
or even a lake but I said YES for fear of not being allowed to ride.

A few years ago I went on a trail ride with my daughter.  I knew darn 
well
if they knew I was blind they would freak out.  Both me and my daughter 
wore
sunglasses, not unusual in  Florida.  I walked sighted guide and the 
guide
had no idea I couldn't see.  We had a blast cantering down the road and
walking the trails.  When we arrived back at the barn I untacked the 
horse
and said thank you and good bye.  Then I took out my cane and walked to 
the
car.  I could just imagine the jaws dropping to the ground.

So NO the student might be the last to know their limitations.

JODY


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