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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My name is Tessa Urban. I have joined this list specifically to inquire about the Houston’s Lighthouse of the blind distance education program. I am considering to try and in role into the medical transcriptionist class. I will cross post this onto the national nfb student’s list to see if anyone else in the country is part of the course. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is anyone in this program? If so, what are or have been your experiences? Are you doing the program online or at the lighthouse? If you have completed the program, are you working? Was the staff helpful? How was the inrolling process for you? What if you had an unplanned emergency and couldn’t complete something; what happened with the teacher and your class? What if you’ve never done online schooling before? How did the testing and exams go? Did you have to follow their time schedule exactly? I do realize these are a lot of questions however I do try to be thorough.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A bit about me: I live in the state of Florida. I’m 31, have a guide dog and have always had a love for anything medical related. I’m a licensed massage therapist in the state of Florida. I use Jaws as a screen reading software. I tried doing Hadley school online taking a Bible class, however I couldn’t finish it. The class was more difficult than I realized, everything was done from the book and getting questions answered was hard to do. I also felt that the expectations of the instructor were not clear enough when it came to exams.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone has any questions or suggestions, please let me know. I thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>God bless, Tessa <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>