[nabs-l] National Scholarship

[rachel Jacobs]

Hello Jim. I am a scholarship winner, and I heard over a month ago. I would 
imagine people have been contacted by now if they won. I definitely have no 
problem with having to go to convention to get the scholarship. Every 
scholarship has their own qualifications, and this should be no different. I 
think that it is so much more than just winning a check. It is the chance to 
go and learn so much at no cost! I'm definitely not complaining. I am a 
college student, and I will have to take off for that time, but it is worth 
it. I knew that before I applied. Just my opinion!
Rachel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: "NABS mail list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 2:53 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] National Scholarship


Hello fellow scholoarship contestants,
I also applied for the NFB scholarship, and I also have not heard anything. 
My understanding was that the scholarship commitee would begin reviewing 
applications after May 1. It seems to me that since one requirement of the 
scholarship is attending the national convention, it is likely that the 
sciholarship commitee has already, or must very shortly make their 
desisions. thus allowing time to make travel arraingements.

BTW, How do you guys feel about being forced to attend a national convention 
in order to reciieve a scholarship? We atre college students; shouldn't we 
be being encouraged to work during the summers? What about those with summer 
internships where they can't take time off work?I know that if I had a job 
working for the National Park Service, or the Forest Service, there would be 
no chance I could go to convention, especially since the convention falls on 
the 4th of July (when every idiot with a tent and a cooler full of beer is 
in the National Parks/Forest). I'm not sure I agree with the idea of 
requreing students to take a week out of their lives, and travel half-way 
acrossed the country for the purpose of recieving a scholarship; even if the 
trip is free.

Thoughts?
Jim

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 Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
 Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
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