[nabs-l] Good vs. Not-so-good Training Centers

[Joshua Lester]

Dave!
Gunshots on campus?
Hmmm!
Sounds like my experience!
That was back in 2007!
Blessings, Joshua

On 7/16/12, Dave Webster <dwebster125 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 	Hi.  My name is Dave.  I actually have been to both centers lcb and
> wsb which is world services for the blind which formally was lions world
> services for the blind.  I attended lcb back when Joanne was director.
> World services gane me good training in a vocational skill but you're right
> it didn't give good training in personal management skills.  things such as
> cooking cleaning and stuff like that wasn't all that great.  One of the
> things to keep in mind is that wsb is in a very very bad area of Little
> rock.  I would not want to go out on my own especially at night.  Noone
> could pay me enough money to do that.  its such a bad enough area that
> people have heard gun shots on campus.  People have seen others get
> arrested
> right there in front of the school so.  Just my thoughts.-----Original
> Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 10:22 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Good vs. Not-so-good Training Centers
>
> Hi all,
> I have not been to WSB and so cannot comment on its quality as a center for
> specific job training (i.e. the IRS program), but I have heard lots of
> negative rumors about it, though none as disturbing as what Amber related.
> I
> will, however, comment on the fact that WSB apparently houses students in
> dormitories and does not give students any opportunities to prepare their
> own meals or, presumably, to travel very far between home and campus. I am
> a
> proud graduate of LCB and I would recommend NFB centers for many reasons,
> but one of the biggest differences I can see between good and bad training
> centers is whether or not students live on or off campus. This is simply
> because, in my experience, at least half of what I gained from attending a
> center were things I learned off campus by cooking, cleaning and traveling
> on my own. When you make the commitment to go to a residential center, you
> really need to get the most bang for your buck, so to speak, and I think
> dorm-style accommodations really limit what you are able to learn from the
> experience. As just one example, a skill I acquired at LCB that I still use
> on a daily basis is knowing how to safely and confidently cross the street
> at an uncontrolled intersection. I practiced this a few times in travel
> class, but nearly all the safety and confidence I acquired in crossing
> uncontrolled intersections came from needing to cross Bonner and
> Mississippi
> twice each day to get to and from the LCB from my off-campus apartment.
> Similarly, many of us decide to attend centers to improve nonvisual cooking
> and cleaning skills and I don't even understand how you can really practice
> those things if you live in a dorm. Laundry maybe, but that's about it.
> Training isn't about just trying something out once or twice, but instead
> it's about practice and repetition, which is best gotten when you are doing
> things like cooking, cleaning and street travel on a regular basis and out
> of necessity. Not to mention that having to sign in and out must really
> make
> people less motivated to venture out on their own--but that's a whole other
> issue.
> So if you are struggling between center options, I'd urge you to consider
> whether the living situation is on or off campus as a major factor in your
> decision.
> BTW, I think someone might have posted recently with questions about LCB,
> but I don't recall who it was. If you still have questions, you can give me
> a call at
> 602-502-2255
> There's a lot I could say about my LCB experience and a live  phone
> conversation will probably be more helpful than email.
> Best,
> Arielle
>
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