[nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college degree plan!

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
I spent 4 years to get my AA. I'm spending 3 years to finish my BA...
I find signage that is the same place on doors useful. When the room numbers 
are on the side of the door, or on the door, or on a sign, or on a post and 
I have no idea where it is, Braille signage is useless. Braille signage on 
carwash machines is rather amusing as well, but that is a different topic. I 
always check to make sure I'm going into the men's restroom, because I get 
lost in the women's... XD
About a quarter of the rooms at my school are Brailed, but some places the 
Braille got painted over when they repainted, so you can only tell there was 
Braille there, it isn't readable.
Thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jedi Moerke
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 8:58 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college degree plan!

I don't know how long you've been in school. Statistics tell us that the 
average associates degree takes about 3 Years.

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On Nov 13, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Joshua Lester 
<JLester8462 at PCCUAEDU.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:

> The counselor said that it was new state requirements but they've told me 
> every semester, that it woulc be my last one, but they keep adding stuff.
> My state, (Arkansas,) wants too much stuff!
> Blessings, Joshua
> ________________________________________
> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Jane 
> [juanitatighan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:21 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college degree plan!
>
> At the risk of sounding ... difficult. Why bother with Braille by the 
> classroom doors? They had Braille signs on each building at my university, 
> Braille on the rest rooms, and I think there was a Braille sign near our 
> Office of Disability services. If you are just counting doors to find the 
> right one anyhow, or judging distance, you don't need the Braille on each 
> classroom door. This is just my opinion. I have to sayI also thought the 
> Braille sign on each building was silly. If you didn't know where you 
> were, even seeing the building label might not help much.
> I should clarify they did not actually put labels on the outside of the 
> buildings, but they did label the rest rooms and some other things at my 
> request.
>
> Also going in "knowing I will loose" is not a good way to start off. 
> Frustrating as it is, you still have to project confidence. It's not easy 
> to do, but you have to.
>
> As for the degree in behavioral health, I don't know for sure how often 
> *those* change. Before you go and talk to them, check with other 
> universities in your state and see if they are updating their degree 
> programs. If so, then it's a state-wide requirement or three that have 
> been added, and everyone, everyone, everyone regardless of disability or 
> lack thereof, is gong to be forced to bite the bullet and deal with it, or 
> get a different degree.
>
> Jane
>
>
>
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>
> On Nov 13, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Joshua Lester 
> <JLester8462 at PCCUAEDU.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jane.
>> My degree is an Associates in Behavioral Health.
>> I'm planning to fight it, but I know with those hard-nosed people, I'll 
>> never win, because I've fought them tooth and nail to get efficient 
>> Braille on the doors of the classrooms, and they've finally approved of 
>> changing them, but I have to put the labels on, myself!
>> This is stuff that should've been done a long time ago, according to the 
>> IDEA!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>> ________________________________________
>> From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Jane 
>> [juanitatighan at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:08 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Disappointed in changes to my college degree plan!
>>
>> How willing ar eyou to fight?  They tried to completely change my degree 
>> to something else.
>>
>> BTW, what is your degree in If it's education, then I am afraid you are 
>> out of luck, because requirements for that are always changing. If it's 
>> something else, ou need to think carefully about how hard you want to 
>> push them. I simply told them point-blank there was no way I was going to 
>> stay in college for at least one mroe year, maybe more, to take on extra 
>> classes that were not originally required. Eventually they accepted my 
>> position, and I was the last person to graduate from my university with a 
>> degree in English-Journalism.
>>
>> Jane
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Joshua Lester 
>> <JLester8462 at PCCUAEDU.onmicrosoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not going to graduate, until December, 2013, due to changes in class 
>>> requirements!
>>> I now need five more classes, and a practicum!
>>> I was told originally, that I only needed 2 classes and a practicum, 
>>> which I was going to do in January, but that has changed!
>>> I'm tired of this nonsense!
>>> I think that the college is just doing this to make money off of me, due 
>>> to my disability.
>>> Have any of you faced something similar in your colleges?
>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>
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