[nabs-l] highschool question

[Joshua Hendrickson]

Hello to Anna and all.  I agree with what has already been said.
Don't be afraid to joke around about your blindness if you are
comfortable doing that.  I always used to joke around in college
classes when I felt the time was right.  I got a lot of pretty good
laughs from students from time to time.  I've also had a class of
students become silent after I've made a joke and the teacher being
afraid of offending me which I thought was pretty funny, since I'd
been the one who made the joke in the first place.  Don't be afraid to
talk to people around you.  If someone asks you a question about
blindness answer the question if you can.  One time, I had a girl
after one of my college math classes aproach me, and ask me some
questions about what it was like being blind.  She wasn't even in my
usual math class.  I answered her questions, then she came up to me in
the studen center a few days later, and asked me a question, that I
had never thought about.  She asked me how do you talk to a blind
person?  I didn't laugh, although, I thought this was a different
question.  I told her, you talk to a blind person the same way you
talk to a sighted person.  Making friends can be very nice.  Good
luck.

On 8/29/14, Sofia Gallo via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Totally agree with Marissa, I've had a similar experience and I joke
> about stuff all the time (smile)
>
> On 8/29/14, Marissa Tejeda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I know this may sound...  (lack for a word right now).
>> I have made friends very easily all my life.  High school may
>> seem hard, but it really isn't.  (smiles)
>> I'm in the tenth grade, and have bunches of friends.  I am in
>> band, but when I play with the others, no one notices I'm blind.
>> It would help if I had some music, but that's a different story.
>> I did perform in a pep rally last year.  I got two standing
>> ovations, (there were two rallies so everyone in the school could
>> go).
>> I sat at a table by myself, one day.  (This was just this week.)
>> Two girls sat across from me.  I didn't talk, so they didn't talk
>> to me, (same would have happened, had I been able to see).  Then,
>> my friends, Michelle and Jessica, came and sat by me.  I started
>> talking with them; the two girls that sat across from me were
>> friends of there's.  we ended up having a great time and now, I
>> can ALMOST tell them by voice.  I still get confused between
>> Michelle and Jessica, but I'm getting better.
>>
>> Just be open about it.  This may sound cruel to some, but I'm so
>> open about my blindness, I'll joke about it in class.  "I can't
>> see the board, can I move?" or someone says, "I'll see you
>> tomorrow, Marissa." I'll turn, look at them, and say, "I won't."
>> It gets people laughing.  I answer questions about being blind,
>> whenever I'm asked.  Some people are shy; just say, "It's ok, you
>> can ask."
>> They think they will offend you.  Just let them know that they
>> won't.
>>
>> If you need any help, feel free to email me off-list.
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ana Martinez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:08:49 -0600
>> Subject: [nabs-l] highschool question
>>
>> hi all I have a question, how do you make friends in highschool,
>> for
>> me it has been difficult because there a lot of students and in
>> all of
>> my classes there are different kids ,
>>
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