[nabs-l] my introduction

Thu Jan 23 22:23:36 UTC 2014

Hi Mikayla, this is Helga. What do you mean by an email? Just curious! Do 
you mean the email about this girl name Marina? Thanks and God bless!! :)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mikayla Gephart
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 5:14 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction

Helga,
Did you get my email?

Sent from my iPad

On Jan 23, 2014, at 5:09 PM, helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Ryan, this is Helga. I just wanted to tell you that I don't speak the 
> German language at all. I know that you probably think that is weird!since 
> my name is German. But I always wanted to learn the German  Language. Do 
> you know, who can teach me the German language, and who can teach me the 
> German Braille code? Just curious! I'm very interesting in learning how to 
> speak, read, and write the German Language! I will really appreciate it, 
> if you could help me, and give me some suggestions regarding this. Thanks 
> so much and God bless!! :)
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Silveira
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:47 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction
>
> Hi Helga,
>
> I think that's fairly common; a lot of German Jews emigrated to South
> America, as well as the U.S.  Still, it's a neat story.  Do you speak
> German as well as Spanish and English?
>
> Ryan
>
> On 1/23/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys, this is Helga! Yeah, I knew that you will probably think that 
>> I'm
>> from Germany, due to my name! Just to let you know, my name is a German
>> name. Actually, just to let you know, my Great Grandfather in my dad's 
>> side
>> was a German Jew, but the reason he came to Peru was because he wanted to
>> scape from Hitler. So that is why I was born in Peru, but just to let you
>> know, I'm not Jewish, I'm actually a Christian! Also, I just wanted to 
>> tell
>> you that my last name Schreiber means writer. Actually, JAWS pronounces 
>> my
>> last name wrong, but VoiceOver pronounces my last name right! In some 
>> parts
>> of Germany my last name is pronounce different than others. This is 
>> actually
>> the info that my dad told me! Hope this give you  some info about me, and 
>> I
>> hope I haven't confuse you guys! Thanks for listening to me!, and God
>> bless!!
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:23 AM, "justin williams"
>>> <justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Didn't get the peroo either; though german or some eastern European as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan
>>> Silveira
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:53 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my introduction
>>>
>>> Helga, I didn't know you were from Peru.  I could tell that English 
>>> might
>>> not be your first language, but I always thought you might be German or
>>> Austrian based on your name.  I've always wanted to go to Peru.  I'm 
>>> told
>>> it's very beautiful there.
>>>
>>>> On 1/23/14, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Welcome to the list, Sami.  I am pretty familiar with Nyack--I'm
>>>> originally from Newburgh, New York which is pretty close to Nyack.  I
>>>> moved to Connecticut in 2002 when I was 12, but I've been through
>>>> Nyack a number of times and my father still lives in that area.  I'm
>>>> glad you like attending NYSe for school; I've heard some pretty good
>>>> things about it.  I'm also glad to hear that you're a language
>>>> enthusiast.  I, myself, have a goal of being fluent in at least five
>>>> languages (including English).  Of course, if I can gain fluency in
>>>> more, that would be even better.  I speak fluent Spanish (I studied it
>>>> in school up to the advanced placement level), I speak some French,
>>>> some Italian, some German, good conversational Greek and I also know
>>>> bits and pieces of Bosnian, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic (both of which I
>>>> want to study more), Zulu, Xhosa and Welsh.  I also know Latin fairly
>>>> well, but no one actually speaks Latin conversationally.  Well, I
>>>> would because I'm a geek, but that's beside the point.  Anyway,
>>>> welcome to the list.  I am sure you will enjoy all our discussions.
>>>>
>>>> Ryan
>>>>
>>>>> On 1/23/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi Sami, this is Helga Schreiber. Welcome! to the NABS list!!  That's
>>>>> cool!
>>>>> that you speak three languages! Specially the Spanish language. Just
>>>>> to let you know, I Speak Spanish fluently. I'm actually from Peru,
>>>>> and I came to the United States 9 years ago, almost 10, at the age of
>>>>> 12 years old. And when I came here to the U.S. I didn't know any
>>>>> English at all! So I actually learned English here. So my first
>>>>> Language is Spanish, and my second language is English! Also, just to
>>>>> let you know, when I came to the U.S.
>>>>> I
>>>>> was low vision, but 6 years ago! I lost my sight, due to the fact
>>>>> that I lost my sight because my Retina got detach, and even though I
>>>>> had many surgeries in the past, the doctors could not restore my
>>>>> sight. But I actually know that even though I'm going through many
>>>>> bad circumstances, I will nevr give up, and I know that these
>>>>> circumstances will not stope me to fulfill my dreams! Actually, I'm
>>>>> actually a college student! Hope to talk to you soon! Thanks so much
>>>>> for listening to me, and God bless!! :) P.S. By the way, I'm very
>>>>> interesting in learning the French Language, since some day I would
>>>>> like to go to France, and visit the place, where Louis Braille, the
>>>>> inventor of the Braille code lived! I just wanted to ask you, who
>>>>> taught you French? And do you know who can teach me, or where can I
>>>>> learn it? Just curious!! I will really appreciate it a lot, if you
>>>>> could give me some suggestions regarding this. Thanks again! for all
>>>>> your
>>> time!
>>>>> ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2014, at 7:15 PM, sami osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everybody.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just registered to this list a few hours ago and this is my first
>>>>>> post here so let me introduce myself so you guys can know me better.
>>>>>> My name is Sami Osborne.  Just to clarify: Sami is spelled S, A, M, 
>>>>>> I.
>>>>>> I'm just clarifying that because I know that unless you edit the
>>>>>> pronunciation, those screen readers always pronounce my name wrong...
>>>>>> I am 16, and I am totally blind since birth.
>>>>>> I live in the state of New York, in a town called Nyack.  It is
>>>>>> directly to the north of New York City, and it's nice.  I've been
>>>>>> living there as long as I can remember.
>>>>>> I don't want to brag, but I speak 3 languages! I speak english of
>>>>>> course, and also French and Spanish.  I know French because my
>>>>>> mother was born in France and we go there every summer.  Not my dad,
>>>>>> though, he's American.
>>>>>> But he does know French because he studied it in school.  That is of
>>>>>> course handy because then he can talk to my family in France, since
>>>>>> the majority of they don't speak English.
>>>>>> I know spanish because I used to study it for school, for, you're
>>>>>> not going to believe this, 9 and a half years! I don't study it
>>>>>> anymore because last year I took an exam that would determine if I
>>>>>> would continue with spanish or if I was finished, and I passed it.
>>>>>> When I grow up, I would either like to be a language interpreter or
>>>>>> a French or Spanish teacher at a school.  I actually am practicing
>>>>>> those jobs at school, because I now have 2 jobs involving languages.
>>>>>> One of them is that I help the spanish teacher translate documents
>>>>>> such as the school's news-letter into Spanish for hispanic parents
>>>>>> who don't speak English.  My other job is that I teach one of my
>>>>>> other teachers French and she teaches me how to be a good teacher.
>>>>>> I attend a school for the blind in New York City, which is about 45
>>>>>> minutes away from my house.  The name of the school is the New York
>>>>>> Institute for Special Education.  I have been attending that school
>>>>>> since I was 12 and am enjoying it very much.
>>>>>> During my free time, I like to listen to the radio, go swimming,
>>>>>> biking, going on the computer, and playing the piano.
>>>>>> I go to a music school for the blind in Manhatan every Saturday for
>>>>>> my piano lessons.  I also enjoy that school alot, and I think that
>>>>>> my teacher is very nicedd I am also a big tech guy...  I own
>>>>>> numerous types of technology at home, including a Windows computer
>>>>>> with Jaws, a BrailleNote, (which I am using right now to right this
>>>>>> post), a Victor Reader Stream, and the new Ipad Air, which I got
>>>>>> last Christmas.
>>>>>> By the way,   I hope you all enjoyed reading my introduction, and am
>>>>>> excited to be part of this list.
>>>>>> I hope discussing on this list will be fun and interesting.
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sami.
>>>>>>
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