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[STOMBERG, KENNEDY]

Angela,

I have nothing against homemakers, which are  people who work in the home
"tending house" as it were, rather than getting a job. In fact, my mom was
a homemaker for most of my growing up years. However, being a homemaker
assumes that you will be living with someone who will have a job, and will
support you. (You  don't really get paid for being a homemaker.) It seems
to me that your VR councilor is making a lot of dicisions about what you
can and can't do, and quite frankly, I am offended on your behalf!

If you don't know what you want to do, that's totally okay! Heck, I'm in
the second semester of my sophomore year of colleg, and I'm still fairly
clueless! :) But I know that I don't want to be a homemaker!

If you don't want to do this, then definitely make that clear to someone
that is high-up in the agincy, like arielle said! Of course, if you want to
be a homemaker, good for you! But I hope that that is your decision, and
not VR'S decision.

Okay. I'll stop ranting now. :)

Good luck with your courses and learning Braille!
Kennedy Stomberg

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <
nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Angela. One comment: The VR counselor shouldn't be the one making
> your vocational goal, it needs to be your choice. The counselor can
> help you brainstorm, but he or she shouldn't be trying to make that
> decision for you. If your counselor set your vocational goal as a
> homemaker and that's not actually what you want to do, you can contact
> the director of the VR agency or at least find out who your
> counselor's boss is, and get that goal changed. The whole purpose of
> VR is to give you the resources you need to do what you want to do
> professionally. Of course, if you actually want to be a homemaker
> instead of getting a job outside the home, that's fine, but I got the
> sense from your email that that might not be what you want to do.
> Best, Arielle
>
> On 2/4/16, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Hi Angela welcome to the list.  My name is Roanna Bacchus.  I
> > learned braille when I was very young.  A home maker is a person
> > who stays home and takes care of the house.  After earning my
> > Associate of Arts degree my VR counselor refused to pay for my
> > Bachelor's degree.  It is being paid for through funds from my
> > financial aid.
> >
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