[nfbwatlk] Update
Nfbnorthwest at aol.com
Nfbnorthwest at aol.com
Sun Feb 15 21:28:31 UTC 2009
In regards to cooking in the apartment & traveling on your own; the OTC now
requires residental students to be cleared before they can travel alone or
cook in their apartments. They had to put these policies into place based on
past experiences with other students. A matter of safty. I find the restrictions
irritating; but those are the rules.
Lisa Owen
In a message dated 2/15/2009 10:43:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
fairyfoot at webband.com writes:
Hi Lisa,
My prayers are with you.
Keep up the good work and good luck!
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Hello:
I am taking a 3 day break from the OTC and spending time with Ron and the
baby birds. It's nice to be home. I return for a two week break on March 9.
How is it going:
Braille:
I am starting on Grade 2 braille next week. Reading is great! Writing with
the slate and sylise I need to keep working on it but it is getting better.
Joy is a great teacher. I have to slow down my reader for the other two
students who are reading at a much slower pace then me. The book we are
using takes a fast approach to braille and it is advanced. I really enjoy
the class.
Computers:
I am being trained on the braille note the KNFB reader and I am learning
excel. Jim is a wonderful teacher. He has a great sense of humor. I have
been asked to be a peer tutor for other students in regards to MS word and
Windows. I hope I can help other struggling students.
Home Ec:
I am doing pretty good in this class; but I burned my hand last week when I
accidentally touched the stove burner; good reflexes saved me from getting
seriously burned. I thought Quill was going to have a heart attack. That's
life under sleep shades. I will complete this course March 4.
O&M:
This is the struggle. It is coming very slowly. I must be patient. My O&M
instructor is an Intern from Texas. She is nice but very strict. I tease
her and think of her as my drill sargent; just like the Army. I hope to have
much more O&M time next term. I am getting the cane techniques down but it
is slow work and I am still in the building.
The other classes are good and I love dependable strengths. The only things
that really bother me is the outside drama (mainly with some of the other
students); it can be a very stressful progam to go through and it is not
easy to be away from Ron for 6-10 weeks at a time. I still can't cook in my
apartment nor walk on my own to the center.A lot of things have changed
since my first training program in 1989-1990. However, all in all the
program is a good one and I am glad that they really make you wear the
sleep shades. I think I am handling the stress a lot better now then when I
first started last month.
It's a work in progress.
Please keep me in your prayers. I am really glad I am in the program! It
may not be in LA or CO but it is still a very good program and I am learning
a great deal. What a blessing!
Lisa A. Owen
NFB & CFB
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