where are you from? Umesha
On 2/5/16, Saaqib Mahmuud <saaqib1...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: > Hello to everyone here at the Access India forum. > > I'm a visually impaired person with an MPhil in mathematics, and I've been > teaching mathematics as a lecturer at a mainstream college in the provincial > government's department of higher education department. I've also been a > member of the RNIB from 2004 to 2006. > > I've also been a Hadley School for the Blind student since Nov. 2004 and > have so far completed courses in English, the Nemeth Code, word processing, > the Internet basics; nowadays I'm pursuing a course on the Unified English > Braille (UEB) and chess! > > Though I know braille and am familiar with JAWS and MAGic, in my teaching of > mathematics [ I've been for the last few years teaching analysis and > functional analysis to the BS in Mathematics students.] I mostly rely on my > residual vision: I'm able to read the inkprint and write using my eyesight, > though from a distance of hardly six inches and that too not in the > sunlight! > > My schooling started at a local school for sighted children in 1986, where I > stayed for less than a year before being admitted to my local school for the > blind in 1987, and I stayed at that school till 1994, when I passed my > matriculation examination and joined college [It was the same college where > I'm teaching now.] Even during my studies at that school for the blind, I > remained in touch with the inkprint reading and writing (entirely on my > own!) and so was able to start college without having to use braille or > audio. > > At college, I opted for mathematics, statistics, and economics as my > intermediate-level subject combination, but our mathematics education at the > school for the blind was extremely poor! My eyesight problem and poor > financial family background [My father worked as a truck driver.] meant that > I had to mostly do without any tutorial support; the result was that in my > Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) I could manage to score only 62%. > > Although I kept myself in touch with inkprint right through my blind school > years, my handwriting was still too slow and child-like even when I joined > college, resulting in my compulsion to rely on a sighted person to write my > exam papers for me, which is a not-so-easy task in mathematical subjects. > > I had to engage a sighted person as a writer in my HSSC, 2-year B.Sc., and > 2-year M.Sc. exams. It was only in my MPhil coursework that I could muster > enough confidence in my handwriting to write my own exam papers. The > difference was that, unlike my previous board and university examinations > which had all been under an annual system and marked externally, the MPhil > papers were set and marked by the very instructor who was teaching the > course. > > I also started learning JAWS scripting back in 2005 but then couldn't hold > on to it due to one reason or the other. Nowadays, I'm learning the Python > programming language from a video course taught by a Prof. John Guttag back > in 2011 and now available at the MIT Open CourseWare (OCW) website. > > Although I did study one semester of M.Sc. in Computer Science back in 1999, > I would still rate my computer experties at the beginner's level (or > thereabouts). I feel that I started on so many things without being to stick > to anything in particular. > > I post my question to a webstie called Stack Exchange, particularly on the > Mathematics Stack Exchange. Here's the link to my MSE profile. > http://math.stackexchange.com/users/59734/saaqib-mahmuud > > I occasionally post on Facebook as well and have liked the NDTV Facebook > page, as well as that of Burkha Dutt. BBC Urdu and Hindi are both my > favorites (perhaps the latter more than the former); I also would like to be > able to access Doordarshan Urdu. > > I've also been a reader of the Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind from > Aug. 2001 till Nov. 2009, when they stopped their braille edition. > > Due to my rather limited Internet bandwidth, the live video streaming is > often not good enough; so I wish that NDTV 24 7, NDTV India, and Doordarshan > each could also start a live audio stream, just like the live audio streams > of Dunya News TV, a Pakistani channel. Would anyone here also like to > concur with me on this point? > > I think I've introduced myself quite thoroughly (a little too thoroughly, > I'm afraid). Anyway, should anybody like to get in touch with me, here's my > contact information. > > Mobile Phone Number: 0092-346-952-7638 > Number for WhatsApp: 0092-334-541-7958 > E-mail: saaqib1...@yahoo.co.in > > I can also give out my postal (or geographical) address, should anybody want > it. > > I would be glad to socialise with members of the Access India mailing list > community and be helpful in whatever way I can. > > Regards. > > Sincerely, > Saaqib > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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