Well, there was wifi at one of our stops, so yay! I do love the internet access, but it does give me the ability to instant message in class, but gdment kids do it all the time, and still do good in school. sent from the braille plus
Nimer Jaber <[email protected]> wrote: >Nope, I never attended AIDB. I don't think I used the unit you have. >When I was going through school we had slates, braillewriters, this >thing that you could attach to a braillewriter that turned it into a >printer, and then a braille lite, braille n' speak, and APH scholars. >BrailleNote classics that didn't have the CF slot came out and then the >ones with the CF slot. When I graduated the icon came out and the BN >Empower was in existence. Amazing how fast tech has progressed. I don't >think it's a good thing though ... the note-takers with internet >connectivity have made people be lazier and more distracted in my >unlearned opinion. It has done some good, too, like kids now have no >idea what carrying a suitcase full of huge braille books is like, nor >what it was like to shove those said books into a tiny locker ... but >overlal I'm not sure that it's good. Anyway, I'll save that rant for later. >On 2/23/2014 3:08 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >> We don't even have that. The slaves whipe our butts for us, and we are >> allowed to just plunge our fat faces into our green slime or whatever >> that new stuff is called and savagely eat. We are blind people after >> all. No, but I have a braille plus 18, an iPod, and a braille note >> mPower, although you yourself may have used the unit I have now, >> they're all old but usable. So I'll work on that. >> On 2/23/2014 13:05, Nimer Jaber wrote: >>> Oh, and please don't tell me you don't have any writing implements. >>> You go to a school. If you tell me that, I'd tell you to use a fork >>> as a stylus and toilet paper for your paper. :-D >>> On 2/23/2014 3:00 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >>>> Yes, we do have much work. A tutor? Oh,ol stuff? Can the tutor be >>>> involved with the support group as well? If so, that'd make things >>>> better, because the ttutor would know my problems. >>>> On 2/23/2014 12:58, Nimer Jaber wrote: >>>>> Yep, support groups are one thing we'll find. A tutor that you work >>>>> well with will be another. We've got some work ahead of us. Just >>>>> wish I could start that work sooner. >>>>> On 2/23/2014 2:56 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >>>>>> Oh, yay! Yes, they have phones, with a 10minute use time. Uh, we >>>>>> only have cellphones at our house, and all I have is my hotspot, >>>>>> which I'm grounded from for making an F in history, which I >>>>>> suppose I should bring up, but grades don't have much effect on me >>>>>> anymore. I'm used to failing. But yeah, thanks for the help. >>>>>> On 2/23/2014 12:53, Nimer Jaber wrote: >>>>>>> Ooooooooooooh goodie!! First, I happen to know that AIDB does >>>>>>> have telephones for student use, so I'm positive you can use one >>>>>>> of them. Second, most homes have some sort of a phone, so you >>>>>>> could use a phone when you get to your home. If not, there are >>>>>>> libraries. Third, luckily or perhaps you might think unluckily >>>>>>> for you, I happen to live not too far from you. So I'm positive I >>>>>>> can find you a support group. Oh, and if I can't, then I guess >>>>>>> I'm gonna have to make a trip up there to see you. >>>>>>> Muhahahahahahahahahahahaha! I've been meaning to get up to AIDB >>>>>>> to discuss some contracts with them for a while anyway. Now I >>>>>>> might have more of a reason. It won't happen for about three >>>>>>> weeks at least, but at some point soonish it will. >>>>>>> On 2/23/2014 2:49 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >>>>>>>> Well, the only phone I have is of google voice, which requires >>>>>>>> wifi, so it may take me a while to make the calls, but my school >>>>>>>> is in Taladega, I don't know its zipcode, and my zipcode is 35752 >>>>>>>> On 2/23/2014 12:43, Nimer Jaber wrote: >>>>>>>>> You know what? Why don't you send me your zip code for your >>>>>>>>> school and your home and I'll do the research for you. I will >>>>>>>>> only do that if you can agree to at the very least going to or >>>>>>>>> giving a call to any of the resources I provide. If you don't >>>>>>>>> want to do that then I won't waste my time. >>>>>>>>> On 2/23/2014 2:28 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >>>>>>>>>> They don't have those at school, where I mostly spend my >>>>>>>>>> dismal life, nor around here at home. >>>>>>>>>> On 2/23/2014 12:05, Nick Cocchiarella wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Two words. Support, group. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>>>> From: Devin Prater <[email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> Date sent: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:40:22 -0800 >>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [BTT] self-confidence and stuff >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> So sorry to hijack a thread, but I'm too lazy to type the >>>>>>>>>>> whole address >>>>>>>>>>> and all over again. I don't know what to do. I'm in >>>>>>>>>>> highschool, at 19. >>>>>>>>>>> I'm in 11th grade, and everyone is nagging about college and >>>>>>>>>>> stuff. I, >>>>>>>>>>> as some may know, am lazy. I hate having to do homework, and >>>>>>>>>>> nothing I >>>>>>>>>>> do really matters. Making an F in class really matters much, >>>>>>>>>>> I just go >>>>>>>>>>> to study hall, which gives me time away from the naggings of >>>>>>>>>>> the dorm >>>>>>>>>>> parents. I go to a school for the blind. I take >>>>>>>>>>> antidepressant meds, one >>>>>>>>>>> pill per day is suppsedly gonna make me happy, LOL. Around my >>>>>>>>>>> friends, >>>>>>>>>>> I'm okay. By my self, if I'm doing something, I'm fine, most >>>>>>>>>>> of the >>>>>>>>>>> time. But if there is nothing to do, the thoughts of >>>>>>>>>>> self-pity and >>>>>>>>>>> self-hatred come to me. Some people tell me the truth, that >>>>>>>>>>> I'm lazy and >>>>>>>>>>> fat and won't get anywhere in life if I don't step up and >>>>>>>>>>> stop being >>>>>>>>>>> lazy and lose weight and think about the future and learn to >>>>>>>>>>> cook and >>>>>>>>>>> clean and iron and all that. Some people lie to me, telling >>>>>>>>>>> me that I'm >>>>>>>>>>> improving, that I'm doing fine, all that crap. 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