[bookshare-discuss] Re: Html book?

  • From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:52:04 -0400

To all of you who had to stop somewhere along the way towards a bachelor's or higher degree please don't hesitate just because it seems difficult. It is but college faculty, as many people on this list can attest, are aware of the difficulties of older students who come back to school after a long period of time and while we still demand that they do the work we are understanding of the difficulties and often give advice and help as needed. I was lucky enough to teach night scool at various colleges and community colleges and found the older students added a great deal to the classes and taught me as much as I them. 


Amy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:16 PM
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I don't usually post I agree with you messages, however, in this case I
agree. I too admire those in pursuit of advanced degrees.  I was in my
junior year when circumstances were such that I needed to stop and I said I 
would finish my bachelor's degree later.  I studied and became a medical
transcriptionist believing it was a job that would allow me to complete my
degree and that was over 30 years ago. I have never gotten back to it, but 
I hope with today's technology it would be easier.

My husband completed his BS in information systems management and then got
his Master's degree in information systems management all within the past
ten years and I helped him with some of the research, something that 30
years ago I hated to do.  Thank goodness for the Internet and Bookshare.


Rose Combs
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-----Original Message-----
From: DIANNE B. PHELPS AND PRIMROSE [mailto:d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:59 PM
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I so admire those of you who have had the courage to go on to higher
education. Things were difficult when I received my Batchelor's degree, and 
the thought of going after more education which I thought I would do seems
absolutely overwhelming to me. I think in many ways, it would be easier than 
it was nearly forty years ago, but hitting those snags would challenge me
for more fighting power than I feel I have at this point in my life.
I wish all of you who are pursuing advanced degrees the very best. You have 
lots of courage to go for it.

Dianne and
Guide Dog, Primrose
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:26 AM
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Grin, I'm not whining about it; it just aggravates me no end when ppl
whine about why they can't do their jobs or tell why it would be easier if 


I would just do it *their* way.
I spent two hours explaining to the coordinator of disability services why 


I couldn't use a pdf copy of the book she had dutifully scanned because
the publishers wouldn't provide me with a word version.

I spent more time fighting the access mountain than I did learning.

Debra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 12:48 PM
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Hey it is normally the challenge of all the blind students at a college,
not
just you.  Smile.

Believe me, I had a difficult time getting my masters.


Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com

Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
----- Original Message ----- From: <zaria797@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:43 AM
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Zaria is my first Leader Dog and Lily is my second.

My first master's degree is in School Psychology and the second is in
Counseling & Guidance.  They are related fields but in Texas, you can't
practice psychology without supervision or bill
Medicaid/Medicard/insurance.
I'm going to be practicing as a grief and bereavement counselor at a
hospice
inpatient unit.

I've had no end of difficulties with this master's since accessibility
has
been an ongoing problem with books and WebCT and online sites., probably
due
to the fact that I don't "do" things like the *other* blind students at
our
campus.  I'm not quite blind enough or deaf enough, lol.

As for being interesting?

Bah humbug <vbg>

Debra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:56 PM
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Zaria (what a pretty name!).

What are you getting your second Master's in, and what
is your first one in?

We have such interesting people on this list--all
kinds of interests and jobs, present and former.

Cindy

--- zaria797@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


I love your dog's name.

i can tell I'm going to bankrupt my husband with all
these new gadgets I'm
learning about from this list.  Sure hope this
second master's provides me
with the income to satify my book fetish.

Debra
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Html book?


> Hey Deb.
>
> Is all good.  Smile.  Actually i joined the game
"late" as you are calling
> it didn't learn braille till college.
>
> use both formats.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: <zaria797@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:16 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Html book?
>
>
> Another reason is that some are unable to use
Braille due to retropathy.
> For me, I am unable to read standard print tho I
can read print if it is
> zoomed up to a bigger font size and the colors are
inverted.  i've only
> recently started using text to speech and still
find the voices somewhat
> difficult to understand but am steadily plowing
onward.  I didn't start
> losing my sight until the age of 35 and my brain
was too befuddled with
> all
> the daily living skills to worry about learning
Braille when there were
> other options open to me.
>
> Different strokes for different folks.  We all
muddle thru in our own way.
> Let's help each other without making any issue of
how we do things
> differently.  Some of us don't know all the
options open to us cuz we are
> coming into the *blind* game later.
> It is nice to have those who have been at this
game longer willing to lean
> a
> hand to us newbies!
> Debra
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