Good evening vanessa Oh dear your not having much luck there how come you didn't ask for a craft course? or pottery course? yes colleges are waste of time as far as i am concerned Have you got education centre for adults? got one here and guess what! nothing for blind you see we all get left out its alright the silly government saying do this do that How can we nothing for us I wanted to go on a catering course but my family thought that would be a bit dangerous Get it! hahahahahehehehehehehe yes,be eating everything as i am re arraging it for a buffet not daft are they? I am not either hahahahaha You could ask your blind society vanessa if any places that might do things for you keep trying don't give up girl I am going to this mill this Thursday its called Victoria mill just ging to see now if anything for me in there its called created craft so remains to be seen now if anything suitable for me lets just see shall we dying to see now Glad your calendar is booked up i hav got busy week Monday tomorrow town tuesday in because carer is having me thursday wednesday got coffee club oh yes just remembered dentist in morning before town thursday victoria mill Friday its our christmas lunch in manchester airport in pub at the side some where wow its our art group one got my fury hat red one with huge white pom pom on it and bells on it hahahahaha Take care Love Carol x.x.x.x. -----Original Message----- From: vanessa pugh - Email Address: shannon17@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 20/11/2011 17:26 Sent To: guide chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] Getting busy near ChristmÈas as usual the three of us have been busy , just been going through the diary dates for the next few weeks and it is getting more full up by the day, last week was the usual hectic comings and goings for us, one evening went to the local college with a friend to see what courses they could offer for visually impaired students, they mostly have examination courses, mostly to get A level or NVQ level such as business degrees , all sorts of things like training to be a motor mechanic, hairdresser, builder or media studies, not very practical for me with no sight, didn't have language courses, asked about science as it was my best subject at school but they weren't sure if I could do any chemical experiments, started to feel it was a waste of time, they didn't understand about using speech software or other gadgets to help me with learning, asked them about audio text books for me to access but they only had a few in braille which was no use to me, not sure what to do as hate being bored,the powers that be want us to go back to work but what opportunities are out there, never mind, didn't sign up for any classes as they didn't seen to know how to help me, have to try something else, any ideas ha ha, Vanessa x x