Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!109!143.0!Al.Hoffman From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: blind schools Message-ID: <13659@bunker.UUCP> Date: 23 Aug 90 04:16:36 GMT Sender: news@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:109/143.0 - DARKNESS III, Falls Church VA Lines: 45 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 9950 [This is from the Blink Talk Conference] steve: its odd, but some of the people who attended blind schools, don't really know what they missed. . i knew many who stayed at the blind school i left, and some of them just didn't think they had missed much, but how could they tell objectively since they hadn't left? i was at the misouri school several times, and it seemed a bit depressing to me. simple crap like raising hell was more limited at the school setting, you just couldn't cause as much trouble, in the same way you can in less supervised settings such as out with the boys on friday night cruising the strip. ok, so i promote deliquent behaviors, "only the good die young,". iin some cases the blind school was better. for some, the smaller groups in blind schools of late allowed the average person to appear above average, high on the pecking order of the school. i noticed that change when i left. i was sort of a high order person at the school because i was basically bold, curious, physically adept enough to keep out of trouble and stay away from limiting situations. those with poor mobility skills for example couldn't very well leave the school grounds and avoidd detection by the supervising staff very easily. so, i left and went into the great public school setting. off i went, but in the country my travels were limited to a car ride, which was a pain, and i won't put up with that situation again unless forced. i still had more fun in the public setting, but i was not the "in," group at school, however in retrospect i don't know if i'd want to have been anyway! i'm still happy with my own self, as are many who didn't attend public educational settings. so the story goes on and on ... -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!109!143.0!Al.Hoffman Internet: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org