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From: Darrell.Shandrow@p0.f10.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Darrell Shandrow)
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Subject: Re: public schools
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Date: 4 Sep 90 20:09:23 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hello.  I can't agree more with your statement about those commingout
of bind schools.  I used to attend the blind school here in Arizona
through my eighth grade year.  Then I decided to go to a public school
setting because the academics at the blind school were generally much
slower.  Plus we had multihandicapped students.  I have no problem with
those students until they slow down us who can handle well.  I had to
fight in court to gain the right to attend public highschool and won. 
I started nineth grade in public school.  I am now a senior in public
highschool and will be graduating hopefully in the top  3  or 4 percent
of my class.  I wouldn't have had this motivation at the blind school. 
Also it should be noted that while in the blind school I had eye
surgeries and had to be tought at home for one school and part of
another.  My mother had to take courses in abacus, braille, and
structure and functioning of the eye to help me get a better education.
 With the home teaching by my mother and a teacher hired through the
blind school, i learned more than i could have ever hoped to learn in a
school year at the blind school.  Also, my mother didn't let the
teacher use the same tactics that were used at school.  She knew what
was going on and kept that teacher properly in line at all times when I
was tought.  So I'll hopefully make it in good shape and not be noticed
as one who was at one time in a blind school.  73 from NU7I

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