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From: Bill.Higgins@p17.f122.n249.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Higgins)
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Subject: Re: HELLO
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Date: 3 Oct 90 14:30:38 GMT
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Hi Aaron,

 Allow me to quote the letter you mailed on 25-Sep-90

 AF> Bill, Now it is I that must ask for clarification. Is it a school for
 AF> you that you are looking or schools for the blind in general.
 AF> Unfortunaely i am not familiar with any.  I have a certain ambivilance
 AF> about these matters and I don't mean just schools for people with
 AF> certain diabilites (blind, hearing impaired etc) there are also
 AF> schools that are all male or female or pertianing to certain religious
 AF> groups. I believe the first question the individual must answer is
 AF> what do I desire in a school? And then where can I best get what I
 AF> want?  In my own case I wanted very much to go to a Yeshiva (religious
 AF> school) to learn more;however, I was denied admittance being told I
 AF> could not meet the rigors.

  Aaron, I believe you should have a talk with a state authority as to your
  deniel. If you wish to go to a Yeshiva then it should be your right to do
  so despite what others may say reguarding your endurance or capabilities.
  This sort of blatant disreguard for you rights should NOT be tolerated by
  you and I will tell you that the law won't put up with it either. Like my
  self you should be allowed to improve your self by going to school (or
  Yeshiva), you are no different than anyone else in the world. Self
  improvement expands you horizons and gives you higher self esteem, as well
  other around you will hold with higher respect (particularly if this
  Yeshiva is to prepare you to become a rabbi).

 AF> I really believed though that was the best
 AF> place I could learn what I needed at that point in my life.  It can be
 AF> helpful being around others that have the same problems e.g., support
 AF> groups (Make Today Count for example); It is your peers that can
 AF> understand you in a way an "outsider" would never..could never.  But
 AF> the issue about school I believe must be to be succinct: What is it
 AF> that I want to know? To learn to BE!  Shalom, Aaron
 AF>

   Just remember what I've said and please ignore that groaner of a joke I
   left on my last msg. I didn't realize this one was next on the system.

 Shalom, Bill

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