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From: Stew.Bowden@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Stew Bowden)
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Subject: Re: Setting the record straight
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Date: 12 Apr 91 22:27:06 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Hi Gary: well, I am not sure what a person does if he/she has no
career in mind. I can only tell you what happened to me. I majored in
foreign affairs in college. Took the state foreign service exam at
the conclusion of my third year in school. Was told going in that of
the 350 persons taking the exam, they only plamned to hire the
highest 11 people. When the exam came back, I was ranked 7th and
thought I had it made. Turned out, they refused to hire me because I
couldn't see. I had to quickly decide what I wanted to do. After a
two-week drunk, I realized I couldn't make it that way, so decided to
put what I had learned to use in teaching. That's how I got in
education. Guess this is a long way of saying I'm never sure a person
at 18 or 20 years of age knows exactly what he/she wants to do. It's
harder for blind people because they don't have the military to help
them. Too bad, too. Anyway, not sure I have all the answers or any of
them for that matter, but for what it's worth, those are my personal
experiences.

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