Category: Cram Session
Hey, how does your teacher react to you? What if the subjects that you were taking was too demanding? Does your teacher make an effort to make the class more accessible? What about the student disabilities services from your school, do they accommodate to all your needs or do they tell you to go somewhere else? Last but not the least, do your teacher expect a lot from you or are they stereotypical about you just because your blind or visually impaired?
Well Cassy, my teachers personally are very hm..How shal I say this, my teacher Jonnithan is a real pane in the ass, he is one of the VI teachers, and he does demand a lo, on top of our regular classes, we must supply him with progress reports every Wednesday, and if we can'tget them we must supply him with a writtin' out reason as to why we couldnt get them...
all so we have planners that have to be up to date all the time on what asighnments we have had, what we have ternd in, what homework, and what we still need to do or isnt turnd in.
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Morgan
hmm, let me see. Most of my teachers are actually really about having a blind student in their classes. Most of them go out of their way to make things accessible for me. I mean, sometimes, they forget to give me a paper here and there for my braillist to braille for me, but most of the time, they just supply us with all the things we need. And I take all Honors classes, so my teachers expects a lot out of their students. They treat like any other student in their calss, which I'm really happy about, lol. And omg morgana, taht's awful, I would never be able to do taht. That's so stupid, lol
And, my typing's fucked, lol
Mine is the same way as Post 3. Except for the fact that I'm only in honors english, but their really good.
The best advice I could give is to make contact with your teacher yourself, and show them that you're serious about the course and expectations. That done, you're already off to a great start.
And, I really hated it when the teacher bypassed me altogether, going directly to a braillist or a V.I. teacher instead of making contact with me about something directly. college is so much better in terms of communication.
Hello, I agree with the last poster. You should show the teacher that you know what your doing, and that you do not have to be told to do it. I was always in a regular school since I started school, so I know how it is. My teachers treated me like any other students, but they got high expectations for me because I always try to communicate well with them. At the beginning of each semester, I make sure to tell them that about my disability. Sometimes it gets too irritating because they always forget what they’re supposed to do like for instance, give out large print copies of the notes, or e mail me the lecture power point. But if your really concerned about how your doing in school, if they forget, make it a habbit to let them know. Some teachers will treat you differently just because your blind or have a disability. I came across those people, but if you show them that you can also preform in school competitively like a regular student, they will treat you like one. People don’t usually know how to tackle a situation unless you tell them how they can help you. As far as Morgan’s problems with the teacher, I think the teacher was just trying to make sure that you submit everyting on time. If you do not want the teacher to keep on nagging you about these assignments make sure to turn everything on time. They probably saw your past late turned in assignments that’s why they gave your class some planners to keep in track of your homeworks. As far as teacher’s having low expectations for students with disabilities, we can not do anything to change their mind in one day. It requires a lot of time. I like what Minh posted here that is a good example of how its supposed to be. Keep up the good work and for people that are not doing too goo with their classes keep on trying.
My teachers and professors have always had high expectations for me, but that's because I do my work and try my hardest in all of my classes. I always make sure to remind them about giving me powerpoints and emailing things, as well as getting tests to Disability Services, which is great at my school, btw!
Well, I am in one of the better districts for V.I. and I have problems not because I am blind, but because I act more like an elitest/critic. You know the out spoken student that gets picked on because she’s smart, loud, and outspoken that freaks out when she’s told to take a break? Yeah that’s me…! I am also an individualist, so I do things my way, so… Yeah, I practically refused to do my assignment today, because it involved conforming. You know the prompt about relating to characters? Instead of writing about who I relate to, I wrote about why I didn’t like relating to fictional characters. I am also the student who does too much. You know the type you would say this for: “I am not doing my work, she did it already” and takes school super seriously. Yeah, overachiever much, I guess it’s the fact that I come from an Asian family. Well, My teacher has high expectations I suppose, but I do that and more. Lets say my teacher gives me five days to complete an assignment, I’ll turn it in the next day all complete. Yeah, I guess that was my parents making me do everything when I got it. I am kind of falling behind in one class, and it’s not my fault, because the V.I. people and Braille office decided to give me books that were late, some three weeks, all at once right before Christmas. I am trying to read it, but it’s boring and difficult.
My V.I. goals right now are mainly communications skills. It could be that I am blind, but it’s also the over-achiever/control freak kind of problem. Ha, not fun. I am trying to fix that. I suppose this other gentleman I met, He’s also blind, noticed I also have bad communications skills, (partly because half of the time I was talking to him I was fan gushing, whoops,) and he suggested a book, and that helped me tremendously.