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| This would be me on day 1 of "Blindfold Bootcamp" |
Drove 7 hours yesterday from Corpus to Nacogdoches. (Nac for short). Arrived at my residence hall, a fancy word for DORM and lugged all my stuff up to the second floor. Thank goodness our rooms have a bathroom suite. Our program understands that we are all working professionals and not 18 year old freshmen. Got our room keys, meal cards (3 squares a day) and our parking passes.
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| I have my own sink at least. The door in the back is the shared bathroom suite. I'm not complaining, it could be a lot worse! |
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| Never been in a dorm before, I guess this one is good? Yes, the beds are up to my chest. How I will get in to it, no idea. |
It is dreadfully hot and sunny here, (not that Corpus is any better) but here I have to be out in the hot sun for a few hours a day. Just for the record, the high temp all this week is 100 degrees. Yes, that is a triple digit. I burn in about 10 minutes, so I am slathering on the spf 50. Why would someone do this on purpose? Let me fill you in on what the heck I'm doing up here in the first place.
For the past year I have been taking classes here at Stephen F. Austin (SFA) over video conference distance learning from Corpus. Last summer I learned braille, and throughout the rest of the year I took classes and state exams to gain my certification to become a Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI for short) to continue this adventure, I decided to add Orientation and Mobility or O&M to my graduate degree.
What on earth is O&M you ask? Knowing where you are, where you want to go, and how you are going to get there safely. O&M training provides individuals with blindness the skills they need to become independent travelers.
For more information TSBVI has a good article here: http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/waytogo.htm
I am excited to be on this journey and have met so many great people so far including all my fellow classmates, instructors, and future consumers.
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