Reply by Dark 2017-12-03 19:27:09

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Nope Tjt, I think it was all about systematisation and control. It was a school for the blind so everyone had to be "blind" to fit into the same mould and anyone who deviated from that whether in behaviour or even in amount of vision had to be made to fall into line with their system.

My brother coined the term "clockwork mice" for those who'd finished specialist schools, and it was unfortunately quite  accurate one.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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Reply by Dan Gero 2017-12-04 03:20:34

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@zakc93 I'll have you know that my parents have been very good with taking care of me for almost 18 years that I've been on this planet, I'd hardly call them uninformed. Each parent razes their kid differently, there is no expected standard for how to raze a visually impaired child. As for mainstream schools, they do go out of their way to purchase technology for VI students. Sometimes, especially for my school, they make you use their technology and don't allow you to use anything else that they don't have experience with or don't like, despite weather or not you feel more comfortable using it. They also don't let me bring in my personal computer because it has to go through a process, to make sure it has the software they think you need on it. So basically, they're restrictive in terms of technology. Apparently, my school is the only school that does this.

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Reply by Stevie-3 2017-12-06 02:30:00

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I started school in a public school which had a classroom specifically for the blind students in the area in side it. We got to go home every night, and we never really interacted with the sighted kids there at first. But as I entered 3rd grade, I started to mainstream slowly into lessons with sighted peers.
They increased the amount of mainstream time until the end of 4th grade, when they thought I was ready for full time mainstreaming. I then went to public school from grade 5 on. Compared to some of you guys's experiences, I had on ok time.
Public school, on the other hand, was a nightmare. People were always horrible to me. But I wouldn't have changed how it went, I would've never stood for being in the school for the blind full time. I couldn't handle the way they want to control every aspect of life. I am a rebel and probably would've been kicked out anyway if I had to deal with anything close to some of the things listed above.
It's really interesting to read about everybody's experiences. They make me glad I never went to one full time.

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