Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2020-01-12
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks man. I really appreciate it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/492337/#p492337 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Good luck mate.You'll do great. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/492332/#p492332 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2020-01-12
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi guys. Sorry to revive this topic, just wanted to let you know that I start school two days early. That’s honestly not a big deal. I start tomorrow. Again, I’m nervous that the people will not act mature. Sigh. I understand that not everyone gets along, but we don’t need no drama. I really hope there are no classroom politics LOL. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/492305/#p492305 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2020-01-01
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Yeah, you’re right. I’m just worried about Murphy’s Law, I guess. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489931/#p489931 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Just turn it off and take it with you. I don't really see the problem here. It's not going to randomly switch itself on and ring. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489927/#p489927 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2020-01-01
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi guys. Happy New Year. I need your guys advice again. So, unlike most other schools in South Africa, you are allowed to keep your phones on your person or in your schoolbag. There is only one problem. If it goes off, it gets confiscated. I know it will probably be safe in the bottom of my schoolbag, but I have these terrible daydreams about it going off on my first day and turning my experience into a nightmare. Do you guys think I should carry it with me? It’s a double edged sword, or so they say. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489921/#p489921 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-30
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Yeah, I agree. The other advice was really great though. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489660/#p489660 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Lol, quit gaming, says someone on a forum specifically for gamers. That cracked me up, though it probably shouldn't. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489537/#p489537 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi RT entertainment, Hope you are well.I don't know how your school system works so I'll give some advice.Cultural activities - there's no need to worry about them. Just focus on your studies and you should be all right.Your camera - if there is a need for you to take it for one subject, take it. Honestly I don't see the need to have it in every lesson for that one subject but it is always useful to have it nearby. Make your decision based on what your teachers tell you about each lesson. For example, "can you please bring your camera... next lesson we will be doing so and so." Your laptop - take it, you never know when you might need it. For example, you might be required to access the internet in your classes to search specific things. Also your brail devices might break so you always a useful backup.Lastly, do try to find a good support worker. If you are male, find a male one, if you are female, find a female one as that will be better for you. If you do get into trouble e.g. being discriminated against, maybe they can explain your situation to the relevant people. They could act like a sort of advikit for you.Also, quit gaming, it will improve you a lot.Best,Thunderfist. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489524/#p489524 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-30
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I know they would never actually make me do it, but you know how some people get. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489525/#p489525 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Lol deleting all your games ... that's a no-go Wouldn't do it either. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489523/#p489523 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-30
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks dark.I never took that into consideration.BTW, something else just came up.So, I have to do afrikaans (one of South Africas many official languages) as my second language.We have one small problem though.So, I purchased the pearl camera, and there is a text to speech voice that was developed by the S C I R that can speak afrikaans as they used a native speaker this time.Anyway, my family want me to take my gaming laptop (its my laptop that I use for everything) and they want me to take my pearl camera along with a pair of headphones just for one subject.While the pearl camera is portable, it is sertainly not something you want to carry around every day just for one subject.There is a strict no cell phone policy in almost all schools in South Africa.I almost forgot to mention that I'd be using my BrailleSense polaris as my primary work device.I understand sacrifices need to be made, but I feel it would be quite unnecessary to carry a backpack for my original school odds and ends, my polaris, my pearl camera and another backpack that holds my laptop that I'd only use for one subject per day.Also, this laptop has all my games on it and there is no way in hell I'll be removing those.It probably sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm wondering if there might be a way around this.Sorry if it comes across that way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489454/#p489454 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-30
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks dark.I never took that into consideration.BTW, something else just came up.So, I have to do afrikaans (one of South Africas many official languages) as my second language.We have one small problem though.So, I purchased the pearl camera, and there is a text to speech voice that was developed by the SCIR that can speak afrikaans as they used a native speaker this time.Anyway, my family want me to take my gaming laptop (its my laptop that I use for everything) and they want me to take my pearl camera along with a pair of headphones just for one subject.While the pearl camera is portable, it is sertainly not something you want to carry around every day just for one subject.There is a strict no cell phone policy in almost all sschools in South Africa.I almost forgot to mention that I'd be using my BrailleSense polaris as my primary work device.I understand sacrifices need to be made, but I feel it would be quite unnecessary to carry a backpack for my origional sschool odds and ends, my polaris, my pearl camera and another backpack that holds my laptop that I'd only use for one day.Also, this laptop has all my games on it and there is no way in hell I'll be removing those.It probably sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm wondering if there might be a way around this.Sorry if it comes across that way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489454/#p489454 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Have you ever heard the proverb that a man cannot step in the same river twice, since it's never the same river, and he's not the same man. This is even truer of schools, since each school is slightly different, plus as you go up the school system, even if you stayed at the same school things would change drastically. After all, the way an eleven year old and the way a sixteen year old act are worlds apart, far more different than say a twenty one year old and a twenty six year old. Since your coming up to the older end of school, theoretically people should be starting to mature and idiocy should've stopped. Of course, that rule doesn't follow entirely either, but it is something to consider. For me as I said, the most reasonable age group I've found was 17-25, and the best time I had was the end of school and start of university, so hopefully things will work out well. Good luck. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489412/#p489412 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-29
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. thanks Dark. Knives being pulled on teachers, dam! Every single time I have gone to a different school, if it starts well, it ends badly. If it starts badly, it ends well. This is a recurring pattern. I don’t understand it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489401/#p489401 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I attended several schools myself, ranging from some that were comparatively nice (where ironically I was the only blind student), to a special school so regimented that there were bells for cleaning your teeth (I'm not joking), to a shit hole of a minstream school where knives were pulled on teachers. The fact that yours is a small school bodes well since generally shitholes have larger numbers of pupils, but myself I'd agree with turtle power here, go in expecting things to go well and your more likely to get what you're expecting. not absolutely guaranteed by any stretch of the imagination, but the more relaxed you are generally in any situation the better, and horror stories from myself or from others probably won't help you in the relaxation department. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489399/#p489399 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-29
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi guys. I honestly don’t know what to say here. The experiences did help as they allow me to account for every possible scenario. Thanks to everyone else for keeping everything in mind. Sorry about this. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489398/#p489398 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I don't talk about my experiences just to talk about me, I talk about my experiences to warn other people. If I didn't experience these things, I wouldn't be able to comment on RTT's situation because I wouldn't know how to help. I'm sorry if I put you on alert, Rtt. Just trying to assist in the only way I know how. I'll stop commenting now so that I don't scare you anymore than I probably have already. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489374/#p489374 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. @29, you may not be outright stating that you want him to be on high alert, but you might as well be. Trust me, I know all about assholes in the education system. The positive experiences I had in school were few and far between. However, there's a time and a place to bring that kind of thing up, and this wasn't it. It kind of makes you sound as though you were trumpeting your own experiences for the sake of having people respond to them. Even if that's not the case, this guy has most likely ruminated on every bad scenario his mind can conjure up. He's very obviously quite distressed about the possibility of something bad happening. He doesn't need any more negativity being fed to him in that state. If I'm saying this, and I freely admit to being quite a negative person most of the time myself, maybe you should try to be a little more encouraging. If he were to come back in a month and post about how sucky things are, then yeah, that's a whole different ball game, provide all the empathy and commiseration you want, as I'm sure many of us would do, but don't make a mountain out of a molehill where there might not be one. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489369/#p489369 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. @Mads, not sure where you are in the world, and glad the big stand up intro worked for you. I know for myself though and as far as culture in the UK goes, the sort of stand up introduction about blindness in front of the group you describe would be a generally bad idea, especially if I were nervous before hand. On the other hand I've never been to South Africa and have no idea what things are like there, so RTT will have to make up his own mind. RTT, oddly enough your "high my name is george" speech is roughly what I'd suggest, though in the context a conversation not a monologue. For example: "Hi." Hi I'm george?" "Hi I'm Bob. how do you use a computer if you can't see the screen?" "i use a screen reader, it speaks as I write, I also play computer games. "How do you do that if you can't see them?" "well I listen to the audio etc." Don't refuse to talk about the blindness, or to answer people's questions, just make blindness part of what you do, not the main thing you do, be happy to chat about whatever else, and only go into the blind part if it happens to come up, indeed I've tended to find myself that once you've chatted to someone about other things for a while, and they finally get comfortable enough to get to the the "have you always been blind" or "how much can you see" question, you have usually passed the gulf and someone will actually start treating you like a human being, you can then start on getting to know them . URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489364/#p489364 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. What do you want me to say, Targor? Oh yeah, things will be just fine, nothing bad ever happens in an educational environment. Things are going to happen. Maybe not exactly as I described it where most of the teachers are assholes, but you never know what's going to happen. You have to be prepared, and if I tell him nothing he won't know what to do when something bad actually happens. Besides, look at the message of my post. If you are bullied, respectfully stand up for yourself. I feel like that's a pretty good message to send to a high school student, don't you? I'm not telling him to be on high alert the second he walks through those doors, I'm simply saying he should come prepared for anything. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489317/#p489317 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. What do you want me to say, Targor? Oh yeah, things will be just fine, nothing bad ever happens in an educational environment. Things are going to happen. Maybe not exactly as I described it where most of the teachers are assholes, but you never know what's going to happen. You have to be prepared, and if I tell him nothing he won't know what to do when something bad actually happens. Besides, look at the message of my post. If you are bullied, respectfully stand up for yourself. I feel like that's a pretty good message to send to a high school student, don't you? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489317/#p489317 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. It's quite obvious, isn't it? When somebody is completely nervous about going to a mainstream school, thinks everybody will hate him just for basically existing, wants to do everything correctly and is afraid of cliches where people act like assholes all the time, it's not the greatest of ideas to tell him how teachers spoke about you behind your back and yelled at you, while some people bullied you for standing up for yourself.@26 I see that dream more as your subconscious making up a bad dream because you are so nervous the whole day. I have that often too. By dreaming, you take your thoughts for the day and try to process them and let them behind you. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489310/#p489310 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. It's quite obvious, isn't it? When somebody is completely nervous about going to a mainstream school, thinks everybody will hate him just for basically existing, wants to do everything correctly and is afraid of cliches where people act like assholes all the time, it's not the greatest of ideas to tell him how teachers spoke about you behind your back and yelled at you, while some people bullied you for standing up for yourself.@26 I see that dream more as your subconscious making up a bad dream because you are so nervous the whole day. I have that often too. By dreaming, you take your thoughts for the day and try to process them and letting them behind you. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489310/#p489310 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. It's quite obvious, isn't it? When somebody is completely nervous about going to a mainstream school, thinks everybody will hate him just for basically existing, wants to do everything correctly and is afraid of cliches where people act like assholes all the time, it's not the greatest of ideas to tell him how teachers spoke about you behind your back and yelled at you, while some people bullied you for standing up for yourself.@26 I see that dream more as your subconscious making up a bad dream because you are so nervous the whole day. I have that often too. Dreams take your thoughts for the day and try to process them. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489310/#p489310 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. It's quite obvious, isn't it? When somebody is completely nervous about going to a mainstream school, thinks everybody will hate him just for basically existing, wants to do everything correctly and is afraid of cliches where people act like assholes all the time, it's not the greatest of ideas to tell him how teachers spoke about you behind your back and yelled at you, while some people bullied you for standing up for yourself. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489310/#p489310 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Can you elaborate on that a little bit Targor? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489286/#p489286 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-29
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi guys.Thanks for the replies.So, I had a dream last night. I think it fit the context of this topic quite well. So, I was in an elevator. It was very small, and made completely out of glass. There was one problem. The elevator was broken. It was only attached to the shaft by a thread. Any small amount of movement would break the thread. If that happened, the elevator would plummet down the shaft and I would probably be killed. There were people outside the elevator. My friend, who is a DJ, was hosting an event. I could hear all the people outside the elevator, even while it was hanging in the shaft. I think I may have tried to call out to them, but they couldn’t hear me. I then called one of the characters from the TV show wentworth prison. Her name was Frankie. Spoiler ahead! She was a lawyer. I explained to her that I needed help to get out of the elevator. She then calmly told me that everything would be okay and that she would call for help. Needless to say, I got out alive. I have tried to interpret this in the context of this topic. The elevator could symbolise my fear. I’m going to be stuck in a small space where nobody knows me. Everyone will be outside having fun. If I make one wrong move, everything could go badly. What do you guys think? I’d love to hear your thoughts on this. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489260/#p489260 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Just introduce yourself. There's certainly no need for practicing a textbook answer. As I said, overthinking everything makes it so much harder for you.On that matter, Dan_Geros post could really not have come at a more inoportune moment I think. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489202/#p489202 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
Re: Please advise me on my situation. Just introduce yourself. There's certainly no need for practicing a text. As I said, overthinking everything makes it so much harder for you.On that matter, Dan_Geros post could really not have come at a more inoportune moment I think. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489202/#p489202 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-29
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Hi. My name is George. I love video games, audio production, voice acting and food. I love watching movies as well. Oh, did I mention that I’m blind? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489190/#p489190 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I'm with Dark on this one. Making a production out of your disability is almost guaranteed to cause more friction, not less. The best way to introduce yourself is to be the person with X hobby and Y interest, and oh yes, just happens to be blind. Putting blindness out there first will just make people hyper aware of it, and I don't necessarily think that's a good thing. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489167/#p489167 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Please advise me on my situation.
2019-12-28
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Okay. If I get called upon to introduce myself, what should I say? I won’t even know where to begin. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489156/#p489156 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. @DarkI verry much see where you are coming from, however I must disagree.I am only speaking from experience. All 3 times I've used this within the last couple of years, people have later told me, that they were glad that I did it. The trick is, to keep it simple cassual and down to earth, exactly to avoid the problem of isolating yourself. Also focusing a lot more on similarities, for example telling people, that you, as many sighted people do, work out, play computer games etc. This way, you loosen up an otherwise awkward situation where your fellow students don't know if they can ask you questions and about what. I have also had some luck, showing my fellow students NVDA and my braille display, to again make them understand, that while I might be doing things a bit different, I am still able to follow along in class and so on.In my experience, not telling people is the worst thing you can do, and I've actually tried it. I began at a new school, and only a handful of people knew that I was blind. Not many people talked to me that day, simply because they didn't know. I was the weird guy, that didn't make eye contact, and for the most part sad alone or was with an adult. As soon as I introduced myself, explained a little bit about my situation, and told them, that it really wasn't that dangerous to talk to me, people began talking to me and it amazed me how naturally they went about it.People are not assholes, but they might be uninformed, misinformed or simply scared to do anything wrong, and that is why I as well as many of m friends prefer to present ourselves to new people in this way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489147/#p489147 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I'm afraid I utterly disagree with Mads here. Standing up and giving everyone a long speech about yourself and your blindness will not only make you feel as if you stick out, but also put you up on a pedestal and thus less easy for others to approach. Also, answering peoples questions about blindness can be a good ice breaker, it can be annoying definitely, but it's something you have to put up with. About mobility, to be absolutely honest, I would suggest you practice hard. Find the methods that work for you. #eG myself I memorise landmarks rather than specifically try to comprehend an entire space, this will stand you in good stead in a lot of places, since there's nothing more irritating than constantly having to ask for help for trivial things like needing to find the loo. That will obviously take time if you've not practiced the skills, and you might need to walk with someone around your school for the first while, but see it as an incentive to learn and put in the effort. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/489025/#p489025 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Common fears that are well warranted. I had teachers in high school who would sit around the table and talk about me, while I was sitting at another table listening. To be fair though, I got back at them by talking to other students about them behind their back. Oh man did I ever get yelled at, but I honestly couldn't have given two flying fucks if I tried. Karma is a bitch! My teacher would even yell at me for tapping on the brick wall during lunch time when I was finished with lunch and... oh wait I'm sorry this is about your school. While I enjoyed getting back at my teachers for the shit they put me through sometimes, for you I would recommend avoiding confrontation as much as possible. While it is fun, it will kind of make you look like an asshole and people will try to stay away from you or use it as an excuse to bully you for the sake of getting a reaction out of you. I had bullies that picked on me solely for the reason that I was getting back at my teachers, because in their minds I was just being a disrespectful little prick. Of course, most people saw through the shield of authority they had hoisted up on their shoulders and so they knew who those people were, but that's besides the point. If someone is treating you like shit, don't stand there and take it, but don't be disrespectful about it like I was. No regrets for me though. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488962/#p488962 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. So, I should just act myself? That seems easy enough. What about the awkwardness from the others? How do I deal with that? I really don’t want people talking about me while I’m right there. I’m not saying they’re all mean, but these are all common fears that most blind people have, aren’t they? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488953/#p488953 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I get you're nervous, but overthinking stuff just makes it worse. Don't go in trying to remember all the stuff you should do and all the stuff you should avoid. That's exactly the contrary of acting natural. Just try to be optimistic about it, give the new place a chance and you'll see. Obviously learning the way around as quickly as possible is great, but if you need someone who helps you the first days, then don't be ashamed, just ask. Most people aren't jerks. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488924/#p488924 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks for the advice. This actually happened in my dream, but it was too insignificant to mention here. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488913/#p488913 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Also, be open about your blindness. I have gone through a couple of school or class changes during the last couple of years, and one thing that has worked every time is to ask the teachers for half an hour of the first day. Then just stand up and tell them a bit about your life. Emphasize, that you are a teenager like everyone else, but you have a vissual imparement. Make sure that they know, that you are open to answer their questions, and maybe speak about what you might need help for. It really worked wonders, and show the others, that you are a person that can speak for yourself. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488907/#p488907 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks dark. There is one problem. My spatial layout awareness isn’t as good as it could be. I know left from right, but I’m terrible at remembering different routes and or turns. Even in my own house, I will sometimes take the wrong turn. This is quite embarrassing. I got quite a mouthful from some of the teachers in my previous school. One of them went so far as to make me walk in an area where there were a lot of Poles without my cane as it was broken and she wouldn’t let me Use sighted guide. I reported the issue and it never happened again. My point is, it’s quite embarrassing to have this happen. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488878/#p488878 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I don’t think it would be a good idea to mention my dream to them. Let’s hope they don’t take there dead relatives to school LOL. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488871/#p488871 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Okay as to practical advice, first, learn your way around pronto, even if you need to go in early and do this, since the more you can get around as you wish independently the less you'll stick out to other people. Perhaps look at walking around the building before school starts to learn the way. Not that walking around with assistance is a bad thing now and again, but the more comfortable you are in your environment, the more comfortable you'll be with yourself, which others will pick up on as well, plus the less you need to rely on other people, the more you can concentrate on being someone's friend. I wouldn't say there are "rooky mistakes", I would say there are things you can do to make life easier as I mentioned, namely avoiding too many blind specific habits like rocking etc, learning to listen to people and practice good communication skills, and being patient and give people time. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488872/#p488872 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. man, just be yourself you dont need to do something extra URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488867/#p488867 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thanks for the advice. I’m quite nervous. I will not be able to get around the place when I first arrive. They say that they can get someone to assist me for the first week, but I’m scared that they will hold a grudge against me for that. It’s happened before. Also, are there any rookie mistakes I should try to avoid? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488857/#p488857 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Maybe I had just luck, but the students you mentioned who just always talk about girls, drugs and parties are there, but if you want to discuss with them about something else, this works nearly all the time. It's not like they're all brutes who can't think of anything else. Mainstream schools are great, at least with my experience. As others have said, just don't let the fact that they're sighted and you're blind get in the way. Just act naturally. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488855/#p488855 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I have been in a main stream school for like 3 years, and what i can tell you is that you will like it a lot!It is fun. as long as you do what you want to do and not what other people tell you to do. I came a long with my sighted peers quite well. do your own thing and then they will like you. don't worry, you'll be fine. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488833/#p488833 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. As to what to do, well my best advice is relax, take things naturally and just try to be patient. Your right, people will be curious, and irritating as it is, simply being patient with the usual "have you always been blind" type of questions can do wonders, asAlso, try to avoid any sterreotypical blind behaviours such as rocking, speaking loudly or demanding things, if you need to ask for something, ask politely.Assuming your school is not a shit hole, you should find the ice starting to melt after a while and people starting to chat to you, usually in Britain this tends to be on the second or third day, though depending upon the country and situation things might vary.Also, practice that best skill of blind people, "listening!" you'd be surprised how many people will just chat if you listen and ask the right questions, likewise, don't assume anyone is an idiot until they've proved themselves to be so. finally, and most annoyingly, be patient! even as a teenager, making friends takes time, and as a blind teenager very much more so. Don't expect things to happen at once. If you've not really made any friends for six months, then you might have a problem, but if after the first week your still getting to know people, that's just how things are. One good friend of mine is a very reserved person, I met her in history of medicine lectures at university, and basically spent nearly an entire term (about eight weeks), just saying "goodmorning" One Friday, the lecture was postponed an hour, and I suggested getting some coffee, suddenly she was telling me about herself and we've been friends ever since.Your at the best age to make friends, since personally I've found situations at their best between 17 and 25, before people settle down to procreate and be stupid, and after people have grown up enough to realise they might not be the centre of the universe, but even so, it still takes time.With zombies run, it all depends upon how you set the ap. Unless your physically running outside and changing location (which is a bit difficult for a blind person), the default setting which uses gps to track distance travelled will be no good to you. You will need to either set it on constant pace or step counting. These both have different advantages. Step counting physically counts your steps thus responds to your actual runing movement, whilst constant pace simply moves the story along and gives you items as time passes, you can also set how fast your virtual running is if you use this setting. personally, I use step counting when I'm physically running, and use it for 20 minute mission, then to constant pace whilst I'm doing my fifteen minutes weight lifting. You might Once you go to "mission start" you can find the settings by swiping past the start mission button. You might need to play with them a little, EG because running on a mini trampoline is harder than runing normally, I've had to put the stride length up quite a bit to get to the point I can do a 5k mission in 20-25 minutes. I don't mind though, since I'm burning off that much energy. As to other forms of physical activity, it depends upon what options are available and what takes your fancy.I Personally for example have no interest in competitive sports such as football or cricket, but I enjoy those activities like canoeing, tandem cycling or even cross country skeeing when I've had the chance to do it, that let me get out and journey in a oncrete way. similarly, whilst I'm average in hight at five foot ten, I have broad shoulders and I'm not exactly a small fellow, and so am naturally pretty strong, someone once told me I have the right build to be a wrestler if I wanted.This means sprinting is probably not my best area (the zombies run I do primarily to keep fit and increase my mental energy), I'd be better at rowing or kanooing or something along those lines.Hth. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488821/#p488821 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. I don't know about South Africa, but here in India, I study in a school where majority of the children are sighted. I've been studying in that school since I was in 2nd grade and now I am in 9th. I'd advice you to talk to them as you will with someone else, don't think that they are sighted and you are blind or what topic would you talk on etc., etc. Initially, I too had this problem but with time, it became easier. And about your physical, do whatever you want to do. I've learnt this that this is the age where we are able to understand ourselves and what we're good at. I was also thinking to learn some martial arts for keeping myself in shape and also just to test if I like that or not. I have to say the least, recently understood the importance to keep our body fit. Maybe I'll try my hand in swimming, but in Summer not in the winter! I cannot do running as there isn't much space or park near my house for running where I live in. HTH URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488820/#p488820 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. BTW what physical activities would you recommend? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488809/#p488809 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. Thank you so much for the advice. Dark, I suppose you’re right. I have one question though. How exactly are you able to use zombies run? I never got the app to actually pick up my running. I’m thinking that could be a way to get physical exercise. What would be your advice for the first day of school? I know that the people will probably be a bit awkward as they may not have interacted with a blind person before. Thanks in advance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488803/#p488803 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. @RTT entertainment firstly I can understand your worries here. It's not easy to make friends as a blind person, that's just how life is, and your environment, especially as a teenager can make a massive difference. Your dream does sound freaky, but remember, most psychological research suggests that dreams are essentially the brain clearing it's file cash and movig unneeded items to the recycle bin, essentially filing away thoughts and fears and experiences so they can be dealt with more efficiently. this is why it makes infinite sense you'd dream about your new school and problems like not being able to talk to someone in the same language, and songs playing (especially if your not into the idea of music). so, firstly, yes nerves make sense, however equally there are unfortunately things you just need to get used to and this is one of them. At this point in time you don't know whether the school will be bad or good, so start with the attitude that you'll give it a fair chance and see. Actually, to me the idea of a small school sounds like a good one, since you don't have half the gangs and cliques and unruly behaviour you see in larger schools, so again, just give it a try, you might even be pleasantly surprised.About your activities. Unfortunately, as a miner on the one hand you'll find yourself having to do things simply to get on at the moment, either because education terms of education, or in terms of your family. it's all great to "pursue your dream" etc, but those sorts of things often come by roundabout routes. For example, voice acting is a good thing to do, but there is a lot more to acting than just speaking dialogue (I've done a reasonable amount myself), there is learning about your audience, being able to read situations, and improvisations, all of which will help you with your voice acting. indeed, I'd suggest trying general acting in any and all kinds you can, from dance to comedy and seeing what experiences you can learn. I'm primarily a singer myself, and voice acting is something I've done and would like to do more, however I've loved the chance to expand my skills and learn to act properly. You don't have to do music if you don't want to, but bare in mind that there are lots more things kicking around to try, not limited to sitting in front of a microphone.As to physical activity, well again, physical exercise helps with a lot of things, I don't know enough about the education system in South Africa to say if you need to pass these activities or not, but putting some time into fitness can help quite a lot, even if you can't find anything in terms of martial arts. this is why I have recently picked up zombies run myself and found it's improved my creativity and mental state hugely. Again, if you don't want to swim, fair enough, but take a look at all of the things that are on offer before making a final decision. Hth. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488798/#p488798 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Re: Please advise me on my situation. OK man, I'm going to speak my mind here. First of all, blind schools are messed up IMO, so I'm happy you're trying a mainstream school. Second, and this is important, fuck what everyone else wants you to do. Seriously, what they think you should or should not do doesn't matter. You want to get into voice acting? Fight tooth and nail for it. If you're going to pursue your dream, you've got to fight for it and not listen to what other people want you to do/think you shouldn't do. This is your life, not theirs, and you've got to take charge of it with an iron fist and tell them, "No, this is my dream, so this is what I'm going to do." Do it respectfully of course, but don't let them tell you what you're better in in their eyes and what you are, quote, "Going to do." Are they going to say you're being belligerent? Even if you're being respectful, yes, they probably will say that. However, do not let that affect you, because at this point in your life this is about you and your happiness. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488794/#p488794 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
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Please advise me on my situation. Hi guys.Right off the bat, I'd like to warn you that this is potentially going to be an extremely long post.Anyway, I'm moving to a new school.In South Africa, main streem (or public) schools have a choice on weather to accept someone with a disability or not.Its completely up to them. I've been in schools for the disabled for over 5 years now and change is rather frightening.This new school is quite unique in the sense that it only has 25 or so students, is situated in a house and has no uniform to speak of.I'm hoping that the other students will be deasant.What I'm saying is that most high school students can only talk about the drugs they take, the girls they bang and the bad things that they get up to in there spare time. I know the're all teens, but there is a limit. They can often be quite rude, antagonising, or just down right childish and immature.Again, they're teenagers, and I get that, because I am one of them.I just really hope there are some that can hold an intelegent conversation without discussing there sex life and drug habits.I've also had instances where people charged with assisting me with certain tasks will often degrade me for not doing them to there liking, while the other blind student is helped and praised for doing the same (or even worse) then I did.For instance, we were doing a science project, nothing big, when i was required to spoon yeast from its packet into a cup.The science teacher was standing next to me and assisting me to pour it without making a mess.Anyway, I accidentally almost got yeast all over and the teacher aid said "don't let him do it, he's just fooling around."I don't know about you, but to me that seems rather heartless.Anyway, I'm going to be the only visually impared in a group of sighted students. I really don't know what to think or do, my nerves are probably going to kill me.I had a strange dream about the place last night.Anyway, it was my first day and I was quite nervous. My friends and I had spent the previous night stealing books from dead spirits (it was a dream), and taking there photos and hanging them so that there pictures were facing the wall, upside down.Doesn't that seem a bit disrespectfull to the dead?Anyway, I get to school and this russian guy of about 17 comes up to me.There's one problem.He can barely speak a word of english, or any of the other South African languages for that matter.I try telling him my name, and he can't seem to say it.My name is an extremely common english name.The head of the institution arrives along with the other students.I introduce myself to a young African guy who screams "what's up bro, so good to meet you!".Then the head comes up to me and tells me that the students bring there dead relatives to school by way of there body parts. She then shows me an arm belonging to an elderly women who was writing her final exams (she was dead and stil writing them).She then tells me about a skeleton named Brav Bones who had attended. She then said "The other students had to move his body parts manually for him to be able to do things.He couldn't eat shit, and shit is from america." I sware that's what she said! Remember it was a dream.Anyway, we go inside and there are 2 doors. One on my left and one on my right.I then ask one of the girls "which one should I use?"And she responds "which ever one you feel comfortable using."They all went right, but I went left.In the room, I found my BrailleSense polaris and my pearl camera. There were also empty boxes and tins and papers with sighted text on them.Every time i touched something with sighted text, a random song would start playing in which the students were singing that it would be fine as they would read everything for me.I then woke up.This post is quite long, but I have more to say.So, I'm not someone who socialises a lot.My family doesn't like this.Upon there insistence, I have to do one physical and one cultural activity.As some of you may know, I'm a voice actor by trade and not much else.I tell them I want to do acting as my cultural activity, but they don't want that as "I already do that for fun".My brother is talking about a guy who does drumming lessons for a nominal fee.The problem is that I absolutely do not (do not!) want to do anything that involves music as I was forced to do music in primary school. What else should i do?I feel that they are trying to push me in a cornor where the only choice i have is music.I tell them that I've tried it, but they don't seem to listen., and god forbid they choose my physical.I want to do judo or karate, but they might want me to do swimming or something similar.Please help?Thanks in advance.PS. Should I publish this post on audible? JK. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/488791/#p488791 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
