tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post7247790380978129217..comments2024-03-26T23:57:42.268-04:00Comments on SpeEdChange: Blocking Access from the Topirasocolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-87689635667918027462008-10-01T12:14:00.000-04:002008-10-01T12:14:00.000-04:00Anon,I hear you. The system is as unfair as anywhe...Anon,<BR/><BR/>I hear you. The system is as unfair as anywhere, and stunningly non-responsive to actual student needs. Their use of the term "visa" says it all. That will be a new post soon.<BR/><BR/>- Ira Socolirasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-62611976757679146272008-09-30T23:01:00.000-04:002008-09-30T23:01:00.000-04:00I actually attend your university - and I had a te...I actually attend your university - and I had a terrible time registering with RCPD. First off, as a college student who struggles to support herself, the copious amounts of paper work that I had to PAY a psychiatrist and physician to fill out was quite frustrating. THEN to be talked to like a psych-ward patient from this 'man' who also had to evaluate me was quite demeaning. <BR/><BR/>Needless to say, my paperwork for my ADHD was "filled out incorrectly" and I couldn't afford to have my doctor fill it out again anytime soon - so last year I went without any assistance because of a paperwork error... <BR/><BR/>I also want to note that the VISA process (handing this paper to my professor, and explaining why I needed extra test time - and note taker assistance) was very uncomfortable. I feel more 'different' than my typical peers - because I have a VISA to enter the classroom (like I need permission and a reason for being who I am, and learning the way I do).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-57819395589765047432008-06-14T07:51:00.000-04:002008-06-14T07:51:00.000-04:00Vera:I'll have to read up on this. I do know that ...Vera:<BR/><BR/>I'll have to read up on this. I do know that Hoeg's investigations of Inuit/Greenlander culture (Denmark's traditional colonial minority group and the center of his novel <I>Smilla's Sense of Snow</I>) lead him to wonder about many of the cognitive structures "assumed" by 'western' thought.<BR/><BR/>And thanks. I did not really post this to 'get back' at anyone, but to hope someone somewhere with an office staff reads this and wonders if they might make things better. A "how to make things better" post is coming, but probably not today.<BR/><BR/>- Ira Socolirasocolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412837280249622430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19457872.post-16616608963273435652008-06-13T23:17:00.000-04:002008-06-13T23:17:00.000-04:00have you read about this woman jill bolte taylor? ...have you read about this woman jill bolte taylor? http://www2.oprah.com/spiritself/oss/guest/oss_guest_jboltetaylor.jhtml i think her story is fascinating. it made me think of borderliners and the concept of linear time. did you know hoeg had contact with cultures that i believe don't emphasize this concept? maybe the way his brain works is in some way in sync with those cultures, and so he feels a great affinity for them. i'm gong to do some reading and see if they are any commonalities with aspects of dyslexia and differences btwn the right brain vs left brain. ps sorry for your continuing struggles. but you know that you're making it easier for those coming up.if i were you i would find some consolation in that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com