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1 z 9: techboy

Hi guys. So my school doesn't want me to do shop class (building class) because I'm blind. Me and my TVI are advicating for me to go to it still, and not just go down to the accademic room with a textbook. But anyways, is there anything I can do in that class even, like is it even worth it if i'm just gonna have to do the writing and the math part
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26.02.2024 14:18

2 z 9: thespyde

I didn't have shop in school but when I experienced it in a rehab place I found it quite nice. I can't imagine a school not letting a blind person do shop.

On the other hand, my schools junior high and high school alike, didn't allow me to do physical education, and that was strange, because other schools didn't seem to have that same prejudice, and those schools were in my area.
Charles Wells
26.02.2024 14:48

3 z 9: techboy

well I did Design and analisus and there were small tools. I could do that. I'm thinking they are scared of me operating a saw, for example.
-- (thespyde):
I didn't have shop in school but when I experienced it in a rehab place I found it quite nice. I can't imagine a school not letting a blind person do shop.

On the other hand, my schools junior high and high school alike, didn't allow me to do physical education, and that was strange, because other schools didn't seem to have that same prejudice, and those schools were in my area.

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26.02.2024 15:14

4 z 9: thespyde

Well, there are risks to most things I suppose.

I have a friend who used to live near me when I lived in the states. That dude could operate any kind of saw, drill, whatever. I looked around his shop and man, some of those things looked so dangerous, but he got along with all that somehow. Sure, he got injured, but not often.

Aptitudes should be measured for folks, not just plain denial.
Charles Wells
26.02.2024 16:14

5 z 9: Lingelwap

I agree on all the things that have bin sed.
Try to find the talk to one of your teachers and give them reasons and explean how you can atend those classes.
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26.02.2024 19:13

6 z 9: Jacobww3

I actually did do work shop and I used a saw but I had to do it with sighted help. That was the biggest rule was that blind people needed to have a sighted person helping me out.
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26.02.2024 20:16

7 z 9: CritterPup

So here's the thing. I'm interested in woodworking myself, but I'm deathly afraid of using table saws and the like. Perhaps see if there's things you can do that involve only non powered tools. Glues too perhaps. You don't need a spinning death trap to succeed there. Let me know what you figure out, I haven't learned woodworking yet but I'd love to.
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28.02.2024 01:18

8 z 9: techboy

Ok, today's the rotation from different classes, i just had cooking and lets see if I go to shop or the stupid inaccessible coding class, which they wanted me to do dubble
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28.02.2024 14:15

9 z 9: techboy

I just got out of shop. I can't walk around the shop independently, understandably, but everything else is fine. I can't operate most power tools, but I could probs do a drill press and stuff, and maybe the nale gun, maybe. But we're doing safety first cupple weaks.
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28.02.2024 17:06