It's that time again, time to hit the books. After a very low-key, uneventful, and relaxing break, I was so ready to go back to classes. Little did I realize how much of a pain it is to get accommodations for those classes. In past semesters, I had really understanding professors who just gave me copies of notes without me having to fill out the necessary paperwork. At my college, students with disabilities are supposed to have paper work filled out saying that they have a legitimate disability. I can understand having to fill out this paperwork if a student doesn't have a visible disability, but it's so obvious that I have a disability, I am in a wheelchair after all. I believe it is incredibly asinine that disabled students have to jump through these hoops, we have enough things to worry about in our lives, the least professors could do is make our lives a little easier! If a professor sees a student struggling to write notes, I believe they should anticipate that students needs, and offer up a little help. After all, that's what makes a good teacher!
When I was sitting at home over break, I began to think about the ridiculous amount of money I would have to spend on books. I hate textbooks because they are so big, heavy, and hard for me to manipulate! I just recently bought myself an iPad 2 so that I could put my textbooks on it. Talk about the ultimate in accommodations, they are so easy to use! Not to mention I saved over $200 on my textbooks, and all I did was download the free Amazon Kindle app! Anything to make my education a little easier!
Until next time.
~C
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