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In reply to the discussion: So proud I could bust! My son has been awarded a 10 month Fulbright Scholarship [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)So this is a kid who can't recognize Mom (me) on the street
until we're practically at arms length. He learned how to use
vision aids to get around--but refused to use them. He would
just engage people to help him.
After he came home from his summer study in Berlin almost
three years ago, he told me that people were 'mean' in the subway.
When I asked him why, what did they do, he said he would ask
for directions on which way to go--platform, etc--and they would
respond "read the sign!". Well, of course he can't read the signs
because he can't see them. Of course he asked in perfect
German. I told him that he has to tell people he can't SEE the signs,
would they please tell him which way to go.
He has always refused to pull the "I can't" card when asking for help.
On that same trip--coming home--he got in the wrong line for clearing
immigration/customs. He waited all through the non-US citizen line
to have the agent ask him why was he there? Well, he can't SEE
the signs to read which line to get in!
So, you can imagine what he's accomplished on his own with this attitude.