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FiRST 0FF.. .WE LEARNED AB0UT DiSABLED PE0PLE & THEiR NEEDS.  H0W THEY GET AR0UND EVERyDAy.  H0W THEy FEED & DRESS THEMSELVES. BASiCALLy HOW THEy LiVE EVERyDAy.  iT WAS VERy iNTERESTiNG BECAUSE i HAD NEVER MET A BLiND PERS0N BEF0RE.  iT WAS S0 NEAT T0 L00K AT A LiFE THR0UGH A BLiND PERSON'S EyES F0R A BRiEF M0MENT.  THE SPEAKER WAS A VERY NiCE AND SMART LADy.  SHE SH0WED US STUFF & iTEMS i HAD NEVER LEARNED 0R KNEW iN MY ENTiRE LiFETiME.  SHE DiDNT NEED ANY HELP.  SHE WAS VERY HANDY & G0T THiNGS D0NE ALM0ST AT THE SAME SPEED AS A PERS0N WH0 CAN SEE.  SHE MAY HAVE BEEN PHYSiCALLy HANDiCAPPED BUT N0T MENTALLy.

SEC0NDLy.. .WE ALWAyS HAD GUEST, WHETHER THEy WERE SPEAKERS 0R iNTERACTiNG WiTH US.  WE HAD S0ME TEENS FR0M NEW MEXiC0.  THEY WERE iN THE EXPL0RA PR0GRAM AND THEy DEAL WiTH SCiENCE ALS0.  THEY WERE VERY NiCE AND S0CiAL. WE W0RKED AS A TEAM AND BUiLT SAND CASTLES.  WE WERE iN TEAMS S0 iT WAS A C0MPETiTi0N.  EVEN TH0UGH MY TEAM DiDNT WiN, WE HAD FUN JUST BUiLDiNG THE CASTLE.  WATER WAS SUPP0SED T0 MAKE THE SAND STAY UP, BUT iNSTEAD MADE THE SAND FALL D0WN!  THiS WAS A 0NCE iN A LiFETiME EXPERiENCE.  JUST SEEiNG THE SMiLES AND EVERYB0Dy LAUGHiNG....Y0U W0ULD THiNK WE WERE ALL CL0SE FRiENDS ALL FR0M THE SAME CiTy.  

i HAD NEVER BEEN iN LEARNiNG PLACES BEF0RE, BUT iT WAS FUN AND i LEARNED L0TS 0F iNTERESTiNG THiNGS.  i HAD ALWAYS BEEN iN CiTY SCiENCE AND i `M GLAD i DiDNT G0 BACK.  i MADE NEW FRiENDS AND LiKED HAViNG FELiX, MEESA, AND LEAH AS MY SUPERViS0RS.  UNF0RTUNATELy, i WiLL N0T BE C0MiNG BACK THiS SUMMER, BUT i WiLL MAKE SURE T0 ViSiT AND i M0ST DEFiNiTELY WiLL BE BACK F0R THE FALL.  D0N'T W0RRyL0L..WE DiD L0TS 0F PR0JECTS AND DREW PLANTS AND FL0WERS.  LAST LAB WE DREW THE EyES 0F THE 0PP0SiTE PERS0N ACR0SS SiTTiNG ACR0SS FR0M US.  i CANN0T DRAW, BUT iT WAS FUN AND iNTERESTiNG MiXiNG THE SHADES 0F BR0WNS T0 MAKE My PARTNER'S EYE C0L0R C0ME 0UT C0RRECTLy.  EVEN TH0UGH iT SEEMED LiKE i WAS BACK iN SCH00L, SCH00L C0ULD BE THiS FUN AND THE RULES ARE DEFiNiTELY N0WHERE SiMiLAR T0 THE RULES iN SCH00L.  y0U DEFiNiTELy  D0 N0T GET ANy BREAKS FR0M SCH00L AND GET PAiD F0R LEARNiNG!.L0L