On Sunday 21 Oct 2001 8:11 pm, Betty B wrote:
> I really didn't get the whole study thing until college (okay,
> community college -- jr. college, college lite -- whatever). That's
> when I really began to enjoy studying.  I would begin that right
> away, so that I could learn as much as possible.  If I really was
> applying myself, most of the time between the beginning and end of
> a writing assignment was spent falling in love with subject matter,
> and trying to make it my own personal thing.
>

When I went to University, early 70s, they weren't really geared up
for disabilities - particularly not if you couldn't write (Well I can
write - its just reading it again later that's the problem!!) - and
my IBM electric typewriter weighed a ton.

My tutor bought me a portable tape recorder, but the cost of
batteries was phenomenal, and some lecturers refused permission to
tape (prima facia evidence of their incompetence!!!). What with cost
of batteries, and having to listen to a boring lecture twice, this
practice of taping lectures soon fell into disrepute. I found that by
reading the books the lecturers had read, and going to the
seminars/tutorials, the lectures were not sorely missed and it gave
me more time to hone my Pinball skills in the Students Union!

Cheers

Derii