blind_for_a_day screwing for virginity a school the teachers got a memo from the special ed department asking them to participate in "handicap awarness week" (i know it sound like political_correctness crap, but its preaty cool) by chooseing a handicap and acting it out for a week. well, our psych teacher extended it to us. all the people who volunteered chose a number between one and X, and the number you chose was your handicap. i wantd either to be blind or deaf, and i got blindness. so im gunna walk around all day tomarrow with a blindfold on to see what its like. after psych i went to the rest of my classes thinking about how i was going to do things and i came to one conclusion: i will have to rely on other people for alot of things. ill blath tomarrow and tell everyone how it went (this blath brought to you from google: for all your spellcheck needs.) 021203 ... screwing for virginity i hate to admit it, but i wussed out. while in the shower this morning i thought about it, and realised that i would have to rely on other people to much to do ordinary things, and most of the people at school are assholes so i wouldnt get any help. i saw someone else walking around with a blindfold on doing same same thing, but when she came into class (i have 1st period with her) she took of her blindfold and said she was only doing it for the passing periods. but she also said she was felt_up like 5 times on the way here. im preaty sure i wont get felt up, but who knows what would else people would do. i guess that was one of the things i was supposed to live with while i did the little experment. but i dont feel too bad about pussing out because (im not sure if this a reason or a rationalisation) doing it for one day is not the same as your whole life. think about it, real blind people memorise the amount of steps it takes to get to common places all the time, they dont have to look so obvious about it, and they are just plain old used to it. even though i didnt walk around blindfolded, i did constintly ask how a blind person would deal with this challenge no matter how small, such as going down stairs, or having someone run out infront of me. 021204 ... tourist You Hit on a Key Point when You mentioned the fact that a blind person is used to this condition, and therfore Blends In, I am rather stunned by your friends account of casual molestation in the hallways though. I believe that this would not be an Experience that an Actual Blind person would encounter more often than the Sighted, But I am assuming that this is at the High School Level, Where Males are still half baked and Irresponsible. 021205 ... Rhin during a leadership inservice/retreat for work, we played a 'trust experiment'. a girl, whom i had never before met, became my 'guide dog', so to speak. she was instructed to lead me blindfolded all over this woody, hilly, debris filled park. i had to put my complete faith in her...trusting that she would not let me trip over twigs, or step into holes (granted i threatened to lead her straight into the shelter house fireplace, when her turn, if she hurt me, so she was on her toes, but still...). i became so disoriented. i had no idea if we were going in circles or anything. we were then instucted to switch roles, so i did the same with her. now granted, i am used to working w/those who are blind and deaf, so i'm use to seeing/hearing for others. still, she didn't know that. the experiment really made me appreciate my sight, and it also was unique for me to totally trust someone, whom i had never met, with my safety. it was awesome. of course, by playing blind for a day, i didn't have my surroundings memorized. in reality, a person who suddenly becomes blind, also does not have their surroundings memorized. they don't have the luxury of saying, 'nah, i don't want to play this game'. they have to figure a way out, and it's frightening. however, one amazing thing that happens is that your hearing and your sense of smell suddenly becomes more acute. it's amazing the things that you can hear and smell when those are the only two senses you have to your advantage. 021205 ... endless desire one i was younger we did this. when we were studying helen keller. only two hours. first blind then mute and lastly deaf (which was difficult because ear plugs only block out so much) i was miserable for those 6 hours. all through school. i was completely helpless and that was only having one missing at a time. i always wondered, if i had to choose one, which one id choose. it would just be so hard. those people are so strong it was around christmas and one of the girls did her blind hours at home. she ended up running into the christmas tree. it fell on her and pushed her back into her coffee table where she broke her collar bone and the tree caught fire on the christmas candles and burnt the whole front half of it. i wish i could say that was my story. thats a cool story. it would suck to be blind. 030602 what's it to you? who go blather from