in 15 MINS i am attending a Mediation meeting

Grummer

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with the so called Disability services from my University, for discrimination and harrassment and bullying. They always forces me to try justify why i need an interprefer, and always telling me to hurry up finish study... and even warned me that if i fail a paper id be facing a consequence to pay $1000 for the transcripts from the CDs...it was clearly a violation of my rights...

so they're in the poo., and i will let you know how it goes...

for religious people, pray for me
for pagans pray to the sun to unleash the lightening on the bastards who made my life hell
for those in understand Deaf Rights, just hope and hope for me it will have a good result

Now, as a post script, this very same fucking university fucked over 2 other Deaf women, and i know them too. One wont go back and fight chickenshit, the other one is a fruad anyway...also the second one doesnt even know that i know about hers!!

so

yeah Big news here...
i might even fucking disclose the documents right into here to hell with it just to show the story...

Bye for now
Grum
 
Grummer said:
with the so called Disability services from my University, for discrimination and harrassment and bullying. They always forces me to try justify why i need an interprefer, and always telling me to hurry up finish study... and even warned me that if i fail a paper id be facing a consequence to pay $1000 for the transcripts from the CDs...it was clearly a violation of my rights...

so they're in the poo., and i will let you know how it goes...

for religious people, pray for me
for pagans pray to the sun to unleash the lightening on the bastards who made my life hell
for those in understand Deaf Rights, just hope and hope for me it will have a good result

Now, as a post script, this very same fucking university fucked over 2 other Deaf women, and i know them too. One wont go back and fight chickenshit, the other one is a fruad anyway...also the second one doesnt even know that i know about hers!!

so

yeah Big news here...
i might even fucking disclose the documents right into here to hell with it just to show the story...

Bye for now
Grum
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It's a never ending battle Grum! Go get them, but continue to use that meditation to keep yourself centered through the fight.
 
Good luck, Grummer...hope you can keep ur awesome sense of humor while you're at it.
 
Sic em! Good for you for not putting up with them. Keep us posted. Let us know. Good luck!
 
Let us know how it goes - remember, stay calm, cool and collected. Make THEM appear to be crazy and don't give them any ammo.
 
otherwise your stress calm down and mind your peaceful your feeling worth your cope your mind wise your how feeling relax and easy calm good for you
 
the results are good, there has been a lot of cultural breakdown, i did get a verbal apology, and theres a document signed to express a settlement made, (not $$ or anythng) but give me support in now what we all come to understand the Deaf culture and the University culture...id explain later , too tired im gonna nap then go get takeaway, not gonna study tonight, just watch TV and get an early night's sleep, it eas a long ass mediation. and yes i kept cool, calm and collected and we exchanged POV, hingsights, exchanged what we didnt know about each other (in terms of knowing how to fit in the system). there is still alot of work ahead, both for my own study and for clarifying what Deaf people need to attend this university safely and without unneccessary stress/pressure.

I can also probably guess what were the earlier fall-out were and how it happened, especially the fraud one. Im for real, i know they know i work bloody hard, and English is my 2nd language (which is strange because i was shoved to mainstream)besides all that

the mediation was really good process, of learning, acknowledgement and drawing up a plan to avoid similar shortfall in the future.
im not saying its 100% success, im saying it pretty damn good like 90%, like when you think about it, its a lot of give and take, and indeed they had No idea of Deaf culture as does I had No idea what other students talks about in relation to how to survive in the highly competitive academic environment.
thats all for now, and thanks for the support here, im pleased with you all and again pleased to say its pretty much successful. Still the study isnt going to be any easiers hard work still persist (ofc) but the whole state of affairs will mean it will be a lot safer for me from now on, which is about respect as well. Safety and respect seem to go hand in hand. i dunno if any one would agree but thats what i surmissed in reflection to the todays' meeting with the Commission.
and lastly, no, i regret to say i wont devulge the details, not all of it, but give me a few days to think about what extend, partly because i want to be responsible not to break laws and partly because its has valuable lessons for us all about resolutions and misunderstanding, and institutional ignorance (OK i made that one up but it fits)

so cheers for now!
Basically today was a great thing it happened , at first very tense and nervous and full of emotion....i held myself tight to be calm and breathe and remain mature about the whole thing, paitence paid off and being clear is a big part of it too.
again
Cheers for now, i need sledp
 
Pleased to hear that you had a satisfactory outcome even if it wasn't 100%. When the dust settles and you've got your energy back, you should be in a stronger position and hopefully they'll won't hassle you anymore.
 
AJWSmith said:
Pleased to hear that you had a satisfactory outcome even if it wasn't 100%. When the dust settles and you've got your energy back, you should be in a stronger position and hopefully they'll won't hassle you anymore.
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yeah, its was a good outcome, at least now this university is finally learning about Deaf culture, and how Deaf students 'thinks' it was an awful waste of time with lack of appropriate support, bloody awful, now its going to change - Good!

painful long meeting, but really learnt a hell of a lot in process too

It actually turned out as a great experience

it's really encouraging for me to get my energy and focus back on study and feel safe about the whole thing
 
Grummer said:
the results are good, there has been a lot of cultural breakdown, i did get a verbal apology, and theres a document signed to express a settlement made, (not $$ or anythng) but give me support in now what we all come to understand the Deaf culture and the University culture...id explain later , too tired im gonna nap then go get takeaway, not gonna study tonight, just watch TV and get an early night's sleep, it eas a long ass mediation. and yes i kept cool, calm and collected and we exchanged POV, hingsights, exchanged what we didnt know about each other (in terms of knowing how to fit in the system). there is still alot of work ahead, both for my own study and for clarifying what Deaf people need to attend this university safely and without unneccessary stress/pressure.

I can also probably guess what were the earlier fall-out were and how it happened, especially the fraud one. Im for real, i know they know i work bloody hard, and English is my 2nd language (which is strange because i was shoved to mainstream)besides all that

the mediation was really good process, of learning, acknowledgement and drawing up a plan to avoid similar shortfall in the future.
im not saying its 100% success, im saying it pretty damn good like 90%, like when you think about it, its a lot of give and take, and indeed they had No idea of Deaf culture as does I had No idea what other students talks about in relation to how to survive in the highly competitive academic environment.
thats all for now, and thanks for the support here, im pleased with you all and again pleased to say its pretty much successful. Still the study isnt going to be any easiers hard work still persist (ofc) but the whole state of affairs will mean it will be a lot safer for me from now on, which is about respect as well. Safety and respect seem to go hand in hand. i dunno if any one would agree but thats what i surmissed in reflection to the todays' meeting with the Commission.
and lastly, no, i regret to say i wont devulge the details, not all of it, but give me a few days to think about what extend, partly because i want to be responsible not to break laws and partly because its has valuable lessons for us all about resolutions and misunderstanding, and institutional ignorance (OK i made that one up but it fits)

so cheers for now!
Basically today was a great thing it happened , at first very tense and nervous and full of emotion....i held myself tight to be calm and breathe and remain mature about the whole thing, paitence paid off and being clear is a big part of it too.
again
Cheers for now, i need sledp
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Way to go, Grum! I'm proud of you!
 
Good work Grummer! :applause:

Even if the results weren't 100%, that's what mediation is all about. Give a little, (and in your case) get a lot. :)

The successes you gained will benefit not just you but those who follow after you. Way to go!
 
I m sorry that I missed your post on the same day. I wanted to say, good luck but your meeting is over. hope they stick with the plan as what you all expect it is.

keep us posted this week to see if things are getting better.
 
I'm glad you stood up for yourself! That's not always an easy thing to do. Good Job!
 
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