For example, I am active in the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Each year we build and race a concrete canoe. I have helped with mixing and pouring of the lightweight concrete, designing the mold, and finishing the canoe. Last year we even took second in the regional competition. I also enjoy being very active in my church's college fellowship.
Many engineers take five years to graduate.
Even though my first two quarters were spent getting training in alternative skills of blindness at an NFB training center, I am on track to graduate in four years. With the guidance of successful blind mentors in the National Federation of the Blind, with the support of other blind students in the National Association of Blind Students, and with my training at an NFB training center, I am able to compete successfully and on terms of equality with my sighted peers in the field of civil engineering. Upon returning home, I found myself with three big problems. First, I found myself elected to the national student board after joking about it at the bar. Second, I did not know why I should learn Braille.