[blindkid] parents need to learn braille too

[Barbara Hammel]

On the darker side, parents should learn to read Braille so if you have a 
child whose personality suddenly changes or things just don't seem right you 
can read their diary.
Many a sighted child has been saved that way.
Sorry to be so morbid.  And you all are right.  Too bad you have to correct 
the work of the "professionals" but good for you for spending the time for 
something so important to your children.
Thumbs up to you.  I'm one of those who wish my parents had learned it.

Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "Joy Orton" <ortonsmom at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:04 PM
To: <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [blindkid] parents need to learn braille too

> Just a personal experience on why parents need to learn braille...
>
> Today I was looking over my daughter's school papers and found one with
> grade of 75. I was surprised, because most of her work is at the 95 to 100
> level. ( yes, we are proud of her.)
> The teacher had counted off for spelling.
> The first circled word was Minnesota. Ahbee wrote it correctly in braille,
> but the transcriptionist incorrectly left out one N when interlining
> it--writing it for the teacher to read.
> Another place, Ahbee had correctly capitalized the word Lake, but the
> interlining did not show the capital.
>
> Anyway, I was able to catch these because I can read braille for myself.
> Ahbee deserved a 95--she did misspell "uper" instead of upper.
> The teacher will give her credit for it--I'm so glad I could read it.
>
> Joy Orton
> mom of Ahbee, Grade 2
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