[Blindmath] braille code changes and nemeth

Sat Mar 21 22:51:39 UTC 2015

Yes to all Susan states, I'm a parent and my daughter is in 9th grade. I don't know how this will affect her right at a critical point in high school, and I'm not looking forward to dealing with all the extra stress this will bring. These are not simple changes as some have mentioned. 

I like to know what to expect, and what to prepare her for. This is not just the job of her VI Teacher, who is still not sure what all the changes are either. 

So, it seems that a lot was done and I had no idea about it til about 1 year ago. Seems that if you don't belong to some organization you are out. There was not a lot of talk about this in any list, that seems weird to me.

I also since discovering this list have been interested in what all of your points of view are, specifically how these changes will impact any math and science students and professionals.

As with any change there are good things and bad things that come with it. In this case I do not care for the bad that this will bring, and these are my daughters feelings, she is not happy with any of the changes with Nemeth. 

I apologize for any grammar mistakes as English is not my first language.

Thank you,

Heidi

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Jolly via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
To: blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 6:31 pm
Subject: [Blindmath] braille code changes and nemeth

I can't speak for others but here's why I'm still discussing it.

1. A done
deal doesn't always stay done.  I thought UEB was done with in the 
US back
when NFB passed Resolutions 2002-04 and 2002-05.
2. I assume BANA is taking
into consideration how the transition was and is 
going to be implemented in
other countries, especially in Australia and New 
Zealand where the
implementations are pretty much complete.  These two 
countries took a phased
approach so that older students weren't confronted 
with a code change at
critical points in their educational careers. 
Hopefully the more that parents,
teachers, and braille learners themselves 
understand about the details, the
better the individual decisions they can 
make as to timing.
3. To my
knowledge no country other than the US has combined Nemeth math 
with UEB text
so my guess is that the exact rules for how this is going to 
be implemented
are still evolving and this is where the expertise of the 
Blindmath community
will be helpful.  For example, the person who started 
this thread pointed out
that there are questions about how best to integrate 
the use of Nemeth for
displayed math with associated inline math references 
to that displayed
math.

Sincerely,
Susan Jolly

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