[blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I looked up the Web site of the carnival and will send a polite e-mail.

Jo Elizabeth

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt

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From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:06 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair

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> I know it can be exhausting to relive and rework these episodes.  Still, 
> it might be a good idea to write a letter to whoever was in charge of the 
> fair and describe what happened.  The task of educating the world is 
> unending, but when something as egregious as this occurs, I think we need 
> to speak up. Silence is a tacit acceptance that it's just the way it's 
> going to be.
>
> Debbie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 8:56 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Interesting Trip to the Fair
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>> Hi.  Gerald and I took Stephen and Sarah to the county fair for opening 
>> night.  Overall, we had a great time.  Sarah rode her first roller 
>> coaster--a small one for kids--and just about split her face, she was 
>> grinning so big.
>>
>> But something interesting happened at the carousel.  Sarah and Stephen 
>> picked out the horses they wanted to ride, which were next to each other. 
>> The horses were three across, with Sarah on the outside and Stephen in 
>> the middle, so I took the inside one, closest to the center of the 
>> carousel.
>>
>> The guy who ran the carousel came over and asked Gerald,  "You're going 
>> to stand next to her, right?"
>>
>> Well, both of us thought he was talking about Sarah, so Gerald said yes, 
>> he would.  He positioned himself next to Sarah, at the outside of the 
>> carousel, presumably so she wouldn't fall off the horse or try to stand 
>> up or something.  The ride started, but it stopped after only a few 
>> rounds, and the operator came back over.
>>
>> He wanted Gerald standing next to me, if I was going to ride a carousel 
>> horse!  It didn't matter that I'd just ridden a ride that spun me six 
>> ways to Sunday.  It didn't matter that I was a grown-up, and that my 
>> three-year-old daughter could sit on the slowly bouncing horse 
>> independently.
>>
>> We all got off the ride, and three out of four of us had a bad taste in 
>> our mouths.  Thank goodness, Sarah was too young to follow the 
>> conversation, but I guess she'll catch on soon enough.
>>
>> I'm choosing to focus on the good time we had for the rest of the night 
>> and not dwell on the incident.  But man, we have a long way to go toward 
>> equality!
>>
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, 
>> unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into 
>> advance."--Franklin D. Roosevelt
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