[il-talk] Braille Monitor Story.

[Pattichang@att.net]

I have already shared some of the stories with my list of teachers of the visually impaired in Illinois.

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFB, Scholarship Committee Chair
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On May 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, "Pittman Enterprises & Associates" <pittmanenterprises at att.net> wrote:

> Stories like yours are very important because they help show the importance
> of Braille.
> 
> 
> Debbie P
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jenny Keller
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:31 AM
> To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] Braille Monitor Story.
> 
> I was not given the option of learning Braille in school, and by the sixth
> grade I was falling further and further behind.
> 
> In high school, I had to cheat and the teachers had pity on me because they
> saw how hard I was trying and passed me anyway.
> 
> I know, it's not a great thing to admit, but I begged for Braille
> instruction from the beginning, kindergarden, up until high school, and no
> dice.
> 
> they expected me, at the high school level, to be able to listen to books on
> tape and know how to study that way.  the closest I ever got to learning how
> to do that was in elementary school, where they would let me listen to a
> five line paragraph and answer simple questions.  So I never got to learn
> even how to learn by listening either.  
> 
> I guess that's why talking books frustrate me as well, it seems to go in one
> ear and out the other, and I couldn't even tell you the name of the book I
> was reading, so I just stopped reading them altogether.  
> 
> I taught myself Braille in 1999, at the age of 26, but I don't read it that
> well because of coordination issues in my hands.
> 
> I do my best when I comes to the hymnal at church and such as that, but if
> the song is too fast, I can forget it.
> 
> Anyway, I would love to tell my story to teachers of the visually impaired,
> and parents of the visually impaired, because I can't get the proper
> education to do anything now because I basically, at maximum, have a sixth
> grade education.
> 
> Anyway, that's all I have to say.
> 
> Jenny
> On May 19, 2012, at 7:53 AM, Linda Handle wrote:
> 
>> Hi all! I read one of the stories on Newsline, in the Braille Monitor
> titled "Braille or no Braille'".  A couple of people mentioned that hey went
> to sight saving class, when they were in Grade school.  I also went to a
> Sight Saving class.  Was it in Chicago.  I think one of the people was
> Debbie P.  Interesting story.    They did not teach me braille then either.
> But like you said, if you saw,, they let you read the large print.  I don't
> think they even had any Braille at my school, or I mean class.  The sight
> Saving Class was the home room, and then I would go to other classes with
> the kids that saw normally.  The kids in the other weren't always very nice
> either.  Got made fun of, cause of my very thick glasses.  Thank God that
> part is a distant memory.  Glad I finally did learn Braille!
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