[IL-Talk] The Recent BRAL Contest

[Debbie Pittman]

Nice Bob.  You should consider coming back to LIFE group since you have set such a strict schedule for yourself.  We would be glad to have you.


Debbie P

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> On Mar 12, 2023, at 12:04 PM, Robert Gardner via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The 2022-2023 BRAL (Braille Readers Are Leaders) contest ran from December 5
> to January 23. It was sponsored by the NFB and the American Action Fund for
> Blind Children and Adults. The contest was to see how many minutes you could
> read during the 7 weeks of the contest, you competing with others across the
> country in your category. 
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> I was notified several days ago that I won 3rd place in the Intermediate
> Adult category. That was a total surprise, I entering the contest without
> any expectation of winning anything. 
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> I liked the challenge of the contest, and maybe needed some kind of goal to
> aim at. I set a goal of reading 2 hours a day, and managed to average 2
> hours and 20 minutes each day, reading every day of the 50-day contest. That
> included Christmas Eve, Christmas day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, etc. 
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> The contest was certainly an incentive to read more Braille than usual, and
> I think it had an end result of improving my Braille fluency. I would
> encourage the Braille readers within the NFBI to enter this contest next
> year. 
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