[IL-Talk] The Recent BRAL Contest

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Great job Bob,
I agree with Debbie P, that you should think about coming back to LIFE Group again!  We miss reading with you!
Linda

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From: IL-Talk <il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Debbie Pittman via IL-Talk
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2023 2:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [IL-Talk] The Recent BRAL Contest





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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 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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> 
> 
> 
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