[Nfbf-l] Fw: ideas for the Center in FL
RJ Sandefur
joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 17:45:00 UTC 2011
Here's what the NFB Center should like according to Beth! RJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
To: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 1:26 PM
Subject: ideas for the Center in FL
> First off, I think since the Daytona center is doing the bsolute
> wrong thing, here's my idea for what the center should look like:
> 1. The center must have apartments located at a certain distance
> away.
> 2. The Center should at least allow all the people to live in
> apartments, in fact, it should require it.
> 3. A visual evaluation is fine, but only to see if sleepshades
> are required. See below.
> 4. Sleepshades will be worn when somebody's eye report reads
> thatthe visual acuiity is something in one eye and something in
> another. The visual acuity in both eyes must be zero in order to
> be classified as someone who doesn't wear sleepshades. I'd be a
> good example.
>
> Also, I'd recommend a criminal background check on nybody
> entering the Center so we don't get any Ricardos out there.
> Also, we need to allow the adult men and women to visit each
> other as often as possible, and the recreation activities
> should be up to the student, not the staff. We will have a
> philosophy class all the time, every day at eleven-thirty
> a.m. I'd have everybody take core curricula, including
> Braille and Tech. I hated core curricula classes, but
> still. It's a good idea so that everyone is literate and
> can use alternative techniques. Psychological evaluations?
> BULLSHIT! If somebody has a medical history, let's just
> help them find medical insurance and get them a practicing
> nurse or doctor to give them medical stuff. Also, the BBE
> program in your previous attachment is fine, but the
> vendinng stand thingy should not be the only option for
> blind people in Florida. It's awful.
> I suggest the apartments be located five miles away, so that the
> blind students travel by bus to get there every day. We should
> at least have some sort of confidence-building classes like wood
> shop like whuat my good friend Merle teaches. He's awesome.
> Also, there should be blind instructors, like my friends Merle,
> Monique, Maureen, and others. God, if you could only see what
> sort of crap the Dayton center has become. Maureen would scream.
> I swear. And worse, Julie Deden would scream the louder!
> Beth
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