[Nfbmo] Myth Busters
DanFlasar at aol.com
DanFlasar at aol.com
Thu Oct 13 22:35:38 UTC 2011
I tried to find the Myth Busters show on Youtbe but couldn't find anythingl
other than an experiment where one of the guys was blindfolded and
directed to drive via instructions from the other hosts. They actually didn't do
bad - but I didn't think it proved anything oneway or the other.
As we all know, nothing succeeds like success - perhaps they should
have checked out the NFB's experiences?
Dan
In a message dated 10/13/2011 5:23:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
gbryant at socket.net writes:
You're right. Kevin was his own person, no doubt about it.
Gail Bryant
Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C.
1212 London Drive
Columbia, MO 65203-2012
Phone: (573)817-5993
Cell: (573)268-4962
gbryant at socket.net
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From: nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Dick Morris
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:35 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters
Gail, I might even be able to go Myth Busters one better...shortly after
we
adopted Kevin, some lady at our bank told us that blind children had to be
taught how to smile! Supposedly she'd gotten that from Springfield's
Visually Impaired Preschool.
Later, Kevin went to VIP. We talked to the teacher, who was flabbergasted,
to say the least, that someone had a) made that remark, and b) had
attributed it to VIP. The teacher's philosophy was, "they're children
first,
and blind fourth or fifth."
Oh, and Kevin never did have to be taught how to smile. <G>.
Dick
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From: "Matthew Sievert" <msievert at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:18 PM
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters
Gail, thanks for the note.
I will go try to find the episode.
I stopped watching the show many years ago.
Generalizations are really bad.
I hope we can educate folks about us, so myths like the one on the show
are
not propagated to the sighted world as absolute truth.
Matt
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From: "Gail Bryant" <gbryant at socket.net>
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:32:13
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Subject: [Nfbmo] Myth Busters
This morning someone told me they had learned something about blind people.
They learned that blind people cannot walk a straight line. They learned
it
from the reality show Myth Busters. This poor lady was all excited because
of course it had to be true, and besides it was funny!
I asked her if they had actual blind people on the show or if these were
sighted folks who had been blindfolded. Of course they were blindfolded
sighted folks pretending to be blind. So if they couldn't walk a straight
line, neither could the actual blind person.
So on the soapbox I went. I explained about properly trained blind people
being able to walk a straight line. Now, I didn't watch the show. So I
don''t know what actually happened. If this well educated person believed
this nonsense, think of the negativity this can bring us. We work so hard
to
get rid of stereotypes and then this.
Gail Bryant
Columbia Braille Teaching Services L.L.C.
1212 London Drive
Columbia, MO 65203-2012
Phone: (573)817-5993
Cell: (573)268-4962
gbryant at socket.net
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