[nobe-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143- The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show

Mon Mar 9 17:59:19 UTC 2009

i think it might be more educational for people to have a show that follows the life of a few blidn people such as a "real world" style show. As a game show would really onl have the good effect for the first few episodes then the people auditioning would start "practicing" being blindfolded and stuff so wouldnt be the ame.

> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:08:20 +1000
> From: kmillhoff at gmail.com
> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] New THOUGHT PROVOKER 143- The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show
> 
> I hope it feels less like a game and more like real reality. Why
> didn't you include such real life situations such as:
> A. guy grabs the woman at a corner and propels her in an unknown direction;
> B. Unidentified passerby grabs the guy's cane and yanks it in an
> altered direction;
> C. someone asks "why are you out here?"
> D. construction work blocks all passages;
> E. Rain wets braille instructions.
> Offered with less cyncism than it might sound.
> 
> best,
> kat
> i
> 
> On 3/9/09, The BlindTechs Network <info at theblindtechsnetwork.com> wrote:
> > so why hasn't the geniuses up at HQ put allot of thought in to this
> > and maybe put a million or two that they stole from target and use it
> > towards a tv show shown on like cbs or something and use it as a
> > public relations/education tool on a large scale?
> > Gabe Vega
> > CEO
> > The BlindTechs Network
> > www.theblindtechsnetwork.com
> > info at theblindtechsnetwork.com
> > 623-565-9357 (voice)
> > (206) 203-4400 (Fax Phone)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 8, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Robert Newman wrote:
> >
> > Educators
> > RE: The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show
> >
> > Here is my 143rd THOUGHT PROVOKER. It is a reality show. Fully sighted
> > contestants agree to forgo their sight and learn blindness skills.
> > There are
> > challenges, winners and losers. Have a read and tell us what you
> > think; is
> > there value in this shows concept? If you have not read the PROVOKER, it
> > follows. Recall that I collect responses and post them upon my web
> > site for
> > all the WWW to read and learn from and that URL is-
> > Http://thoughtprovoker.info <http://thoughtprovoker.info/> If you
> > wish to
> > receive THOUGHT PROVOKERS sent directly to you, just write me and ask,
> > at-
> > newmanrl at cox.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > THOUGHT PROVOKER 143
> > The Virtual Blindness Challenge:
> > The Reality Show
> >
> > "Welcome to The Virtual Blindness Challenge: The Reality Show! (On
> > screen a
> > tall dark-haired man stands, long white cane in one hand, cordless
> > microphone in the other.) This is Final Challenge Day of week four, the
> > final test. In today's challenge our remaining two students will have
> > their
> > final faceoff. The one to successfully complete their challenge
> > assignment
> > first will win the grand prize of $10,000. Will it be Patty Hartman,
> > twenty-six-years old, a single mother, and unemployed?" (The screen
> > shows a
> > petit blonde woman with a black sleepshade strapped snuggly over her
> > eyes
> > and upper face. She stands smiling; a long white cane as tall as she
> > rests
> > easily at her side.)
> >
> > The MC steps around to the second student. "Or will it be Simon Brown,
> > 32,
> > married, a recent veteran of the Iraq War, soon to enter college." (The
> > screen fills with a well-built young man with a dark, suntanned, skin
> > tone;
> > standing at military ease, a long white cane as tall as his eyebrows
> > in the
> > crook of an elbow. His facial expression below the black of the
> > sleepshade
> > shows the nonchalance of confidence.)
> >
> > "But before we show highlights of Patty's and Simon's progress to date,
> > allow me to set the stage. Twenty-eight days ago twelve fully sighted
> > participants began the Virtual Blindness Challenge. All agreed to wear
> > sleepshades, were given the same tools, and taught the same blindness
> > skill-sets. Ten have been eliminated. The judging is simple--if you
> > don't
> > excel, you are cut. This challenge is to find the best."
> >
> > "Let us take a quick review of Patty's journey in virtual blindness from
> > that first day, up to this Final Challenge."
> >
> > The first scene: Patty is pulling on her sleepshade, a look on her
> > face that
> > may have said, "I'm not sure what I'm getting myself into, but I'm
> > committed, I doing this!" Second: the first cane travel lesson; a
> > hesitant
> > step, uncoordinated probing and swinging of the cane. Third: learning
> > Braille; writing with a Braille slate and stylus; fingers reading a
> > thick
> > Braille magazine. Fourth: pouring water from a large pitcher into a
> > small
> > glass; Fifth: frosting a cake. Sixth: threading a needle with a wire-
> > loop
> > needle threader; using a sewing machine. Seventh: seated at a
> > computer, the
> > screen showing what she is typing and a synthesized voice enunciating
> > what
> > she keys in. "Blindness is doable." Eighth: drilling a board with an
> > electric hand drill.
> >
> > The MC extends the microphone toward her. "Patty, how are you feeling
> > about
> > your blindness skills? Ready for this Final Challenge?"
> >
> > "You bet, Ross, I'm very ready. Just in the past week my ability to
> > pick-up
> > on echo location has come in strong and now on travel, I can fly!"
> >
> > "Now here is Simon's journey in virtual blindness."
> >
> > First scene: Simon, face showing quiet self-confidence slips his
> > sleepshade
> > down over his eyes. Second: cane held steady in his strong grip, he
> > explores
> > a staircase. Third: inserting a sheet of paper into a Braille slate;
> > reading
> > a Braille label on a can of soup. Fourth: checking meat on a hot
> > charcoal
> > grill. Fifth: threading a self-threading needle; hand-sewing a button
> > onto a
> > man's shirt. Sixth: keying into a laptop, its screen showing a familiar
> > logo, and from the speakers we hear, "Google." Seventh: Cutting with a
> > circular saw; sanding a newly built picnic table.
> >
> > "Simon, how are you doing? Up for the final cut; ready to take the grand
> > prize home?"
> >
> > "Yes, sir. That's affirmative. And Ross, you once compared this
> > challenge
> > to military boot camp. I would say, yes, in that both are a form of
> > preparation, of training the mind, and training muscle memory. But the
> > game
> > is different; war can kill you, blindness will not. Life goes on and you
> > just use alternative methods to be successful."
> >
> > The camera focuses on the MC handing each of them a Brailled sheet.
> > "Though
> > the day has just begun, you two have much to do. Here are your last
> > challenge instructions. Read your challenge and do your best! We'll be
> > waiting here at the finish line with the grand prizes-winner takes
> > all! And
> > the clock starts now!"
> >
> > The camera zooms to both contestants, seated, intense faces, fingers
> > reading
> > their instructions.
> >
> > The camera follows as both contestants walk down the front steps. Simon
> > turns right, long strides carrying him swiftly south. Patty turns left,
> > north, her shorter stride quickening, moving into a trot, cane
> > flashing in
> > the early morning sun, she begins to run.
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert Leslie Newman
> > Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> > THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
> > Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
> >
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