[nobe-l] Where do grades come from

Sat Jun 10 15:40:35 UTC 2017

Well, thank you all for your advice. I am sorry if I have bothered or offended anyone.

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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Judy Jones via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You are definitely right in what you are saying.  I taught in public school
> for several years before marrying and moving, but what you say is correct
> for blind people in any profession.  Blind people have to work harder, prove
> more, take more interviews, and so on.  I have two personal acquaintances
> who are or have been teachers in the public classroom, no, three, and that's
> just in my little sphere.
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Abella via
> NOBE-L
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 5:12 AM
> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
> Cc: taranabella0 at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from
> 
> Kayla,
> 
> I just wanted to say that teaching elementary when you are completely blind
> is possible. I graduated a month ago and student taught in first grade. I'm
> going to be honest though, getting a job is going to be probably the most
> difficult part. In my experience, principals ask a lot of questions and make
> a lot of assumptions that even the best education from you Will not
> influence. You have to land in the Right office with the right person and
> sometimes, that can take a lot of time, especially since most teaching
> interviews are now in front of a panel. Also, I wanted to point out that
> teaching sighted children is not any more noble or not settling for sticking
> with your own kind. Children all need great teachers sighted or not. Sighted
> teachers are not settling by sticking with their own kind if they choose to
> work with sighted students. If you have any specific questions during your
> teaching experiences, let me know.
> 
> Tara 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 9, 2017, at 10:21 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> 
>> I think it is interesting. I looked it up because a favorite author of 
>> mine taught in the primary grades in the 1800's, even though they 
>> didn't have grades back then.
>> Then, I got confused, because Illinois (my state) lets you be licensed 
>> from first through sixth grade and K through 9th. I want to know if it 
>> were possible to teach primary grades plus fourth grade.
>> Oh, well. Thank you for telling me. I start volunteer teaching next 
>> week. Very excited, but nervous.
>> I have this fear that as soon as I tell people I want to teach, 
>> they'll say, "Oh. Well, how nice. Blind children, of course, dear?"
>> I tried to look up any articles on totally blind teachers who taught 
>> elementary. Not a lot out there and I felt discouraged.
>> I wouldn't mind teaching blind children, but there are only two 
>> colleges in my state with that degree and I don't want to feel limited 
>> to teaching "my own kind."
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/9/17, Judy Jones via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> It used to be that young girls wanting to become teachers, if the 
>>> went to school until their 16th year, they could apply to a Normal 
>>> school, which is another phrase for a teachers' college, and after a 
>>> couple years, could come back and be a school teacher.  Even the 
>>> college I got my teaching degree from, University Of Northern 
>>> Colorado, back in the day used to be the Colorado Normal School.
>>> 
>>> Judy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Karl 
>>> Martin Adam via NOBE-L
>>> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2017 3:23 PM
>>> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
>>> Cc: Karl Martin Adam
>>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from
>>> 
>>> Because in the 1800s, that's all the schooling most people got (if 
>>> they went to school at all).  Even my grandparents only had 7 years 
>>> of school.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 14:27:42 -0500
>>> Subject: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I found out that primary grades were one through fourth grade in the
> 1800s.
>>> Why is it different now?
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