[nobe-l] Where do grades come from

Sun Jun 11 14:54:19 UTC 2017

You will need to have your own answers for any questions administration
might come up with, regarding your accessibility and the classroom.  This is
nothing to worry about, but you will need to take the forefront as your own
problem-solver, when it comes to those questions.  Having said this, even if
you don't have a solution at hand, that is okay, and the best attitudinal
course to take is, "I don't know, but I'll find an answer."

Judy

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From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kayla James via
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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Where do grades come from

Well, the school that I am volunteering at seems to be very willing to let
me come in. Maybe that is a good sign.

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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 9:47 PM, Melissa R Green via NOBE-L
<nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> good advice.  I am glad that we are talking about this.  I never
understood why people would encourage blind people to teach blind people.
Even if you are in another field.  for example, I had a friend who was in
the teaching English as a second language, and she was strongly encouraged
to go into teaching blind students.  She stood her ground.
> I have to say that it is also very difficult for many that have a PHD.  My
friend just received a tenure three years after finishing her program and
graduating.  You do everything right and want to do what you love, and you
are met with so many barriers.  Its hard, but I keep going.  Its sure nice
to express my difficulties.
> Best,
> Melissa R. Green And Pj
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> -----Original Message----- From: 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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