[nobe-l] Teaching

Judy Jones sonshines59 at gmail.com
Wed May 24 02:39:41 UTC 2017 

Thanks very much. Glad to hear it.
Judy
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On May 23, 2017 5:03:58 PM Irina Anisimova via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Silver is not a spammer.  I know him because we studied together at
> the University of Pittsburgh a couple of years ago.  So if you have
> any ideas of helping his project please let him know.
>
> My best wishes,
>
> Irina
>
>
> On 5/23/17, Irina Anisimova <ilanisimova at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Silver,
>>
>> I agree with Albert, there are foundations that should be interested
>> in helping the school, especially since you already have students, and
>> you need to contact them.  You should not be discouraged if it did not
>> work the first time around.
>>
>> Also I think you need to get your school certified and go through
>> government accreditation process.  This way, you might get some
>> government support and your application to foundations would have more
>> credibility.
>>
>> Also maybe change the name of the school, you should not name it after
>> yourself, some people might get suspicious about the whole project.
>>
>> I will write off-list.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Irina
>>
>>
>> On 5/23/17, Albert Rizzi via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Silver,
>>>
>>> Have you tried reaching out to Foundations like the Bloomberg Foundation
>>> or
>>> UNICEF? I know they both fund projects like these throughout Africa.
>>>
>>> Peace and to be continued....
>>>
>>> Albert
>>>
>>>
>>> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
>>> Founder and CEO
>>>
>>> NYC Office
>>> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
>>> New York, New York  10004
>>> Tel: 212.363.0330
>>>
>>> Long Island Office
>>> 175 West Main Street
>>> Babylon, N.Y.  11702
>>> office: 631.620-3483
>>> fax: 631.620.3481
>>>
>>> e-mail: Albert at MyBlindSpot.org
>>> website: MyBlindSpot.org
>>> C: 917-553-0347
>>> P: 212-363-0330
>>> Certified Professionals in Accessibility
>>>
>>> The person who says it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the one who is
>>> doing it. - Ancient Chinese Proverb
>>> We need to make every single thing accessible to every single person with
>>> a
>>> disability. - Stevie Wonder
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Silver Oonyu
>>> via NOBE-L
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:39 AM
>>> To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
>>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Silver Oonyu <oonyusilver at gmail.com>; Kathy
>>> <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Teaching
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>>
>>> Again, my name is Silver Francis Oonyu, M.Ed.  I got a chance to study at
>>> the University of Pittsburgh, PA using a scholarship from Ford Foundation
>>> and yet I am a Ugandan.  I decided to return to my country to help
>>> children
>>> with low vision and those with blindness.  The ministry of education and
>>> sports sent me to work at St. Francis Secondary School for the Blind,
>>> Madera
>>> in 2012 to teach Access Technology.  But, I did not feel comfortable
>>> because
>>> many children could not attend this facility because of lack of money.
>>> In
>>> 2014 I started a little school what the Board of Directors preferred to
>>> call
>>> Silver Francis Oonyu Memorial Inclusive Community
>>> Education and Learning Center, SMILE P.O. Box 75, Soroti - Uganda.
>>> Anyone
>>> can do a Google Search on the same and will find out more information on
>>> it.
>>>  It is in the rural settings on Soroti District, Eastern Uganda.
>>>
>>>
>>> However, I now have about 300 students but there are a number challenges
>>> that I am getting discouraged.  There is famine which resulted from the
>>> bad
>>> changes in weather.  Feeding the students is a very big problem.  I have
>>> also failed to pay the few teacher that I have.  There are no braille
>>> equipment, among other things.  That is why I am appealing to anyone on
>>> this
>>> list who might want to help in any way possible.  You can can back to me
>>> privately on opucetinclusivevillage at gmail.com.  Also, on cell phone
>>> number
>>> 0779334895.  One can dial o11 to get out of the US.  The Uganda Code is
>>> +256.  So, I can be reached on 011256779334895.
>>>
>>>
>>> Together we can make a difference!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L
>>> <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> God will guide me and tell me where to go.
>>>>
>>>> On 3/20/16, Kayla James <christgirl813 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Has anyone on the Nobe-L list done the Teach for Tomorrow program
>>>> > through NFB?
>>>> >
>>>> > On 3/20/16, Kathy via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> >> Adrijana,
>>>> >>   Thank you for this honesty. Indeed, it seems that issues that
>>>> >> complicate the beauty of teaching are rising up in all parts of the
>>>> >> world, not just the little corners that we each inhabit. When the
>>>> >> best and most hard-working teachers feel this burdened by the
>>>> >> paperwork and regulations and assessments and evaluations, you know
>>>> >> there is a problem. We all know every profession has people who
>>>> >> will complain about something all the time, but when the most
>>>> >> committed feel that stress and discouragement, it is truly alarming.
>>>> >> Thankfully, we have safe places like this list where we can be
>>>> >> honest, and hopefully, the sharing lightens the load at least
>>>> >> enough to remind you that you are not alone and why you came to the
>>>> >> profession.
>>>> >> Kathy and Nacho
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:49:18 +0100
>>>> >>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org; pibe-division at nfbnet.org
>>>> >>> Subject: [nobe-l] Teaching
>>>> >>> From: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> >>> CC: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>  Hi all,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>  I am a teacher of English in Macedonia and I think I am getting
>>>> >>> to feel that I am constantly caught up in paperwork, so much so
>>>> >>> that I no longer feel as a teacher any more. Every year the
>>>> >>> ministry of education comes up with all kinds of projects, so that
>>>> >>> we have more paperwork to do and besides the annual programs,
>>>> >>> daily lesson plans, students individual plans, a portfolio for
>>>> >>> each one, daily notices of how each one is doing, weekly reports
>>>> >>> and grades sent out to class teachers and parents, we now have
>>>> >>> something like ecology planning and information technology
>>>> >>> planning no matter what subject we teach. We need to incorporate
>>>> >>> this into our lesson plans as well and on top of all, we need to
>>>> >>> do reports that headmasters and psychologists were helping out
>>>> >>> with, that have to do with counting lessons and putting more and
>>>> >>> more of all this online, which is another trouble because their
>>>> >>> system and website are not working well for sighted people, let
>>>> >>> alone for blind people. Since this is a state school, we are not
>>>> >>> allowed too much flexibility and can't participate in choosing
>>>> >>> what and when we teach. The textbooks are constantly changing, so
>>>> >>> I keep brailling each again and again as it comes out and feel
>>>> >>> that each one is less suitable for my students.  In addition to
>>>> >>> this, we get more and more students with other learning
>>>> >>> difficulties and facce with shortages of braillers, so I often
>>>> >>> find myself brailling for each students all that I need to let
>>>> >>> them have for each class twice, so that they have a copy and home
>>>> >>> and not lose it or misplace it and a copy they need to use in
>>>> >>> class. All this is draining me too much, because I am getting to
>>>> >>> feel that I also do other peoples work and I am getting to feel
>>>> >>> less joy when teaching, because now besides teachers, we need to
>>>> >>> do other things, which is not bad, but when considering that
>>>> >>> teachers are no longer being protected by schools or through the
>>>> >>> government, it is just very easy for totally blind teachers to get
>>>> >>> into all kinds of trouble that they never dreamed of.
>>>> >>> Many students bring their cel phones and other devices to school,
>>>> >>> not letting them go during the lessons as well and it makes the
>>>> >>> whole thing very disruptive and teaching is becoming impossible to
>>>> >>> do while all this is going on and when teachers feel they can no
>>>> >>> longer manage things much in a way they think they know how. Our
>>>> >>> school's policy is:
>>>> >>> "Just teach and get away with it" because we got less and less
>>>> >>> students and we may be closed one day" and parents and students
>>>> >>> know this, so some just relax and keep giving more trouble. I was
>>>> >>> never a quitter, but am getting to wonder if others experience the
>>>> >>> same and if there are other similar jobs to this that are as
>>>> >>> fulfilling, but not so stressful to manage and not so much grade
>>>> >>> related? I love working with children, but am getting to feel that
>>>> >>> all this is now for nothing and it is a terrible feeling.
>>>> >>>
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