[nobe-l] Teaching

Silver Oonyu oonyusilver at gmail.com
Wed May 24 07:18:10 UTC 2017 

Dear All,


I do apologize for any improper posting I posted on this list.  Irina,
thank you for testifying about me.  I am working towards partial licensing
of the school.  The school is scheduled for inspection this school year.


I do appreciate.


Silver

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Judy Jones via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Thanks very much. Glad to hear it.
> Judy
> Sent From The Samsung Galaxy S7
>
>
>
>
> 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.
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>>>>
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>>>> is
>>>> doing it. - Ancient Chinese Proverb
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>>>> with
>>>> a
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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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