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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>mike,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>hard to decipher your short replies
sometimes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>are you in favor of a state employee getting paid
30-40k to help blind clients become employed as a fed/ex or ups delivery
driver?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Bryan Schulz<BR></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=k7uij@panix.com href="mailto:k7uij@panix.com">Mike Freeman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pibe-division@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:pibe-division@nfbnet.org">'Professionals in Blindness Education
Division List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 20, 2011 10:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pibe-division] Frustrated
Blind Field</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org">pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[mailto:pibe-division-bounces@nfbnet.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dr. Denise M.
Robinson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Professionals in Blindness Education Division List<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Pibe-division] Frustrated Blind Field<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<H3 style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A
href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/2011/09/frustrated-blind-field.html">Frustrated
Blind Field</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></H3>
<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I receive many emails off the blog site
so no one knows their fear or frustration. Paras and teachers do not know how
to let the district and the families they are working with know how frustrated
they are with what is going on with blind children. They feel hopeless and
trapped and sad for the child. Not everyone, but a good portion.<BR><BR>I have
paras who know their students are dependent on them and that they do a bulk of
the work, but they are waiting for direction from the teacher of the blind
(TVI). They fear for their jobs if the students they are working with do not
show a good grade..... they are waiting for that help and
direction.<BR><BR>The teacher of the blind is overloaded with a huge caseload
that she can only see children a miniscule amount of time each week, more to
put out fires than really teach. Not to mention she has no time to help the
para and no time to gain further skills to help herself and in turn help the
student.<BR><BR>We have districts with the directors, that IF they know, they
are trying to look for more personnel to hire but cannot find qualified
people. But many directors do not know. Many teachers of the blind and paras
suffer in silence over the condition and are not sure where to turn.<BR><BR>As
a collective community of people that want to help make a difference, we need
to start really thinking outside the box...and way outside. I see this
condition getting worse in many areas, especially now that I am communicating
and teaching all over this county and in different parts of the world. People
are looking for direction.<BR><BR>Virtual teaching is a "think outside the
box" area that is blooming in its possibilities. If anyone is interested in a
virtual lesson, email me and I will get you going. I have been teaching this
way for over a 1.5 years with great success. Teachers can access more students
in one day than if they are trying to drive to every school.<BR><BR>Another
aspect of virtual instruction is if our community all gets on texting, chat,
video conferencing, everyone is always 1 second away from an answer or the
help they need. Get more information on virtual instruction at
blindgeteducated.blogspot.com or email me personally. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Denise </SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
<BR>Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired<BR>TechVision-Independent
Contractor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Specialist in blind
programming/teaching/training<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">509-674-1853 <A
href="mailto:deniserob@gmail.com"
target=_blank> deniserob@gmail.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A
href="http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/"
target=_blank>http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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