[stylist] Back from Turkey, (not sure my first message went through)

[Angela fowler]

Jim, I thought you were just teasing Robert for his late nights in Turkey.  

I was going to respond with "hmmmm," but decided against it. 
-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:53 PM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Back from Turkey, (not sure my first message went
through)

I hit the send too soon.  I wondered if anybody recorded this for posterity?
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 06:47 PM 10/23/2008, you wrote:
>congratulations Robert!
>good job to you and all!  many in Turkey will benefit from this!
>
>now, there's the matter of:
>And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like a 
>couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
>
>
>
>At 04:43 AM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
> >My oh my! Wasn't there a lot of traffic on the stylist list while I 
> >was out of country! Much about the book and movie Blindness, health 
> >being off topic, city of lawrence proclamation, poets wanted, and much
more.
> >
> >And as for my trip to Turkey, I did go as a member of Blind Corps 
> >(BC). I was one of 9 instructors. BC was started by Mike and Fatos 
> >Floyd (I am on the board). This was our second trip to work with both 
> >the professionals in blindness education and rehabilitation, as well 
> >as blind individuals in need of training. BC has a mission to bring 
> >to third world countries what we know here in the US about providing 
> >training to the blind. The blind and the government in Turkey are 
> >wanting to make changes in services to the blind of their country. 
> >They are aware of the positive results of Structured Discovery 
> >Learning (SDL) that more and more training centers in the US are 
> >going to. Here in Nebraska we've been using it for over 30 years. And 
> >so has several other states and our own NFB centers. (Nebraska 
> >modeled ours after what doctor Jernigan established in Iowa back in 
> >the early 1970's). We provided materials to study on SDL and 
> >basically setup and ran a two week training center with the same 
> >basic classes found in most training centers using SDL. We had all 
> >students using sleep shades and long canes. We had classes in 
> >philosophical discussion, cane travel and Braille. There was one in 
> >home management covering skills like cooking, sowing, cleaning. A 
> >class in computers. A class in home maintenance covering skills like 
> >measurement, general carpentry, etc.  A class in techniques of daily 
> >living covering skills like hand writing, making writing guides, 
> >labeling, organizing your clothing, grooming, etc. We had daily 
> >seminars in which we had topics of discussion ranging from 
> >employment, to what is reasonable help, attitudes, parenting as a 
> >blind parent, the importance of expectations, why use sleep shades in 
> >training, and more. For many of these discussions we used my THOUGHT 
> >PROVOKERS; I and Fatos were the two staffers who handled these 
> >discussion times. In the main, we all taught in all skill areas. We went
in knowing we'd have something like 48 to 54 students to deal with. We ended
up at the end of the two weeks having served 64. People started arriving on
Saturday the 4th, with the training officially starting on Monday the 7th.
> >We had a day and a half off from the 7th to Friday the 17th. Most 
> >evenings we had classes up to 10:00 PM; classes started at 9:00 AM. 
> >Students wanting a certification for credit for attending the 
> >training had to complete 120 hours during the time of the two weeks. 
> >We all got along very well; students were mostly very eager to learn.
Many of our students knew basic English.
> >And so yes, we all worked hard, though we had some time to play, like 
> >a couple of late nights of wild Turkish music and dancing.
> >
> >So as for a telephone meeting for interested parties? I'm planning to 
> >hold a Division board meeting on Sunday the 26th during the timeframe 
> >we've normally had the Stylist telephone conference. So what I am 
> >thinking is, if you all wished to have a gathering with out me on the 
> >26th, that would be fine; you know, not all of us can make each 
> >meeting and they really shouldn't hinge around me. So on list, 
> >discuss if you all wish to meet this coming Sunday (not saying we are 
> >locked into Sunday nights.) And yes, I'm open after this coming Sunday.
> >
> >And as for my thoughts on the book and movie Blindness, I'm happy we 
> >are making a public protest. The movie is not a super big block 
> >buster that will change the lives and minds of our nation, (though it 
> >should not be allowed to happen without our comment), but I'm not 
> >wanting to make it a super big deal about knocking it down or around. 
> >(I don't think it will get an academy
> >award.)
> >
> >President NFB Writers' Division
> >Robert Leslie Newman
> >Email- newmanrl at cox.net
> >Division Website-
> >Http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
> >
> >
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