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

Fri Oct 24 03:25:11 UTC 2008

you bet I was teasing him: wild nights in turkey, dancing...well, not 
hard to imagine ...  but the question, being the president of the 
writers division, will robert *write* about that part?  enquiring 
minds want to know [lol]!
jc
Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 09:11 PM 10/23/2008, you wrote:
>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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