[stylist] optogon

[The Crowd]

I thought it was stupid, really, learning it. I've always been out-spoken 
and relbellious as a child. It comes from having only myself to rely on. My 
itinerate teacher told me to learn it, scheduled lessons and I took them. A 
huge waste of time, imo. I all ready knew what print looked like, I'd read 
it from 5 to 8 years old.

But I think this is off topic for the list so if you want to chat about it 
you can send me a private mail.

Atty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] optogon


> Atty,
> I know what you mean. Braille is best. If only it wasn't so hard to
> come by. That's one of the down sides of intigration. At least you
> learnt braille before you went into that environment. Was it why you
> learnt opticon to try and actually read books instead of having to
> listen to them?
>
> Helene
>
> On 19/11/2009, The Crowd <the_crowd at cox.net> wrote:
>> Not really, I wanted braille. I was just a kid really, 16 or so and 
>> couldn't
>> understand why in my public school I coudln't have books like i had in my
>> school for the blind. It was frustrating.
>>
>> I went from reading my textbooks to having to listen to them and it made 
>> me
>> have to learn a whole other way of retaining info. Not a very practical
>> thing at all.
>>
>> Atty
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] optogon
>>
>>
>>> Atty,
>>> I used an opticon to read with although I never could get any speed up
>>> in my reading even though I practiced every day. You do have to put a
>>> lot of effort into training if you want to get anywhere at all with
>>> these machines. I'm sad that they are not made any more. I believe
>>> some blind took to them, and some didn't. I gather you are one of the
>>> ones who didn't.
>>>
>>> Helene
>>>
>>> On 19/11/2009, The Crowd <the_crowd at cox.net> wrote:
>>>> I learned that machine as a junior in high-school. It used little
>>>> prickling
>>>> points to make the letters.
>>>>
>>>> Not practical.
>>>>
>>>> I meant I couldn't imagine trying to read lips.
>>>>
>>>> I'd love to get my hands on a KM read, I think that is what they are
>>>> called!
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'd rather have something you can carry around that reads 
>>>> braille
>>>> like a notetaker or packmate or something to that effect. How handy 
>>>> that
>>>> would be! They are just way too expensive for me.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Atty
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
>>>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:29 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Reading Lips
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Atty,
>>>>> An opticon is a machine that used to exist that turned print into
>>>>> tactile print so having no sight at all wouldn't have prevented you
>>>>> from learning how to use it. However, it did take a lot of practice.
>>>>> Some people mastered it. Unfortunately it is no longer been made since
>>>>> reading machines are so much smaller.
>>>>>
>>>>> If a parent of a blind child put as much effort into teaching their
>>>>> blind children the opticon as some parents of deaf children put into
>>>>> teaching their children how to read lips then I'm sure more most blind
>>>>> kids would pick it up eventually. I think they did teach them with
>>>>> opticon routinely in italy.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, would it have been right to deprive the blind child of
>>>>> braille in favor of the opticon, just so they could read print? It's
>>>>> what some parents and educators of deaf children were doing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Helene.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 18/11/2009, The Crowd <the_crowd at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>> When I started going blind I couldn't even see mouths. So it sure
>>>>>> wouldn't
>>>>>> have helped me one bit if I'd needed to rely on something like that 
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> comunication.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for sharing,
>>>>>> Atty
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
>>>>>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:46 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Reading Lips
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Atty,
>>>>>>> Do you realise that reading lips for a deaf person is like a totally
>>>>>>> blind person getting by just by reading print on an opticon. It 
>>>>>>> takes
>>>>>>> about as much effort and their is probably just as much guess work
>>>>>>> involved.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As someone who was born HOH (now profoundly deaf) I always miss not
>>>>>>> being taught how to sign.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Helene
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 17/11/2009, The Crowd <the_crowd at cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I would say that reading lips is a literacy issue for deaf people.
>>>>>>>> It would be much easier in the work place for them if they could.
>>>>>>>> Atty
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>>>>>>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:20 PM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] New THOUGHT PROVOKER #151- The Braille
>>>>>>>> Princess
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks Lori,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I always have trouble knowing when capitolize and capitalize are
>>>>>>>>> appropriate.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> spell check, its not going to know when its referring to Mr. 
>>>>>>>>> Braille
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> french dude, or when the subject is the everyday symbolic system 
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>> instead of lower case ink, lower case pen, or lower case
>>>>>>>>> handwriting.
>>>>>>>>> jc
>>>>>>>>> Jim Canaday M.A.
>>>>>>>>> Lawrence, KS
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At 02:47 PM 11/16/2009, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>I would agree, but my spell check says to capitalize (no o in that
>>>>>>>>>>word,
>>>>>>>>>>by
>>>>>>>>>>the way) Braille whenever it appears.   Like Kleenex.   It may 
>>>>>>>>>>take
>>>>>>>>>>a
>>>>>>>>>>little longer to get to be lower case.
>>>>>>>>>>Lori
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>In a message dated 11/16/09 9:48:57 AM, jbron at optonline.net 
>>>>>>>>>>writes:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > JC I agree with you.  I'm sure that a man named Robert Brown
>>>>>>>>>> > exists
>>>>>>>>>> > in
>>>>>>>>>> > the
>>>>>>>>>> > world, but JC wearing brown pants doesn't require the adjective
>>>>>>>>>> > to
>>>>>>>>>> > be
>>>>>>>>>> > capitolized.  Judith
>>>>>>>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>>> > From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>>>>>>>>>> > To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>>>> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:08 AM
>>>>>>>>>> > Subject: Re: [stylist] New THOUGHT PROVOKER #151- The Braille
>>>>>>>>>> > Princess
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > > Pat et al,
>>>>>>>>>> > > you have said some that connects with something I've been
>>>>>>>>>> > > thinking
>>>>>>>>>> > about.
>>>>>>>>>> > > it was started by a question at a chapter meeting.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > should we capitolize the word braille when it doesn't refer 
>>>>>>>>>> > > to
>>>>>>>>>> > > Louis
>>>>>>>>>> > > Braille but instead refers to his creation?
>>>>>>>>>> > > we don't capitolize ink, pen, typewriter, paper, or maybe
>>>>>>>>>> > > Crayon
>>>>>>>>>> > > gets
>>>>>>>>>> > > capitolized because its a brand name.  bandage doesn't get
>>>>>>>>>> > > capitolized
>>>>>>>>>> > but
>>>>>>>>>> > > Bandaid certainly does as a brand name.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > if we only capitolize Braille when it refers to Louis 
>>>>>>>>>> > > Braille,
>>>>>>>>>> > > as
>>>>>>>>>> > > in
>>>>>>>>>> > > the
>>>>>>>>>> > > 2009 Braille memorial silver dollar, for example, that is of
>>>>>>>>>> > > course
>>>>>>>>>> > > rig
>>>>>>>>>> > ht.
>>>>>>>>>> > > but if as in this conversation we're talking about the 
>>>>>>>>>> > > braille
>>>>>>>>>> > > princess
>>>>>>>>>> > > (operhaps capitolized as a title of a work), but the tag on 
>>>>>>>>>> > > her
>>>>>>>>>> > > chair
>>>>>>>>>> > > would be in braille, lower case/uncapitolized.  the class
>>>>>>>>>> > > should
>>>>>>>>>> > > learn
>>>>>>>>>> > > braille, uncapitolized.  just as we say the class is learning
>>>>>>>>>> > > reading
>>>>>>>>>> > and
>>>>>>>>>> > > writing, neither reading nor writing are capitolized.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > this may seem like a small thing, but fits with the question 
>>>>>>>>>> > > of
>>>>>>>>>> > > whether
>>>>>>>>>> > we
>>>>>>>>>> > > want to be unique and highlight our uniqueness.  whether
>>>>>>>>>> > > braille
>>>>>>>>>> > > is
>>>>>>>>>> > > something foreign, special, isolated, separate, or just like
>>>>>>>>>> > > ink,
>>>>>>>>>> > reading,
>>>>>>>>>> > > writing.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > my answer: only capitolize when referring to Mr. Braille the
>>>>>>>>>> > > french
>>>>>>>>>> > dude.
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > jc
>>>>>>>>>> > > Jim Canaday M.A.
>>>>>>>>>> > > Lawrence, KS
>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>> > > At 11:09 PM 11/15/2009, you wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > >>The fact that Braille is reading and writing can never, ever 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>be
>>>>>>>>>> > overlooked
>>>>>>>>>> > >>by touchy pictures, wild straw drawings, noodle art or 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>colorful
>>>>>>>>>> > >>paint
>>>>>>>>>> > >>globs. BRAILLE IS READING.  It is not always read by a cute
>>>>>>>>>> > >>little
>>>>>>>>>> > >>boy
>>>>>>>>>> > or
>>>>>>>>>> > >>girl on grade level in public schools who happens to have
>>>>>>>>>> > >>diligent
>>>>>>>>>> > >>parents.  No matter what, BRAILLE IS READING.  At its basic
>>>>>>>>>> > >>level,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>it
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>is
>>>>>>>>>> > >>language.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>If we believe blindness is a simple characteristic present in
>>>>>>>>>> > >>an
>>>>>>>>>> > >>individual the way curly hair is, we must not call too much
>>>>>>>>>> > >>attention
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>the touch technique required for finger reading.  Demands for
>>>>>>>>>> > >>reading
>>>>>>>>>> > and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>writing must resemble those of the demands for students using
>>>>>>>>>> > >>print.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>We
>>>>>>>>>> > >>long to have our blind children included in classes, not set
>>>>>>>>>> > >>apart
>>>>>>>>>> > because
>>>>>>>>>> > >>he or she happens to be cute and "sort of" smart.  Inclusion
>>>>>>>>>> > >>must
>>>>>>>>>> > >>mean
>>>>>>>>>> > >>inclusion.  Braille must be reading and writing!
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>Braille literacy is beautiful without drawings and 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>photographs
>>>>>>>>>> > >>to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>appeal
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>to the eye.  We can add them for fun, but Braille is at its
>>>>>>>>>> > >>best
>>>>>>>>>> > >>plain
>>>>>>>>>> > and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>basic.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>(When I deliver speeches or programs to groups, I tell my 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>life
>>>>>>>>>> > >>story
>>>>>>>>>> > >>as
>>>>>>>>>> > >>"Princess-want-to-be" because I always believed my life was
>>>>>>>>>> > >>supposed
>>>>>>>>>> > >>to
>>>>>>>>>> > be
>>>>>>>>>> > >>luxurious and problem-free.  Wrong!)
>>>>>>>>>> > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Newman"
>>>>>>>>>> > >><newmanrl at cox.net>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:43 AM
>>>>>>>>>> > >>Subject: [stylist] New THOUGHT PROVOKER #151- The Braille
>>>>>>>>>> > >>Princess
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Fellow Writers
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>RE: The Braille Princess
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>With this 200th year celebration of Louis Braille's birthday
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>our
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>thank
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>you to him for Braille, I have written a TP centering on the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>importance
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>literacy and learning to read early, print for the print
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>reader
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Braille
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>for the Braille reader. If you have not read the PROVOKER, 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>it
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>follows.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Recall that I collect responses and post them upon my web 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>site
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>for
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>all
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>WWW to read and learn from and that URL is-
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Http://thoughtprovoker.info
>>>>>>>>>> > >>><http://thoughtprovoker.info/>   If you wish to receive
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>THOUGHT
>>>>>>>>>> > PROVOKERS
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>sent directly to you, just write me and ask, at-
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>newmanrl at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>THOUGHT PROVOKER 151
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>The Braille Princess
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"This is our first day of kindergarten." The faces of the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>small
>>>>>>>>>> > children
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>grouped around the teacher all looked up with energy filled
>>>>>>>>>> > expectation.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>want us to talk about one very, very important skill all
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>teachers
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>want
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>their
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>students to learn. It is reading. First, to make sure we
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>understand
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>new
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>words --- what is a skill?" Teacher and students shared back
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>forth,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>clarifying several key words.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>The teacher asked, "How many of you can read?" Nearly all
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>hands
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>shot
>>>>>>>>>> > up.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Oh
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>my, what a smart class." Testing prior to the beginning of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>school
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>had
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>shown
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the teacher each student's skill level. Nearly all of them
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>could
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>read,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>most
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>only a few words and a very few could actually read 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>beginning
>>>>>>>>>> > children's
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>books.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Why do you think being able to read is important?" Many
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>voices
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>and
>>>>>>>>>> > hands
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>answered her question.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Pointing to a small girl bouncing on her knees, hand 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>pumping,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > teacher
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>chose, "Breanna."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"To read to your mommy and daddy."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Good answer. Reading to your parents is an excellent 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>reason.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Thank
>>>>>>>>>> > you."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>After taking several more answers the teacher moved into the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>next
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>phase
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the day's plan. "It is also important for you children to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>learn
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>from
>>>>>>>>>> > one
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>another. Today, I have asked two students to bring one of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>their
>>>>>>>>>> > favorite
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>books and read it to the class. And by the end of this 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>school
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>year,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>expect
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>that you all will have your turn." Indicating the kid-size
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>chair
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>at
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>her
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>side, "Michael, you are first."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Seated, the small boy nervously fingered his brightly 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>colored
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>book,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>holding
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>its cover forward to show it to his audience. "My favorite
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>book
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>is
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>'Ruffles,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>The Big Red Dog." Positioning it on his lap, he began 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>reading.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Thank you Michael. And now, Kendra. Please come up to our
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>reading
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>chair."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Tapping the chair, the teacher watched the small girl with 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>her
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>arching
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>cane
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>home in on the sound guide.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Students, remember, earlier today, we learned about why
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Kendra
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>uses
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>a
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>white
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>cane when she moves around the school."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>A young voice from the audience said, "She blind."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Yes, she is blind." Carrying on, the teacher said, "And so
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>now
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>we
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>are
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>going
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>to learn about Braille, which is how Kendra can read."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>The small girl seated, cane at her feet, the teacher asked,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Kendra,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>first
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>please show and tell us the name of your book. Then tell the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>class
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>a
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>little
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>about Braille."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Composure intact, Kendra answered, "I learned to read when I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>was
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>three.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>You
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>read print because you can see it. I read Braille, because I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>am
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>blind
>>>>>>>>>> > and
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>blind people read Braille with their fingers. Braille is
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>raised
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>dots. I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>can
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>read as good as anybody." She raised the book up for all to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>see
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>its
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>cover.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"My favorite book is the 'Princess and the Pea.' My daddy
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>calls
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>me
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>his
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Princess."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Hey," exclaimed a student! "No picture! No letters!"
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>After the stories were read, the teacher again addressed her
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>class.
>>>>>>>>>> > "Miss
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Young, my assistant has arranged the chairs in a circle. 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Each
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>you
>>>>>>>>>> > have
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>your own chair, your name is on it. So to find your chair, 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>you
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>must
>>>>>>>>>> > read
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>name-tag." The classroom noise level fell, then swelled;
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>expressions
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>on
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>faces ranged from blank wonderment, to knowing intelligence.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Reading
>>>>>>>>>> > is
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>important. I know some of you cannot read yet. However, soon 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>I
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>expect
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>that
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>you will. So for help now, ask your neighbor or Miss Young 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>or
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>me
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>assist
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>you." The noisy reading and sorting began.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"She's sitting in my chair!" The outcry of the small
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>red-haired
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>boy
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>was
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>all
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>but lost in the overall noise level.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Kendra --- Tommy, we need to check the label," intervened 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>frazzled
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Para. Lightly touching the petite blind girl sitting quietly
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>on
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > chair
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>in
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>question, "Honey, did you feel for the Braille label on the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>back
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>of
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>seat?" Leaning forward to look herself as she spoke.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"A problem here?" The teacher walked up.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Oh my," Miss Young looked at her boss, "the name-tag is
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>missing."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Tommy knocked it off and it fell on the seat," said the boy
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>from
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>the
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>next
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>chair over.
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Yes, I'm sitting on my name," said Kendra. "And Tommy, you
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>need
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>to
>>>>>>>>>> > learn
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>to
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>read Braille."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>The eyes of the two adults met, both smiled, the teacher 
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>said,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>"Kendra,
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>we
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>are going to call you, our Braille Princess."
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Robert Leslie Newman
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Email- newmanrl at cox.net
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>THOUGHT PROVOKER Website-
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info
>>>>>>>>>> > >>>
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