[stylist] Braille Monitor article- Kids say the darndest things

[justin williams]

That's just all stupid and halarius. 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 4:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille Monitor article- Kids say the darndest things

Haha that guy sounds a little like Crazy Carly in Bridgit's satire.
Vejas


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From: Bernadetta Pracon <bernadetta_pracon at samobile.net
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:25:29 -0400
Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille Monitor article- Kids say the 
darndest things

Yes, I've been asked several great blindness related questions 
both by
kids and adults as well.
I remember this like it was yesterday; I was in first grade, it 
was
Parents visiting day, and this one little girl in my class came 
over
and said, "my mommy wanted me to ask you, did you go blind from
watching too much tv?".
A few years later, I remember one of my classmates arguing with 
me,
insisting that my mom has to be blind too, since I am.  She 
wouldn't
take no for an answer even when I gave her a clear, logical  
explanation.
When I was giving a presentation about guide dogs to a group of 
sixth
graders at a local middle school, one boy raised his hand and 
asked me
how I manage to brush my teeth since I can't see.
Finally, a few years ago, a random person came up to me, grabbed 
my
hand as I exited a building and said "Hey.  Excuse me.  You're 
outside.
Do you know that? You've just left the building." He said, 
speaking
louder than necessary.
"So has Elvis," I said, trying to make light of the fact that 
this guy
obviously didn't know the difference between being blind and 
deaf.  I
was shocked that he'd say something so strange.  After I told him 
that
he really shouldn't walk up to people and grab them like he did 
me, he
just walked off, apparently baffled.  What do ya know.  grin.

Bernadetta

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