[NFB-Talk] braille award?

Judy Jones sonshines59 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 27 03:24:51 UTC 2019


Yes, I was an in-your-face mom at my girls' school, but meaning that I was
always there and had my finger on the pulse of what was going on, and
staying in touch with teachers.  Being in-your-face, doesn't mean
confrontive, just being there, and I think more parents should take an
active role at the schools more than they do, or do at least what they can.
I know that many do, but one of our friends who recently retired as a school
counselor told us we would be surprised at the amount of uninvolved parents
these days.  Many can't help it, but others could.

Judy

"Embrace each day with His mercies and blessings."


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She's a parent, she has the right to call the school about anything she
wants regarding her kid. 
I'd back her right to do that, even if I disagreed with the issue, and I'm
not sure I do as the school has the capability to produce Braille. 
In short, she's a mom, this is what she does. 
Now, if she wanted to accompany her son on his honeymoon, there she'd be out
of line. 
Contacting the school about wanting an award to be Brailled, let her do it. 


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An issue came up on our parents group on facebook, and I thought I would
pose it hear to see if I'm totally off base. I like to participate in our
NOPBC facebook group not because I'm a parent but because I'm a blind adult
and hope to be a role model, etc. Anyway, a parent posted that her son, I
believe middle school age although it doesn't matter, had made the honor
role. Awesome. But she was upset that the award certificate that he got was
not in Braille and she was going to contact the school. I told her not to
bother calling the school, that not everything would be made in Braille when
he got older etc. I understand that academic material should be provided in
Braille, but felt that this should be let go. Wow. No one agreed with me,
and one parent wrote this response to my message listing all the 25 million
reasons why I was wrong. I can take it, I have thick skin, but I'm just
wondering am I out of touch? I know Braille is important, and I know it
would not have taken long to do this, I just think this type of thing isn't
a big deal. I'm sure I got many awards in school and I don't remember a
single one of them being Brailled. I think sometimes we go too far. Just
wondering what you all think.
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