[nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
Kaye Kipp
kkipp123 at msn.com
Wed Aug 1 23:29:30 CDT 2007
Well it surprised me just a wee tad.
Kaye
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Sellers" <robertsellers500 at comcast.net>
To: <amcanfield at comcast.net>; "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'"
<nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
>
> Is anyone else surprised, but me, that WSSB would have an activity like
> that to have a sighted person experience blindness????
>
> Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Alco Canfield
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 1:50 AM
> To: 'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
>
> Well, obviously, the five-day experience taught them nothing at all.
> Wrapping noodles around a fork with fingers, indeed! I never was good at
> using a spoon to do that, but I have a very big mouth as you all know and
> I
> just open wide. I feel sorry for the blind children who are unfortunate
> enough to receive "instruction" from these bimbos.
>
> Alco
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 7:08 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
>
> With all due respect to educators, there are some of us who figure that
> juxtaposition of the word "educator" with the phrase "common sense"
> constitutes an oxymoron! <g>
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hlstansberry at comcast.net
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> Cc: KAYE KIPP
> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 5:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
>
>
> Please do so. This is very insulting to blind individuals and what
> makes it worse, is that these are educators that will impact and
> influence the thoughts of others.
> Evidently these educators lacked the "brains" to imagine how to use a
> eating utensil in the dark.
> Common sense would have aided them.
>
> Lili
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "KAYE KIPP" <kkipp123 at msn.com>
>
> > Absolutely.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Freeman"
> > To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List"
> > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 3:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
> >
> >
> > >I plan to write a rather strong letter (to say the least) on behalf
> of
> > > the NFB of Washington protesting the eating experience below and
> > > demanding that we (NFBW) be given a venue or method through which
> we can
> > > contact the vision teachers who took part to correct the
> misconceptions
> > > about blindness that have been reinforced by their experience. I
> might
> > > even mention that WSSB will need budgetary support during the
> coming
> > > legislative session!
> > >
> > > Mike Freeman, President
> > > NFB of Washington
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Mike Freeman
> > > To: NFB of Washington Talk
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:36 PM
> > > Subject: [nfbwatlk] READ AND WEEP!
> > >
> > >
> > > A Feast Not for the Eyes
> > > Turns out it's not so easy eating blind. From left, educators
> Heidi
> > > Stump, Diana Graham and Cheryl Edmonds eat their entrees
> blindfolded
> > > as
> > > part of a five-day
> > > intensive workshop through the Washington State School for the
> Blind.
> > > (ISOLDE RAFTERY/The Columbian)
> > > Sunday, July 29, 2007
> > > BY ISOLDE RAFTERY, Columbian staff writer
> > >
> > > Cheryl Edmonds is not, at first glance, the sort of person who
> would
> > > plunge her hands into her salad bowl. But Wednesday evening, at
> the
> > > Olive Garden in
> > > Vancouver, Edmonds was blindfolded and desperate to connect with
> her
> > > entree.
> > >
> > > Edmonds, of Vancouver, was among 37 people, most of them
> educators,
> > > who
> > > agreed to a blind dinner. The exercise is part of a five-day
> intensive
> > > workshop
> > > on blindness.
> > >
> > > By the end of the meal, Edmonds, who was seated with two other
> > > blindfolded women, had ditched etiquette.
> > >
> > > "I'd like to touch it all," she said, fingering a leaf. "I don't
> even
> > > know how much I ate. Oh! There's a lot left."
> > >
> > > Sitting next to her, Diana Graham, a kindergarten teacher from the
> > > North
> > > Mason School District, north of Olympia, used her fingers to wrap
> > > fettuccine noodles
> > > around her fork.
> > >
> > > And Heidi Stump, a paraeducator seated at their table, was taking
> sips
> > > from various glasses of soda.
> > >
> > > The three women, poised and socially aware without their
> blindfolds,
> > > behaved like giddy children learning table manners.
> > >
> > > The idea behind the blind dinner was to provide a blind
> experience,
> > > and
> > > also to help explain how specific directions ("Your iced tea is 5
> > > inches
> > > in front
> > > of you with the straw bobbing out") are key to working with blind
> > > students. Educating the teachers
> > >
> > > Dee Amundsen, director of outreach at the School for the Blind,
> said
> > > the
> > > five days are a time for teachers who work with blind students to
> > > learn
> > > about blindness.
> > >
> > >
> > > In Washington, there are 80 teachers for 1,300 visually impaired
> > > students, Amundsen said.
> > >
> > > "Finding teachers for the visually impaired is like finding a
> needle
> > > in
> > > a haystack," she said. "A lot of kids don't get services. All
> these
> > > people who are
> > > teaching visually impaired kids don't know anything about
> blindness."
> > >
> > > At the restaurant, the educators learned they can't just "say
> when" to
> > > a
> > > waiter grinding pepper over their entrees. Someone must read the
> menu
> > > to
> > > them.
> > > And then there's going to the restroom - an awkward dance that
> > > involves
> > > dodging patrons, slinking into a stall and finding the toilet
> seat.
> > >
> > > For Graham, the veteran kindergarten teacher from North Mason
> School
> > > District, the five-day stint is worth it. She will have a blind
> > > student
> > > in her class
> > > come fall.
> > >
> > > "I want to figure out how best to teach a child," Graham said. "I
> want
> > > to get her reading for Braille. I want to get some academics into
> > > her."
> > >
> > > Then she paused.
> > >
> > > "Are you still there?" she asked, also attempting to land a small
> pile
> > > of fettuccine into her mouth.
> > >
> > > Yes, everyone was still there.
> > >
> > > "I feel stupid," Graham said. "I don't normally miss my face when
> I
> > > eat."
> > >
> > > Cheryl Edmonds, a consultant, agreed.
> > >
> > > "I get a sense for the independence thing," she said. "If the
> lights
> > > went out tomorrow, I don't know what that would mean for me."
> > >
> > > Did you know?
> > >
> > > There are 1,300 visually impaired or blind students in Washington.
> > >
> > > Eighty teachers are trained to teach blind students in the state.
> > >
> > > About 70 students attend Washington State School for the Blind in
> > > Vancouver. The school serves about 600 students per month
> statewide.
> > >
> > > Isolde Raftery writes about education. She can be reached at
> > > 360-759-8047 or isolde.raftery at columbian.com.
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