[AERNet] AERNet Digest, Vol 15, Issue 13

Wed Nov 7 12:47:56 EST 2007

 "ea" is a sandwich contraction and is only used between letters and/or
contractions within a word.  Also, "ea" cannot be used in contact with a
punctuation or composition sign.  

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   1. Re: Cherry picking (Holly Guinan)
   2. Brl question (Allen Purvin)
   3. Re: Brl question (Alexis Read)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 01:22:42 +0000
From: Holly Guinan <hguinan at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AERNet] Cherry picking
To: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>,
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Hi Jody,
An objective third party, the list moderator, objected to my snotty
tone, and I apologize for that.   My point is that selecting among your
friends and acquaintances is in no way a scientifically valid sample,
and if you were in polling, or research, or education,  your study might
not get published.  But your point is valid too,  that the education
system is creating poor braille readers.  I don't think its (only, or
principally) because reading teachers don't care, or have low expections
- I think the itinerant delivery system provides insufficient
instructional time.   Sometimes, the multiply impaired students at the
schools for the blind have better braille skills than the ostensibly
"just blind" in the public school setting.  And the 60 wpm is an average
of a total, multi-faceted VI population.  Maybe its my own personal
bias,  but data trumps anecdote, and data which conforms to my
experience trumps data which conforms the the experience of others!  

----------------------------------------> From: jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: aernet at lists.aerbvi.org> Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:07:28 -0500>
Subject: [AERNet] Cherry picking>> Hello Holly,>> I was not 'cherry
picking'. I simply asked the question of real blind> adults who have
read Braille since childhood if they would please tell me> what their
reading speed is. Those were the answers.>> Obviously these adults
didn't have secondary disabilities, but they were> expected to do well
in school.>> I think it is important to remember that the end result of
education for ALL> students is to prepare them for college and
employment. So many times it is> OK to just each enough to 'get by' and
teach for this week, this month, this> year while forgetting the big
picture.>> I suppose the reason why I am so passionate about this
subject is because it> was enough for me to 'get by' in school and I
know the consequences.>> I am not 'picking' on anyone I am only trying
to say that students should be> expected to do the best they can.>
JODY>> "WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH> TO SEE IN THE WORLD" ~ Gandhi>>>
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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:33:57 -0500
From: "Allen Purvin" <allenpurvin at gmail.com>
Subject: [AERNet] Brl question
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Why cant 'ea' be used in the beginning of a word?  What could it be
confused
with that would prevent it's usage?
Thanks!
allen
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 07:19:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Alexis Read <alexisread at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [AERNet] Brl question
To: Allen Purvin <allenpurvin at gmail.com>, AER list
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Allan,

The "ea" contraction is dot 2 in the braille cell,
which is also the comma.  I believe a braille reader
would think that this sign at the beginning of a word
would be a comma rather than the "ea" contraction.

Hope this helps.

Alexis

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