[access-uk] Re: RNC documentary
- From: "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 22:59:34 +0100
Yes Jack, well most of us apreciat that, but unfortunately our sighted world
don't and presenting us VI people as they did in that programm did no
favours to Clever, hard working folks like yourself. You've done Well Jack,
but unfortunately its a liftime of presenting ourselves as equil to our
sighted piers. Christine W.----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Goodfellow" <goodfellow1985@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNC documentary
having been a recent graduate and now at uni, I can assure you that's
not always the case, it involved a blooming lot of hard reading and
paperwork! <smiles>
Jack
On 4/30/07, David Russell <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> carol,
>
> Things have changed a bit since our day. There did not appear to be a lot
> of teaching going on. Students seemed to be wandering around the building
> using their canes, and the whole place appeared to be as much
rehabilitation
> centre as educational establishment. I did not realise that was the
> function of RNC these days.
>
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Carol Pearson
> Sent: 30 April 2007 22:36
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNC documentary
>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> OK, we heard the documentary here, though there was no sight in the house
to
> confirm anything. There was the naration but, for some reason or other,
we
> didn't get the audio description on Cable. Anyway, after a while we
> switched to digi-TV and got the audio which did improve things a little.
>
> My honest view is that Channel 4 made a very poor programme, wasting a lot
> of time and not getting sufficient background about courses and
information
> through to the public. As I wrote last night, I object greatly to that
> phrase "Young blind things", as though they're a piece of rubbish! I know
> it may be an expression that's very much "in" now, but I found it very
> demeaning indeed to think of such folk in this way.
>
> There were extra students around from time to time but of course I have no
> knowledge as to whether one of them was Hannah. She was not mentioned by
> name, so far as I can recall. Salina and Stacy were the prominent girls.
>
> On a good note, I was pleased (and slightly amused) to discover that they
at
> least still use the word "Totals" at RNC. That sure took me back! (They
> didn't mention "The dims and visions" though. Perhaps, in some ways,
that's
> as bad as the word "things", but we chose to call ourselves by those names
> and that was the difference!
>
> Well, forgive my rambles, Mr. Moderator. I'll get off the computer and
come
> back ready to keep good conduct tomorrow, promise!
>
> --
> Carol
> carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Greg Athans" <g.athans@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> "Christine Weetman" <goatmum@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:04 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] RNC documentary
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > Well the RNC documentary might have finished now. What did you think of
> > it? Did you see Hannah at all? I don't think she was on it, which would
> > be disappointing, but I'm sure it was worth the watch anyway. Any
> > comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
> > Christopher Hallsworth
> > E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
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