[bksvol-discuss] Re: Braillenote died
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 12:04:50 -0800 (PST)
At least, thank goodness, your Braillenote lasted
through your advanced education. LIke a true friend,
it didn't let you down. Did you say what you're going
to replce it with? I guess I missed that.
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I learned to type on a typewriter, course this was
> 1985 and I was in
> kindergarten.
>
> I will say one thing, to stick up for the "younger
> generation" who "has it
> so much easier",. the work load in most university
> programs has increased
> dramatically because of the advancement of
> technology. Mos people I talk to
> who went to school in the seventies and early
> eighties, would talk of one or
> two extensive research papers. In one university
> program at Kutztown, you
> have an extensive research paper in EVERY single
> class.
>
> The beauty of technology I guess.
>
> Also textbooks were "useful" for more than one year.
>
> Smile.
>
> But I reckon it is like comparing Apples to Oranges,
> smile.
>
> I still employed readers, scribes, a paper grader,
> and still spent most of
> my waking free time engaged in adapting materials so
> I could participate on
> a par with my classmates. So perhaps things don't
> really change.
>
> But I do misss my Braillenote dearly. Is going to
> be tough, but I know he
> will be in good hands.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Alumni Association Board
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>
> Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> Carolyn Alexander
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <barbarab65@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:13 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Braillenote died
>
>
> It is amazing how I got along without all these
> computer or technical
> equipment in the 70s. Now it is so much easier.
> Interestingly, a friend said
> to me
> one time that his daughter never saw a typewriter.
> Can you imagine that?
> Someone else told me that she remembered when she
> had to type her husband's
> dissertation on a typewriter. Things have changed!
>
> Barbara
>
>
>
>
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