[bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:05:30 -0600
Hi, Tammy!
Is your Aunt Kay of the famous MSU lineage? If so, I am pretty sure I know
her. Quite the Egg Bowl on Saturday!
Sadly, I cannot get people to believe me how tough it is to get people
moving forward here. There are some great people and incredible kindness,
but seriously low expectations and even lower self-confidence in the ability
to make change.
So, I make a difference one person at a time. Nichole actually does better
than me; her push is getting people reading, getting them to the library,
getting them cards, and giving them books and reading in groups. We started
with her aide, Sheina, who's reading fluency has SKYROCKETED and now she
reads books with her kids that we gave them. We are now working on her
taking her kids to the library with her and Nichole, one at a time. It is
slow, but we are making progress.
Take care!
Valerie
Currently scanning My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
Ally's Busy Day
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
Santa Claus The World's Number One Toy Expert
who do I talk to
Currently proofing:
Ten Days To Self-Esteem
Shanghaied to China
Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
Stories Behind the Greatest Traditions of Christmas
More Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs Of Christmas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Tammy Blaker
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:30 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>
> I so much agree with you. I too live in the Mississippi and have an Aunt
> Kay who teaches. She told me that the kids can't read so what good would
> Bookshare do and that is the "normal" kids. I was read to as far back as
I
> can remember and the books caused me to dream of places and people that I
> knew I would never see or meet. I believe that a love of books (stories
in
> what ever form) leads to reading.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:11 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>
>
> > Believe it or not, I cannot get these rural Mississippi parents to read
> > with
> > their kids, let alone use a computer with them. I have only converted a
> > half a dozen teachers to BookShare and its FREE! They all think it is
too
> > much work. Sigh. I am working on people, but it is an excruciatingly
> > slow
> > process here...
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Valerie
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:06 AM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >>
> >> Valerie,
> >>
> >> If you can get the kids signed up with Bookshare, smile. I have found
> > that
> >> once the parents see how valuable the service is, they will go at it.
> >> Smile, that and providing cheat sheets on how to do things helps quite
a
> >> lot.
> >>
> >>
> >> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
> >>
> >> Guide dogs for the Blind Alumni Association
> >> www.guidedogs.com
> >>
> >> Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel,
> >> anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your
> > history
> >> and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and
> >> journalist
> >> (1940-1992)
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:12 AM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >>
> >>
> >> >I am with both of you! I am so enthusiastic, and as you all know,
have
> >> > jumped in running (many thanks to all who have endured my steep
> >> > learning
> >> > curve!). I have tried to enlist more volunteers, especially sighted
> >> > volunteers, but can't even get anyone to nibble so far. I don't get
it
> >> > with
> >> > all the people I know scanning for their schools or what not, why
they
> >> > will
> >> > not sign up to even just add what they are already doing. Oh, well,
I
> >> > will
> >> > keep trying!
> >> >
> >> > Take care!
> >> > Valerie
> >> >
> >> > Currently scanning My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
> >> > Ally's Busy Day
> >> > A Turkey for Thanksgiving
> >> > Santa Claus The World's Number One Toy Expert
> >> > who do I talk to
> >> >
> >> > Currently proofing:
> >> > Ten Days To Self-Esteem
> >> > Shanghaied to China
> >> > Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
> >> > Stories Behind the Greatest Traditions of Christmas
> >> > More Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs Of Christmas
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> >> Behalf Of Kim Friedman
> >> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:08 PM
> >> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi, Monica, from your mouth to God's ear. I think the more the
> >> >> merrier.
> >> > Let
> >> >> there be more crack submitters and proofreaders who love finding
books
> >> >> for
> >> >> every type of reading pleasure. Let them raid fantastictfiction.com
> >> >> and
> >> >> discover all manner of authors we know nothing about who write stuff
> >> > that's
> >> >> entertaining for those who like a good story. Regards, Kim.
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
> > Willyard
> >> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:23 PM
> >> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >> >>
> >> >> Robert, as volunteers, we can submit almost any type of books we
> > choose.
> >> >> Bookshare is doing children's books because that's what the grant
> >> >> money
> >> >> covers. They will do adult educational books as well, but no
romances
> > or
> >> >> things containing adult content. Bookshare funding is dependent upon
> > how
> >> >> well they follow the goals of the grant by adding 100,000
educational
> >> > books
> >> >> over a five-year period. We're about to go into year 3 of the grant,
> >> >> so
> > I
> >> >> think we'll see even more books for kids in the future.
> >> >>
> >> >> That leaves us to scan and proofread books for pleasure. I'd like to
> >> > recruit
> >> >> more volunteers because I think we're making only a tiny dent in the
> >> > amount
> >> >> of books for adults that people say they want to read. Our wish list
> >> >> is
> >> >> huge, and I'd really like to find a way that we can get all of those
> >> >> books
> >> >> added to Bookshare. We would benefit from doubling our number of
> >> >> active
> >> >> volunteers, especially if we could find some additional sighted
> >> >> volunteers
> >> >> who could help with books that blind people have trouble
proofreading.
> >> >>
> >> >> Monica Willyard
> >> >> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter
Drucker
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