Christ...where abouts in Worcester was he? The parts where they end up
talking like their's something bad in their mouth are disgusting.
Anyway I think their main issue was that it was far too long? Which it is...
On 11/20/15, Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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In one sense, I can imagine some scenarios in which a cane may trip a
sighted person. However, isn't the ban of the long cane the wrong way of
solving the problem. Sighted pupils should be taught and reminded to look
where they're going. In a collision, the blind person has a valid excuse.
The sighted person hasn't. I guess the school would have thought it easier
to ban the cane, used by one person, than to ban, say, running along the
corridor. It all reminds me of something David Reynolds told us at school.
His class were out in the centre of Worcester, in a mobility lesson. He'd
touched the ankles of one of the locals with his cane, and as he waked away,
heard the priceless line:
"They boys from the bloynd callege, they never look where they'm going,
they, do they?" Well actually, as in the Bristol school, that's the job of
the sighted person. So, before they banned the cane, did they check whether
school rules gave regard to the need for due care and attention?
Best,
Clive
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Stupidity. I'd say I hope the RNIB have been consulted but they are a bunch
of ineffectual wasters now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34855311
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