That is good. When my kids were young, I told them to read all the way through the instructions before starting to put things together, like clothespin Christmas ornaments or baking. It was actually do what I say, not what I do, because one of my faults was starting to do things before reading all the instructions. Smile G.Cindy --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Cindy. You know, in one way, I agree with you. > In another, I > understand what my dad is doing. He's requiring me > to be as independent > as possible, to only rely on a sighted person if > it's absolutely > necessary. He has done that since I was eight years > old and got my first > computer. They didn't have a functioning > screenreader at that point, and > he still made me learn to type and write programming > on it. Now over 25 > years later, I'm able to handle things well on most > computers, even if I > lose speech for awhile. So for me, with my > personality and my situation, > I think my dad actually did me a favor. He helps me > without complaint if > it's something I really can't do. When he tells me > to "RTM," I take it > as a reminder of his love for me and his faith that > I can work it out if > I put my mind to it. If I've read the help files and > am still stuck, I > do get the help I need. > > Monica Willyard > > > Grandma Cindy wrote: > > Thank goodness my husband is not like your dad. > He's > > willing to help when I run into a problem even > when > > it's one I've been told before how to deal with > and > > have forgotten because I didn't write it down. > smile > > > > G.Cindy > > > > > WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available at http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.