Dear Winy, Warm congratulations. In my book, you are a star! For those of you who do not know about Winy's situation: Winy Kwany is the first blind student to attend her music school in Indonesia. She is a talented pianist. Over the past three years, this determined young woman has met with countless obstacles in her pursuit of an education. Most of those obstacles have been man-made and have come in the form of prejudice and ignorance about what a blind person can do. Nevertheless, she continues to overcome while she blazes the trail for those who will follow her. She has learned to read braille music and to write print music using the GOODFEEL suite of software. She has learned to create sound recordings independently using CakeTalking for SONAR. She has called us for help after many very long days. We talk to her in the early afternoon here but she calls us in the wee hours of the morning after all of her other work has been completed. Her work ethic reminds me of the story of the teen-age Louis Braille who worked on his code for reading and writing far into the night in his dormitory at the school for the blind after a full day of classes and other responsibilities. While his classmates slept, young Louis worked and ultimately changed the world for blind people. Winy's work is going to change the world for the better for herself and for blind musicians in her country. Winy continues to teach her teachers on the subject of what she can do while not worrying about those things which she cannot do. I am one of her many admirers. Go for it, Winy! Regards, Bill Bill McCann Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992 www.DancingDots.com Tel: [001] 610-783-6692 -----Original Message----- From: Winy Kwany [mailto:winy_kwany@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 4:15 AM To: menvi-discuss@xxxxxxxxx; braille-music-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; braillem@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: [BrailleM] Update: semester exam results Hi all, Just want to give an update..... I received my exam results for last semester last week. Here are the details: I get A minus for aural B plus for Music Technology and Violin B for Pedagogy, Harmony, Ensemble, English, Music History, Ethnomusicology C for piano My GPA is 2.83. Thanks a lot for everything. I am nothing without it. Winy. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:goodfeel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** goodfeel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:goodfeel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** goodfeel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq