[guidedogchat] Re: school visits

  • From: "Norman Waddington" <normanwaddington504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 21:13:52 +0100

Hi Mel,

 

The best one was a letter which I received after doing a talk at a school.
He informed his friends that a man came to school who was very blind!
Another one asked what did I do if my dog was in season.  I told the lad to
ask his dad about that when he went home.

 

The joys of being a speaker.  It is sad that we cannot go into scvholls any
more following the shooting incident a number of years ago.

 

Norman.

 

  _____  

From: guidedogchat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:guidedogchat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melanie Akpotu
Sent: 07 April 2014 20:33
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: school visits

 

This is a sweet and funny story Vince!!  Sadly, this is the world we live
in.  It's very sad that you should feel that way but I don't blame you as
that's the kind of culture we live in nowadays.  Well we probably always
have done to be fair, but it's always making news headlines now.

 

Mel.

 

From: Vincent <mailto:vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Thacker 

Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 7:47 PM

To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: school visits

 

I've been quizzed by a few kids in the street about my dog, and that
probably put it in my mind to do the same thing more formally, because their
questions are often amazingly intelligent, and the conversation is
interesting and often funny.

Well, the other day, a little kid, aged about 5, I imagine, struck up a
conversation like that, and asked things like how old is he, does he like
kids and so on. Then he asked whether Zym had any brothers or sisters, and I
said I didn't know, but I bet he has lots of them because he could have been
one of 10 or 12 pups born at the same time.

Then he said, "Does he have a pup in his tummy?" at which point I thought
I'd better move on!  I just said no he hasn't, and thought better of
explaining why. I'm nervous enough of being suspected of being a paedophile
if I talk to kids (sad state the world is in!), let alone teaching him about
the facts of life. At that point, I heard an adult female voice calling him,
and thought just as well, and went on with my walk.

Vince.






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Message Received: Apr 07 2014, 05:01 PM
From: "Louise Johnson" 
To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 
Subject: [guidedogchat] Re: school visits 

Hi Pam my name is Louise and I have been in class rooms talking to children
and it is wonderful and the younger they are the harder questions come out.
When I do five and six year old kids there questions are ones that sometimes
have more then one answer and I try to just answer the basic way and
sometimes I get questions like. Why are you blind and why does god make you
blind why cann't he give you sight back just some of the questions I get
everytime I'm in a class room.

I find that telling the kids that at the end of the time I will take the
harness off and they can come two at a time to pet and meet the dog really
keeps them happy. If you want to ask more questions off list please write
me. 

Herclouise@xxxxxxx 
From Louise and Hawk 

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Sent: April 7, 2014 1:32 AM
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i am going to a school on wednesday to give a talk on guide dogs. just
wondering if anyone else has experience with this and if so any tips? this
is my first visit. thanks.
pamSent from my iPhone


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