Everywhere I have ever lived (Bahrain, Italy, Turkey, Spain, and 30 years ago, Ohio) had one day a week where practically every commercial enterprise was shut down. Only in the past 20 years or so have blue laws been repealed around the US, and I regret it. As much as I love my freedom, as I have grown older I find myself more concerned about my spiritual and mental well-being than I do my liberty to purchase Jack Daniels on Sunday afternoons. In my experience, such closures, whether mandated or voluntary serve society well, as they encourage family unity, intellectual reflection, religious practice, recreation, relaxation, etc, etc... As for the adult ESOL learners with whom I am familiar, the 24/7 lifestyle of American life that they encounter here contributes to both stresses and opportunities that they must learn to manage.  
 

Kearney Lykins



----- Original Message ----
From: Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net>
To: "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List" <povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:00:04 PM
Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 409] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3, Issue 87

Hi Lauren,

As I indicated, my Sabbath is now Saturday--but I still like to have  
stores closed (the dear old blue laws) on Sunday.  could be Wednesday,  
I suppose. "Getting and spending we lay waste our powers....'   
Wordswrth.  Where I live many businesses do indeed still close on  
Sunday, the professions and skilled craftspeople, government offices,  
etc.  I wonder f many adult learners get a day off, and what it may be  
like in other countries.

Andrea


On Jan 29, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Lauren E Ellington/FS/VCU wrote:


> "During the early part of this time, most shopping malls and many  

> smaller businesses were closed on Sunday.  It was a way to give  

> everyone a rest/Sabbath.  Now, I'm mortified to find that shopping  

> malls are opened on Sundays and even on official holidays like July  

> lst which is Canada Day."

>  

> Why are you mortified?  Do you assume that everyone celebrates the  

> same Sabbath that you do?  I was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist  

> although I no longer practice.  Their Sabbath is Friday sundown to  

> Saturday sundown.  How does it give them a rest/Sabbath when the  

> stores are closed on Sunday?

>  

> The United States used to have what were called Blue Laws in effect  

> that pretty much did the same thing.... closed everything down on  

> Sunday.  Most of those have been repealed as it was seen to be  

> unconstitutional but their after effects still remain (liquor stores  

> are closed on Sunday and most businesses close early).  To my mind,  

> that is a form of discrimination as well.  Who gets to say that Sunday  

> is the day that everyone takes as a Sabbath/rest?  No one.  When they  

> do, there goes freedom of religion.

>

>  

>

>

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>> To: povertyracewomen at nifl.gov

>> From: Bertha Mo <bertiemo at yahoo.com>

>> Sent by: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov

>> Date: 01/27/2007 07:13PM

>> Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 405] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,  

>> Issue 87

>>

>> Selfcare-Observing the Sabbath

>>

>> Andrea:  thanks for reminding me that observing the Sabbath is a form  

>> of self-care. I've been living part of the time in Canada for the  

>> last fifteen years.  During the early part of this time, most  

>> shopping malls and many smaller businesses were closed on Sunday.  It  

>> was a way to give everyone a rest/Sabbath.

>>

>> Now, I'm mortified to find that shopping malls are opened on Sundays  

>> and even on official holidays like July lst which is Canada Day.

>>

>> Bertie

>>

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>>> Message: 1

>>> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:37:18 -0500

>>> From: Andrea Wilder

>>> Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 402] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> Issue 84

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>>> Hello everyone--

>>>

>>> Very briefly, because time is flying, I observe the Sabbath. (Once I

>>> was a Protesttant, now I am a Jew.) Yesterday a friend came over in

>>> the afternoon to help me set up a blog for my graduating high school

>>> class, and part way through he checked his watch, and said "It's the

>>> Sabbath." Jewish days run from sundown to sundown. I drove him home,

>>> he bought me some kosher bread for kiddush, Later I helped him look  

>>> for

>>> his cell phone, feeling no work pressure since it was the Sabbath....

>>> I ALWAYS (almost) feel save on the Sabbath, and feeling safe is a big

>>> thing with me. I described it as once as like the feeling of shutting

>>> my eyes and falling back on a feather pillow.

>>>

>>> Andrea

>>>

>>> On Jan 27, 2007, at 1:04 AM, John Warrior wrote:

>>>

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>>> > Date: January 27, 2007 1:04:42 AM EST

>>> > To:

>>> > Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 400] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> > Issue 84

>>> > Reply-To: "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List"

>>> >

>>> >

>>> >

>>> >

>>> > Hi everyone,

>>> > My approach to maintaining a level of peace and calmness is  

>>> similar to

>>> > Bertha Jo's account. To start with, I try to find the "glass

>>> > half-full" in the classroom. I measure success through individual

>>> > victories, even though they may be baby-steps. After this, I have  

>>> two

>>> > things that I may do in sequence or individually. One of these is  

>>> to

>>> > exercise. I will either go running, go for a walk or lift weights  

>>> to

>>> > take my mind off of the day or to collect my thoughts for what I  

>>> need

>>> > to do later. Another thing I will do is talk. Whether it is with a

>>> > good friend or my wife, I will talk. Sometimes I whine, complain or

>>> > vent about what happened at work today or I will engage in a

>>> > conversation about anything else, sports, movies, music, history,

>>> > computers,...you name it, I'll talk about it.

>>> > ?

>>> > My wife, who is Korean, and I also go to a Korean church here in

>>> > Tulsa. This not only gives us some spiritual guidance but the  

>>> church

>>> > community makes each week seem like a family reunion. I feel that  

>>> it

>>> > is important for each of us to feel that we have a purpose or a  

>>> higher

>>> > calling. This helps to inspire you when you are down and provides

>>> > focus when things are dim. At Oral Roberts University, the  

>>> education

>>> > department adopted this phrase to characterize the role of an

>>> > educator.

>>> > ?

>>> > Transformed Educators, transforming Society for the Miracle Ahead,  

>>> A

>>> > transformed generation

>>> > ?

>>> > This has also helped me stay focused on my purpose and help me  

>>> through

>>> > the hard times.

>>> > ?

>>> > With many of the problems my students may bring to me I have an

>>> > advantage that I have experienced a lot of things in my life. I am  

>>> a

>>> > recovered alcoholic, so I have experienced the destructive nature  

>>> of

>>> > addiction. I may not have succumbed to heroin, crack or meth, but I

>>> > know what it feels like to lose control of your world. So, this  

>>> helps

>>> > me with some of my students. Another thing I have is over the 15  

>>> years

>>> > I served in the US Army I traveled around the world. As an Army  

>>> Ranger

>>> > and a member of the 101st Airborne Division I traveled to other  

>>> lands

>>> > to bring either death, peace or life. The images of war-torn  

>>> Bosnia or

>>> > the 12 year old girl that is HIV positive and the incredibly loud

>>> > sounds of gunfire inside of a building or the sounds and smell of

>>> > death are my constant companions. So, when my student from the  

>>> Congo

>>> > comes to me and talks to me about escaping from the Rwandan civil  

>>> war

>>> > though Somalia, I can relate to him.

>>> > ?

>>> > Then if this wasn?t enough, I was permanently disabled after while

>>> > serving our country. ?A portion of my brain was damaged after being

>>> > exposed to trace amounts of a highly toxic chemical substance that  

>>> we

>>> > were destroying. It caused a lot of problems when it first  

>>> happened.

>>> > Here I was, superman, and suddenly I was human. I was comforted by  

>>> the

>>> > neurologist who told me that it can either stay the same, get  

>>> worse or

>>> > get better, comforting. Despite the severity of it, I have gotten

>>> > better over the years. However, I now see the young men and women  

>>> from

>>> > Iraq in the VA hospital now, those that are missing arms or legs  

>>> and I

>>> > thank God that I don?t have to go through that at 18.

>>> > ?

>>> > With all of the positives, I opened with, and now that I may have

>>> > depressed some of you, I would always tell my men, ?It can always  

>>> get

>>> > worse.? Not to be pessimistic, but to let them see that the bottom

>>> > they were at was not really the bottom, that there is still  

>>> something

>>> > valuable that you have. I tell myself that too.

>>> > ?

>>> > Last of all, don?t forget to laugh, shout for joy or cry, we are  

>>> still

>>> > human.

>>> > ?

>>> > Take care, I hope this helps a little,

>>> > ?

>>> > John

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

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>>> > ?

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>>> > ????? Issue 83 (Bertha Mo)

>>> > ?

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>>> > Message: 1

>>> > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:11:23 -0500 (EST)

>>> > From: Bertha Mo

>>> > Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 398] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> > ????????? Issue 83

>>> > To: povertyracewomen at nifl.gov

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>>> > ?

>>> > Boundaries and Self Care:

>>> > ?

>>> > Boundaries-I have a policy of confining my work with students to  

>>> the

>>> > office.? I try to meet individually the people? in the school and  

>>> the

>>> > community who might share the task of helping my students. I've  

>>> always

>>> > been a fanatic about networking to identify resources for  

>>> students.?

>>> > When appropriate and with permission I link up learners and get  

>>> them

>>> > to help each other.? On ocassion, I may help organize a social  

>>> event

>>> > such as a potluck, coffee hour for students.

>>> > An intermediate success was to encourage a non-traditional student  

>>> to

>>> > return to her community college to be re-tested for learning

>>> > disabilities.

>>> > ?

>>> > ISelf-care- think I'm more creative with Self-care than boundary

>>> > setting.? My major feeling about self-care is to realize that I'm  

>>> not

>>> > alone in the world with this issue.? The world of spirituality is  

>>> very

>>> > ecumenical now.? Even in rural areas there are spiritual  

>>> communities

>>> > that can be very healing and supportive of "right livlihood,"  

>>> which I

>>> > believe is teaching and/or other ways of working with learners.

>>> > Here are some other methods of self care:

>>> > ?

>>> > *I just returned from a very low cost women's retreat with my  

>>> primary

>>> > spiritual community.

>>> > *weekly two hour walking labarinyth group.

>>> > *check in with a therapist periodically to deal with isssues of

>>> > transference

>>> > *read uplifting novels and non-fiction by authors such as bell  

>>> hooks,

>>> > Thich Nhat Han, Daniel Berrigan

>>> > *do sitting or walking meditation once or twice a day.

>>> > ?

>>> > Best,

>>> > ?

>>> > Bertie

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

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>>> > ?

>>> > Today's Topics:

>>> > ?

>>> > ?? 1. [PovertyRaceWomen 396] Re: taking care of ourselves

>>> > ????? (Daphne Greenberg)

>>> > ?? 2. [PovertyRaceWomen 397] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> > ????? Issue 75 (Muro, Andres)

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> >  

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>>> > ?

>>> > Message: 1

>>> > Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:12:32 -0500

>>> > From: "Daphne Greenberg"

>>> > Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 396] Re: taking care of ourselves

>>> > To:

>>> > ?

>>> > Message-ID: <45B8F3100200003100014398 at mailsrv4.gsu.edu>

>>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

>>> > ?

>>> > Andrea raises an important issue. Many of our learners share with  

>>> us

>>> > very difficult life stories. Others present very difficult learning

>>> > challenges. How do we as teachers keep the appropriate boundaries?  

>>> How

>>> > do we keep these stories/challenges from seeping into our personal

>>> > lives?

>>> > Any examples anybody feels like sharing?

>>> > Daphne

>>> > ?

>>> > >>> Andrea Wilder? 01/25/07 3:58 PM >>>

>>> > Dear Mr. Soap Box,

>>> > ?

>>> > Good to hear your voice.!? Sometimes I feel absolutely crushed by  

>>> the?

>>> > obvious problems that face us? in schools and with students, then  

>>> I?

>>> > feel like just retreating to my cave. There I read mystery books?

>>> > (problem solving that works) or? cook. How do you keep going  

>>> through?

>>> > all this? How does anybody keep going through this? What  

>>> strategies are

>>> > ?

>>> > people on the list using?

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > Andrea

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:24 PM, John Warrior wrote:

>>> > ?

>>> > > Hello to everyone,

>>> > >?

>>> > > I wanted to add a few more comments to this discussion after my?

>>> > > original

>>> > > posting. There is no "silver bullet" and there is no quick fix to

>>> > many

>>> > ?

>>> > > of

>>> > > the short-comings that we see in our classrooms everyday. In

>>> > countless

>>> > > seminars and classes, I have received that list of successful  

>>> people?

>>> > > who had

>>> > > dyslexia or other learning disabilities. There are usually about  

>>> one?

>>> > > hundred

>>> > > names on there. However, every year I see more than that fail in  

>>> our?

>>> > > school

>>> > > systems because their problems are not diagnosed in the first  

>>> place

>>> > or

>>> > ?

>>> > > they

>>> > > are misdiagnosed. One article I recently read cites the  

>>> increasing?

>>> > > number of

>>> > > Hispanic prisoners in our penal system. Corresponding to this it  

>>> is

>>> > > estimated that 30% to 50% of them have at least one undiagnosed  

>>> LD.?

>>> > > This is

>>> > > over three times the national average. Another study from the UK?

>>> > > estimates

>>> > > that over 15,000 people would not be incarcerated every year if  

>>> they?

>>> > > were

>>> > > correctly diagnosed and treated for their learning disabilities.

>>> > >?

>>> > > Some will argue that our children are over-diagnosed and?

>>> > > over-medicated for

>>> > > learning disabilities. However, the alternative to this can be  

>>> found?

>>> > > when

>>> > > you research UNESCO's statistics on learning disabilities around  

>>> the?

>>> > > world.

>>> > > Some countries have no data, others put all LD students into one?

>>> > > category

>>> > > and others have detailed reports.

>>> > >?

>>> > > So, what are our choices? As I see it we need to screen everyone  

>>> that

>>> > ?

>>> > > we

>>> > > suspect of having a learning disability that is affecting their?

>>> > > behavior

>>> > > and/ or their academic performance. These students should have

>>> > complete

>>> > > access to treatment, to include medication, counseling and  

>>> remedial

>>> > > education. These diagnosis should also be reevaluated regularly.?

>>> > > Ineffective

>>> > > treatment methods can be replaced with alternatives and  

>>> diagnosis can

>>> > ?

>>> > > be

>>> > > reassessed if new symptoms arise. However, our greatest failure  

>>> to

>>> > our

>>> > > society is to ignore the problem or say, "It couldn't happen to  

>>> you,?

>>> > > you're

>>> > > a..."

>>> > >?

>>> > > One failure that we do have in the system is the IEP. It is?

>>> > > ridiculous. The

>>> > > comments are vague, generalized or in "teacher-speak" which h in  

>>> the?

>>> > > end

>>> > > means little to nothing for the student. Instead of providing the

>>> > > appropriate guidelines and adjustment which will help the  

>>> student?

>>> > > perform at

>>> > > their best or at grade-level, they are often the new vehicle of

>>> > social

>>> > > promotion. I have not seen an IEP which is focused on the  

>>> terminal?

>>> > > learning

>>> > > objectives that a high school graduate is expected to meet, this  

>>> is?

>>> > > one of

>>> > > the areas we seem to have failed in miserably.

>>> > >?

>>> > > In my opinion, over-diagnosing 1000 students is better than  

>>> missing

>>> > one

>>> > > student. It is admirable that some famous people succeeded  

>>> despite

>>> > > adversity, but we don't see the list of names of those who  

>>> failed. It

>>> > ?

>>> > > can

>>> > > give us hope, but not a reason to avoid taking action. Also, no

>>> > stigma

>>> > ?

>>> > > of

>>> > > being LD in school is worse than the stigma of being an ex-con,  

>>> which

>>> > ?

>>> > > it

>>> > > looks like many of our undiagnosed students are headed. Let's  

>>> ere on?

>>> > > the

>>> > > side of caution and use all of the resources? that are  

>>> available, so?

>>> > > that

>>> > > the young student can realize their dreams and learn to cope with

>>> > their

>>> > > problems and not lead a life of characterized by failure, crime  

>>> and?

>>> > > poverty.

>>> > >?

>>> > > "John steps down off of his soap box"

>>> > >?

>>> > > Everyone have a happy day,

>>> > >?

>>> > > John Warrior

>>> > >?

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > ------------------------------

>>> > ?

>>> > Message: 2

>>> > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:11:49 -0700

>>> > From: "Muro, Andres"

>>> > Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 397] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> > ?Issue 75

>>> > To: "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List"

>>> > ?

>>> > , "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy

>>> > ?Discussion List"

>>> > ?

>>> > Message-ID:

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>>> > ?

>>> > The left hemisphere is associated with linear, systematic, temporal

>>> > thinking. The right hemisphere is associated with holistic,  

>>> atemporal

>>> > thinking.

>>> > ?

>>> > Diagnosing right hemisphere problems are harder because they are  

>>> not

>>> > that obvious. For examples, patients with damage to the right

>>> > hemisphere may be able to read a poem, but they may have difficulty

>>> > understanding the poem. The same holds for music or math. If these

>>> > subejcts are taught as linear processes, then the right hemisphere  

>>> is

>>> > not involved in these processes. However, the right hemisphere can

>>> > grab a poem as a whole, a piece of music or a math concept as a  

>>> whole.

>>> > Chess is another activity that can be very right brain. You can  

>>> learn

>>> > chess linearly by learning how each pieace move. However, the  

>>> ability

>>> > to look at the entire chess board and see patterns and understand

>>> > positions is a right brain process.

>>> > ?

>>> > It is? still a mystery how these things work.? Oliver Sacks has

>>> > studied patients with different brain pathologies and it is  

>>> facinating

>>> > the things that he found. He pubished several books relating  

>>> stories

>>> > of his patients and they made a movie about him called  

>>> "Awakenings".

>>> > His first book is called "The man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat".  

>>> and

>>> > it is fascinating reading

>>> > ?

>>> > The other day there was an autistic man being interviewed on TV, I

>>> > think by Barbara Walters. He is a math savant. He is one of those

>>> > people that you can say: 3,456,861 x 76= and he will give you the

>>> > answer. He was explaining that numbers for him are colors and that

>>> > colors represent feelings and emotions. So, he can be very happy  

>>> with

>>> > a given number and very sad with another number. When he gets math

>>> > problems, he sees colors and patterns. An interesting movie about

>>> > savants is called "Little man Tate" with Jodi Foster.

>>> > ?

>>> > Anyhows, I'll be going. Bye,

>>> > ?

>>> > Andres

>>> > ?

>>> > ________________________________

>>> > ?

>>> > From: povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Andrea Wilder

>>> > Sent: Thu 1/25/2007 1:51 PM

>>> > To: The Poverty, Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List

>>> > Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 395] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,

>>> > Issue 75

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > ?

>>> > Andres--

>>> > ?

>>> > Thanks for writing, I will save everything to go over later.

>>> > A small fact which I think is interesting--Novel (meaning  

>>> irregular and

>>> > new) music is processed in the right hemisphere, while? learned  

>>> music

>>> > is processed in the left.

>>> > ?

>>> > Andrea

>>> > On Jan 25, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Muro, Andres wrote:

>>> > ?

>>> > > Andrea:

>>> > >?

>>> > > I am also kind of busy, so I will be brief. Maybe I am off,  

>>> since I

>>> > did

>>> > > my Master's Thesis on this subject in the 90s and the  

>>> terminology may

>>> > > have changed. I understand aphasia as a broad category of  

>>> disruptions

>>> > > in

>>> > > the brain's ability to process language

>>> > >?

>>> > > I will attempt a brief explanation. Receptive aphasia known as

>>> > > Werneike's aphasia is a disruption in the ability to make sense  

>>> of

>>> > > sounds. So, a person may not be able to produce intelligible

>>> > > statements,

>>> > > but their speech will likely be fluid. In Brocca's Aphasia, or

>>> > > expressive aphasia, the person is able to understand oral  

>>> language

>>> > but

>>> > > there is a disruption in the motor process to turn thought into

>>> > words.

>>> > >?

>>> > > Dyslexia is a difficulty reading and it is connected to the  

>>> brains

>>> > > ability to process words. This may manifest itself into two  

>>> forms.

>>> > > Visual and auditory dyslexias. Images and pictographs (Chinese)  

>>> are

>>> > > processed in the occipital lobe while alphabetic words are often

>>> > > processed in the wernieke's area of the brain. A short circuit

>>> > between

>>> > > these two areas, or between the eyes and the brain, or between  

>>> the

>>> > ears

>>> > > and the brain may result in different forms of dyslexia.

>>> > >?

>>> > > Agraphias and Dysgraphias can be associated to either sensory or

>>> > motor

>>> > > processes or receptive, expressive dysgraphias. In receptive

>>> > > dysgraphia,

>>> > > sounds and pictographs are not comprehended, so they cannot be

>>> > > expressed

>>> > > in print. In expressive disgraphia, there is understanding and

>>> > > comprehension of print, but a short circuit may prevent the motor

>>> > > function to allow the hand to write down the word. An extreme  

>>> form of

>>> > > expressive dysgraphia would be paralysis. Person can read and

>>> > > understand

>>> > > but his/her hands will not move.

>>> > >?

>>> > > Because the brain circuitry crosses over at the neck and the  

>>> right

>>> > > brain

>>> > > controls the left side of the body and viceversa, there are very

>>> > > interesting forms of aphasias. To me, one of the most  

>>> fascinating one

>>> > > is

>>> > > called alexia without agraphia. In this instance, a person can  

>>> write

>>> > a

>>> > > word, but cannot read it.

>>> > >?

>>> > > Specifically, what happens is that the person has words stored  

>>> in the

>>> > > brain. The person can write any of these words. However, if the

>>> > person

>>> > > tries to read the word, he will not be able to store the image  

>>> of the

>>> > > word in the brain in order to be able to write it. However, if  

>>> the

>>> > > person hears a word, since sounds are processed in a different  

>>> area

>>> > of

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Hi Lauren,


As I indicated, my Sabbath is now Saturday--but I still like to have
stores closed (the dear old blue laws) on Sunday.  could be Wednesday,
I suppose. "Getting and spending we lay waste our powers....' 
Wordswrth.  Where I live many businesses do indeed still close on
Sunday, the professions and skilled craftspeople, government offices,
etc.  I wonder f many adult learners get a day off, and what it may be
like in other countries.


Andrea



On Jan 29, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Lauren E Ellington/FS/VCU wrote:


<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>"During the early
part of this time, most shopping malls and many smaller businesses
were closed on Sunday.  It was a way to give everyone a
rest/Sabbath.  Now, I'm mortified to find that shopping malls are
opened on Sundays and even on official holidays like July lst which is
Canada Day."</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller> </smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Why are you mortified?  Do
you assume that everyone celebrates the same Sabbath that you do?  I
was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist although I no longer practice. 
Their Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown.  How does it give
them a rest/Sabbath when the stores are closed on Sunday?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller> </smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>The United States used to
have what were called Blue Laws in effect that pretty much did the
same thing.... closed everything down on Sunday.  Most of those have
been repealed as it was seen to be unconstitutional but their after
effects still remain (liquor stores are closed on Sunday and most
businesses close early).  To my mind, that is a form of discrimination
as well.  Who gets to say that Sunday is the day that everyone takes
as a Sabbath/rest?  No one.  When they do, there goes freedom of
religion.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller> </smaller></fontfamily>



<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>**************************************************************</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Lauren Ellington</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Online Training Specialist, </smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center</smaller></fontfamily>

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<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>To:
povertyracewomen at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>From: Bertha Mo
<<bertiemo at yahoo.com></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Sent by:
povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Date: 01/27/2007 07:13PM</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen
405] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3, Issue 87</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Selfcare-Observing the
Sabbath </smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Andrea:  thanks for
reminding me that observing the Sabbath is a form of self-care. I've
been living part of the time in Canada for the last fifteen years. 
During the early part of this time, most shopping malls and many
smaller businesses were closed on Sunday.  It was a way to give
everyone a rest/Sabbath.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Now, I'm mortified to find
that shopping malls are opened on Sundays and even on official
holidays like July lst which is Canada Day. </smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Bertie </smaller></fontfamily>


<bold><italic><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov
</smaller></fontfamily></italic></bold><fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>wrote:Send
PovertyRaceWomen mailing list submissions to</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>or, via email, send a
message with subject or body 'help' to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>


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managing the list at</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>than "Re: Contents of
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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Today's Topics:</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>1. [PovertyRaceWomen 402]
Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Issue 84 (Andrea Wilder)</smaller></fontfamily>



<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>----------------------------------------------------------------------</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Message: 1</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007
10:37:18 -0500</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>From: Andrea Wilder</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen
402] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Issue 84</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>To: "The Poverty, Race,
Women and Literacy Discussion List"</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Message-ID:</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Hello everyone--</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Very briefly, because time
is flying, I observe the Sabbath. (Once I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>was a Protesttant, now I am
a Jew.) Yesterday a friend came over in</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>the afternoon to help me
set up a blog for my graduating high school</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>class, and part way through
he checked his watch, and said "It's the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Sabbath." Jewish days run
from sundown to sundown. I drove him home,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>he bought me some kosher
bread for kiddush, Later I helped him look for</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>his cell phone, feeling no
work pressure since it was the Sabbath....</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>I ALWAYS (almost) feel save
on the Sabbath, and feeling safe is a big</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>thing with me. I described
it as once as like the feeling of shutting</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>my eyes and falling back on
a feather pillow.</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>Andrea</smaller></fontfamily>


<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>On Jan 27, 2007, at 1:04
AM, John Warrior wrote:</smaller></fontfamily>


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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From: "John Warrior"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Date: January 27, 2007
1:04:42 AM EST</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject:
[PovertyRaceWomen 400] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Issue 84</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Reply-To: "The Poverty,
Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Hi everyone,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> My approach to
maintaining a level of peace and calmness is similar to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Bertha Jo's account. To
start with, I try to find the "glass</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> half-full" in the
classroom. I measure success through individual</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> victories, even though
they may be baby-steps. After this, I have two</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> things that I may do in
sequence or individually. One of these is to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> exercise. I will either
go running, go for a walk or lift weights to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> take my mind off of the
day or to collect my thoughts for what I need</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> to do later. Another
thing I will do is talk. Whether it is with a</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> good friend or my wife, I
will talk. Sometimes I whine, complain or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> vent about what happened
at work today or I will engage in a</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> conversation about
anything else, sports, movies, music, history,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> computers,...you name it,
I'll talk about it.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> My wife, who is Korean,
and I also go to a Korean church here in</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Tulsa. This not only
gives us some spiritual guidance but the church</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> community makes each week
seem like a family reunion. I feel that it</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> is important for each of
us to feel that we have a purpose or a higher</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> calling. This helps to
inspire you when you are down and provides</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> focus when things are
dim. At Oral Roberts University, the education</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> department adopted this
phrase to characterize the role of an</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> educator.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Transformed Educators,
transforming Society for the Miracle Ahead, A</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> transformed generation</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> This has also helped me
stay focused on my purpose and help me through</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> the hard times.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> With many of the problems
my students may bring to me I have an</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> advantage that I have
experienced a lot of things in my life. I am a</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> recovered alcoholic, so I
have experienced the destructive nature of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> addiction. I may not have
succumbed to heroin, crack or meth, but I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> know what it feels like
to lose control of your world. So, this helps</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> me with some of my
students. Another thing I have is over the 15 years</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> I served in the US Army I
traveled around the world. As an Army Ranger</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> and a member of the 101st
Airborne Division I traveled to other lands</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> to bring either death,
peace or life. The images of war-torn Bosnia or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> the 12 year old girl that
is HIV positive and the incredibly loud</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> sounds of gunfire inside
of a building or the sounds and smell of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> death are my constant
companions. So, when my student from the Congo</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> comes to me and talks to
me about escaping from the Rwandan civil war</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> though Somalia, I can
relate to him.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Then if this wasn?t
enough, I was permanently disabled after while</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> serving our country. ?A
portion of my brain was damaged after being</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> exposed to trace amounts
of a highly toxic chemical substance that we</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> were destroying. It
caused a lot of problems when it first happened.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Here I was, superman, and
suddenly I was human. I was comforted by the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> neurologist who told me
that it can either stay the same, get worse or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> get better, comforting.
Despite the severity of it, I have gotten</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> better over the years.
However, I now see the young men and women from</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Iraq in the VA hospital
now, those that are missing arms or legs and I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> thank God that I don?t
have to go through that at 18.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> With all of the
positives, I opened with, and now that I may have</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> depressed some of you, I
would always tell my men, ?It can always get</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> worse.? Not to be
pessimistic, but to let them see that the bottom</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> they were at was not
really the bottom, that there is still something</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> valuable that you have. I
tell myself that too.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Last of all, don?t forget
to laugh, shout for joy or cry, we are still</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> human.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Take care, I hope this
helps a little,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> John</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> -----Original Message-----</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From:
povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
[mailto:povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Sent: Friday, January 26,
2007 11:00 AM</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To:
povertyracewomen at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject: PovertyRaceWomen
Digest, Vol 3, Issue 84</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Send PovertyRaceWomen
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unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?????????
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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> or, via email, send a
message with subject or body 'help' to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?????????
povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> You can reach the person
managing the list at</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?????????
povertyracewomen-owner at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> When replying, please
edit your Subject line so it is more specific</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> than "Re: Contents of
PovertyRaceWomen digest..."</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Today's Topics:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?? 1. [PovertyRaceWomen
398] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ????? Issue 83 (Bertha Mo)</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message: 1</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007
11:11:23 -0500 (EST)</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From: Bertha Mo</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject:
[PovertyRaceWomen 398] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ????????? Issue 83</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To:
povertyracewomen at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message-ID:
<<237215.27666.qm at web30013.mail.mud.yahoo.com></smaller></fontfamily>

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charset="iso-8859-1"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Boundaries and Self Care:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Boundaries-I have a
policy of confining my work with students to the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> office.? I try to meet
individually the people? in the school and the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> community who might share
the task of helping my students. I've always</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> been a fanatic about
networking to identify resources for students.?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> When appropriate and with
permission I link up learners and get them</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> to help each other.? On
ocassion, I may help organize a social event</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> such as a potluck, coffee
hour for students.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> An intermediate success
was to encourage a non-traditional student to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> return to her community
college to be re-tested for learning</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> disabilities.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ISelf-care- think I'm
more creative with Self-care than boundary</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> setting.? My major
feeling about self-care is to realize that I'm not</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> alone in the world with
this issue.? The world of spirituality is very</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ecumenical now.? Even in
rural areas there are spiritual communities</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> that can be very healing
and supportive of "right livlihood," which I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> believe is teaching
and/or other ways of working with learners.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Here are some other
methods of self care:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> *I just returned from a
very low cost women's retreat with my primary</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> spiritual community.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> *weekly two hour walking
labarinyth group.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> *check in with a
therapist periodically to deal with isssues of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> transference</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> *read uplifting novels
and non-fiction by authors such as bell hooks,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Thich Nhat Han, Daniel
Berrigan</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> *do sitting or walking
meditation once or twice a day.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Best,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Bertie</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov wrote: Send PovertyRaceWomen mailing</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> list submissions to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?povertyracewomen at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To subscribe or
unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> or, via email, send a
message with subject or body 'help' to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
?povertyracewomen-request at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> You can reach the person
managing the list at</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
?povertyracewomen-owner at nifl.gov</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> When replying, please
edit your Subject line so it is more specific</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> than "Re: Contents of
PovertyRaceWomen digest..."</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Today's Topics:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?? 1. [PovertyRaceWomen
396] Re: taking care of ourselves</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ????? (Daphne Greenberg)</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?? 2. [PovertyRaceWomen
397] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ????? Issue 75 (Muro,
Andres)</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message: 1</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007
18:12:32 -0500</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From: "Daphne Greenberg"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject:
[PovertyRaceWomen 396] Re: taking care of ourselves</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message-ID:
<<45B8F3100200003100014398 at mailsrv4.gsu.edu></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=US-ASCII</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Andrea raises an
important issue. Many of our learners share with us</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> very difficult life
stories. Others present very difficult learning</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> challenges. How do we as
teachers keep the appropriate boundaries? How</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> do we keep these
stories/challenges from seeping into our personal</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> lives?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Any examples anybody
feels like sharing?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Daphne</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >>> Andrea Wilder?
01/25/07 3:58 PM >>></smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Dear Mr. Soap Box,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Good to hear your
voice.!? Sometimes I feel absolutely crushed by the?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> obvious problems that
face us? in schools and with students, then I?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> feel like just retreating
to my cave. There I read mystery books?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> (problem solving that
works) or? cook. How do you keep going through?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> all this? How does
anybody keep going through this? What strategies are</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> people on the list using?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Andrea</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:24
PM, John Warrior wrote:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Hello to everyone,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > I wanted to add a few
more comments to this discussion after my?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > original</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > posting. There is no
"silver bullet" and there is no quick fix to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> many</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the short-comings that
we see in our classrooms everyday. In</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> countless</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > seminars and classes, I
have received that list of successful people?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > who had</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > dyslexia or other
learning disabilities. There are usually about one?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > hundred</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > names on there.
However, every year I see more than that fail in our?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > school</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > systems because their
problems are not diagnosed in the first place</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > they</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > are misdiagnosed. One
article I recently read cites the increasing?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > number of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Hispanic prisoners in
our penal system. Corresponding to this it is</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > estimated that 30% to
50% of them have at least one undiagnosed LD.?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > This is</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > over three times the
national average. Another study from the UK?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > estimates</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > that over 15,000 people
would not be incarcerated every year if they?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > were</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > correctly diagnosed and
treated for their learning disabilities.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Some will argue that
our children are over-diagnosed and?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > over-medicated for</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > learning disabilities.
However, the alternative to this can be found?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > when</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > you research UNESCO's
statistics on learning disabilities around the?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > world.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Some countries have no
data, others put all LD students into one?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > category</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > and others have
detailed reports.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > So, what are our
choices? As I see it we need to screen everyone that</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > we</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > suspect of having a
learning disability that is affecting their?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > behavior</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > and/ or their academic
performance. These students should have</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> complete</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > access to treatment, to
include medication, counseling and remedial</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > education. These
diagnosis should also be reevaluated regularly.?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Ineffective</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > treatment methods can
be replaced with alternatives and diagnosis can</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > be</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > reassessed if new
symptoms arise. However, our greatest failure to</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> our</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > society is to ignore
the problem or say, "It couldn't happen to you,?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > you're</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > a..."</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > One failure that we do
have in the system is the IEP. It is?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > ridiculous. The</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > comments are vague,
generalized or in "teacher-speak" which h in the?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > end</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > means little to nothing
for the student. Instead of providing the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > appropriate guidelines
and adjustment which will help the student?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > perform at</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > their best or at
grade-level, they are often the new vehicle of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> social</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > promotion. I have not
seen an IEP which is focused on the terminal?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > learning</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > objectives that a high
school graduate is expected to meet, this is?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > one of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the areas we seem to
have failed in miserably.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > In my opinion,
over-diagnosing 1000 students is better than missing</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> one</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > student. It is
admirable that some famous people succeeded despite</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > adversity, but we don't
see the list of names of those who failed. It</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > can</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > give us hope, but not a
reason to avoid taking action. Also, no</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> stigma</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > being LD in school is
worse than the stigma of being an ex-con, which</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > it</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > looks like many of our
undiagnosed students are headed. Let's ere on?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > side of caution and use
all of the resources? that are available, so?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > that</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the young student can
realize their dreams and learn to cope with</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> their</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > problems and not lead a
life of characterized by failure, crime and?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > poverty.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > "John steps down off of
his soap box"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Everyone have a happy
day,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > John Warrior</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
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<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message: 2</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007
06:11:49 -0700</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From: "Muro, Andres"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject:
[PovertyRaceWomen 397] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?Issue 75</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To: "The Poverty, Race,
Women and Literacy Discussion List"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> , "The Poverty, Race,
Women and Literacy</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?Discussion List"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Message-ID:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> The left hemisphere is
associated with linear, systematic, temporal</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> thinking. The right
hemisphere is associated with holistic, atemporal</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> thinking.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Diagnosing right
hemisphere problems are harder because they are not</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> that obvious. For
examples, patients with damage to the right</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> hemisphere may be able to
read a poem, but they may have difficulty</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> understanding the poem.
The same holds for music or math. If these</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> subejcts are taught as
linear processes, then the right hemisphere is</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> not involved in these
processes. However, the right hemisphere can</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> grab a poem as a whole, a
piece of music or a math concept as a whole.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Chess is another activity
that can be very right brain. You can learn</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> chess linearly by
learning how each pieace move. However, the ability</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> to look at the entire
chess board and see patterns and understand</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> positions is a right
brain process.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> It is? still a mystery
how these things work.? Oliver Sacks has</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> studied patients with
different brain pathologies and it is facinating</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> the things that he found.
He pubished several books relating stories</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> of his patients and they
made a movie about him called "Awakenings".</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> His first book is called
"The man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat". and</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> it is fascinating reading</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> The other day there was
an autistic man being interviewed on TV, I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> think by Barbara Walters.
He is a math savant. He is one of those</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> people that you can say:
3,456,861 x 76= and he will give you the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> answer. He was explaining
that numbers for him are colors and that</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> colors represent feelings
and emotions. So, he can be very happy with</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> a given number and very
sad with another number. When he gets math</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> problems, he sees colors
and patterns. An interesting movie about</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> savants is called "Little
man Tate" with Jodi Foster.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Anyhows, I'll be going.
Bye,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Andres</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>>
________________________________</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> From:
povertyracewomen-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Andrea Wilder</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Sent: Thu 1/25/2007 1:51
PM</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> To: The Poverty,
Race,Women and Literacy Discussion List</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Subject:
[PovertyRaceWomen 395] Re: PovertyRaceWomen Digest, Vol 3,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Issue 75</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Andres--</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Thanks for writing, I
will save everything to go over later.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> A small fact which I
think is interesting--Novel (meaning irregular and</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> new) music is processed
in the right hemisphere, while? learned music</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> is processed in the left.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> Andrea</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> On Jan 25, 2007, at 12:53
PM, Muro, Andres wrote:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Andrea:</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > I am also kind of busy,
so I will be brief. Maybe I am off, since I</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> did</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > my Master's Thesis on
this subject in the 90s and the terminology may</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > have changed. I
understand aphasia as a broad category of disruptions</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > in</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the brain's ability to
process language</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > I will attempt a brief
explanation. Receptive aphasia known as</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Werneike's aphasia is a
disruption in the ability to make sense of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > sounds. So, a person
may not be able to produce intelligible</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > statements,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > but their speech will
likely be fluid. In Brocca's Aphasia, or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > expressive aphasia, the
person is able to understand oral language</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> but</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > there is a disruption
in the motor process to turn thought into</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> words.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Dyslexia is a
difficulty reading and it is connected to the brains</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > ability to process
words. This may manifest itself into two forms.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Visual and auditory
dyslexias. Images and pictographs (Chinese) are</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > processed in the
occipital lobe while alphabetic words are often</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > processed in the
wernieke's area of the brain. A short circuit</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> between</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > these two areas, or
between the eyes and the brain, or between the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> ears</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > and the brain may
result in different forms of dyslexia.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Agraphias and
Dysgraphias can be associated to either sensory or</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> motor</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > processes or receptive,
expressive dysgraphias. In receptive</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > dysgraphia,</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > sounds and pictographs
are not comprehended, so they cannot be</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > expressed</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > in print. In expressive
disgraphia, there is understanding and</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > comprehension of print,
but a short circuit may prevent the motor</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > function to allow the
hand to write down the word. An extreme form of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > expressive dysgraphia
would be paralysis. Person can read and</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > understand</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > but his/her hands will
not move.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Because the brain
circuitry crosses over at the neck and the right</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > brain</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > controls the left side
of the body and viceversa, there are very</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > interesting forms of
aphasias. To me, one of the most fascinating one</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > is</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > called alexia without
agraphia. In this instance, a person can write</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> a</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > word, but cannot read
it.</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> >?</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > Specifically, what
happens is that the person has words stored in the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > brain. The person can
write any of these words. However, if the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> person</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > tries to read the word,
he will not be able to store the image of the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > word in the brain in
order to be able to write it. However, if the</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > person hears a word,
since sounds are processed in a different area</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> of</smaller></fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller>> > the brain, the person
will be able to write the word down.</smaller></fontfamily>


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