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From: Margo.Downey@f60.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Margo Downey)
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Subject: Re: Reading Rates
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Date: 21 Jun 91 19:10:09 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Your public school experiences sound exactly like mine.  Before first grade,
my mother learned Braille and taught it to me.  I went to a private
Presbyterian school in kindergarten and first grade because of the birthday
rule--have to be 6 by a certain time or you can't start school)--and the
first-grade teacher learned Braille.  In public school, we learned typing in
third grade, also.  And this was before 93-142 and 504 and whatever.  This was
just when mainstreaming was sort of beginning to happen in Texas.  I am glad
when teachers recognize that Braille is important, when parents realize
Braille is importnat, and everyone imparts that to the child.

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