[4493] in Athena User Interface
Re: Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richie)
Sun Oct 16 11:28:53 2005
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:25:43 -0700
From: "Richie" <BetsybiennialA2yAb@clubvdo.net>
Message-ID: <64707.37xc.eu37d.jd7QRFBJ44@konx.com>
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<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I wanted to let you know I finally tried out that Degree program I was
telling you about and it really works!</p>
<p>I got my BA in less then 2 weeks with No Study Required and
1_0_0_% Verifiable! I couldn't believe it either when I first heard about it but i gave it a shot and,
in the passed month my life has changed completely!<br><br>
I have businesses who would of never gave me a chance before, calling me
off the hook trying to get me to come work for them. I never knew having a
degree could be so easy and life altering. I would of done this years ago!<br><br> Anyways i gotta
run, here is their phone # again 1-2.0.6-202-4492 and the degrees they offer
BA BSc MA MSc MBA PhD just
leave a brief msg and they will get back to you a.s.a.p.<br>
<br>
Let everyone know I'm doing ok and tell the family I said hi.<br>
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See you later,<br>
Richie
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<br>Then came THE PARENT. (Now, you need to know, I love the parents of the children I teach.) This parent arrived on the scene with her son who had Down?s Syndrome. She wanted a piece of software with REAL photos, one on each screen with the word in text and the word spoken aloud. I looked at her and thought to myself, ?B-O-R-I-N-G. The child will NEVER respond to that.?.
<br>i need to get a pedicure. my feet smell and itch.
<br>Doesn't Kate's granddaughter miss shaving for a few months?.
<br>Were those science teachers missing walking a few days ago?.
<br>i am terribly hungry, do you want to get some food later on?.
<br>Many bartenders like driving every other day..
<br>I have just practiced talking..
<br>Many bartenders like driving every other day..
<br>Did Roy love working on the top of the mountain?.
<br>Did those students miss eating last winter?.
<br>i need to get my nails manicured.
<br>This program is not intended as a miracle program. It is meant to be a bridge--the bridge from real objects to 2-dimensional photos. It is meant to allow the students to hear the words repeatedly and then in context. It is meant to help start the students talking. This program is not the finished end product, it is a tool. You, the teacher, parent or therapist, are the best communicators. When your student or child looks at you as if to say please Teach Me To Talk use this program as part of the process..
<br>Then came THE PARENT. (Now, you need to know, I love the parents of the children I teach.) This parent arrived on the scene with her son who had Down?s Syndrome. She wanted a piece of software with REAL photos, one on each screen with the word in text and the word spoken aloud. I looked at her and thought to myself, ?B-O-R-I-N-G. The child will NEVER respond to that.?.
<br>Then came THE PARENT. (Now, you need to know, I love the parents of the children I teach.) This parent arrived on the scene with her son who had Down?s Syndrome. She wanted a piece of software with REAL photos, one on each screen with the word in text and the word spoken aloud. I looked at her and thought to myself, ?B-O-R-I-N-G. The child will NEVER respond to that.?.
<br>Mr. Hanson isn't practicing working..
<br>But this is where you come in: Between now and November, you, the American people, you can reject the tired, old, hateful, negative politics of the past. And instead you can embrace the politics of hope, the politics of what's possible because this is America, where everything is possible..
<br>Don't you frequently dislike shaving?.
<br>AUDIENCE: Yes..
<br>Did those news announcers dislike jumping?.
<br>Joseph doesn't dislike praying carelessly..
<br>Doesn't Sarah remember shouting slowly?.
<br>That pilot is missing surfing..
<br>Then I started 'teaching'. You know, I'm a good teacher. (Well, maybe just an average teacher, but you get the jist). I know what good teachers do. Or I thought I did. I sat with the children at the computer. When they pressed the IntelliKeys' keyboard or the Touch Window' and the computer said the word, I repeated the word and then expanded on the word. After they had pressed the same word several times, I said, "That's right, that's a cat, can you find the dog?? Suddenly, I would see the child's back get stiff, and before you knew it, he got up and left the computer. I didn't understand. Just a few seconds ago, he loved it. What happened?.
<br>The librarians don't remember skiing for more than an hour..
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