Val - go and rest!

Frank Byrom frankbyrom at ISP.COM
Fri Jan 19 19:15:21 UTC 2007


Dear Valerie,
     You have my best wishes for your complete and rapid recovery,
     Love, Frank Byrom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>
To: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [sw-l] Val - go and rest!


> SignWriting List
> January 19, 2007
> 
> Hello SW List members!
> Thank you for your well wishes - and I am fine. Yesterday I found a  
> new doctor who knows about my rare issues, and all is well...I am in  
> good hands! And yes, I am resting...
> 
> I wish I could answer all your questions immediately...but in time  
> they will come...
> 
> Here are some thoughts...
> 
> 1. THANK YOU, Cherie and others, for writing literature using  
> SignText...I hope more people will give you feedback on your writing,  
> which I always enjoy reading!
> 
> I hope we can publish a Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes in ASL this  
> year...I really like the Itsy Bitsy Spider...is that a Mother Goose  
> Rhyme?
> 
> 
> 2. Nancy Romero just completed two complete chapters of the Bible in  
> ASL using SignText...She sends me her SignText documents through  
> email, just as Cherie does to the List, and then I store them for  
> editing later...So we will have the complete John Chapter 1 and 14 in  
> ASL published this year (after it is edited of course)...
> 
> 
> 3. Dr. Cecilia Flood will be attending the linguistic conference in  
> La Jolla in March and the SW workshop on April 1st here, and her full  
> dissertation will be available for download in our PDF Archive in  
> 2007...
> 
> 
> 4. Blinking eyes...that is a good point Stuart ...take a look at this  
> web page:
> 
> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/146%20Facial- 
> Expressions.html
> 
> scroll down...
> 
> see Eyes Squeezed Tightly Together...
> 
> that combined with open eyes...or just that alone...would be enough  
> for us to know what you mean because it assumes you will open the  
> eyes sooner or later! So we could use the Tension symbol in the eye  
> area to mean blinking if you want...
> 
> 
> 
> 5. All your homework assignments are now posted on the web - I still  
> have to post all of mine but my first page is there too...go to:
> 
> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/cursive/handwriting/
> 
> Scroll down to the bottom of the page ;-)
> 
> This is my message for today!
> 
> Have a wonderful day everyone -
> 
> Val ;-)
> 
> ------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 19, 2007, at 3:45 AM, Kimberley Shaw wrote:
> 
>> Amen, amen!
>> - Kim from Boston
>>
>> On 1/18/07, Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa  
>> <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Val,
>>>
>>> it is important for you to rest and recover from that nasty fever.
>>>
>>> we will pray that you will get better very fast and that you will be
>>> back with us very soon.
>>>
>>> Shane x
>>>
>>> On 17/01/07, Valerie Sutton <signwriting at mac.com> wrote:
>>> > SignWriting List
>>> > January 17, 2007
>>> >
>>> > I am ill in bed with a fever, everyone. And I cannot work...I am so
>>> > sorry ....I am going to a group of doctors today, and I do not plan
>>> > to work for at least a week...
>>> >
>>> > In that message I was trying to explain that I couldn't continue at
>>> > the work pace I had set for myself...Kim seemed to understand
>>> > it...but I guess I didn't explain myself well for others. Nor did I
>>> > understand that I was really that ill...So there have been a lot of
>>> > misunderstandings as to what I was trying to tell you...I do not  
>>> have
>>> > the next lesson even developed...I had hoped to develop it while I
>>> > was giving the students feedback....then I became ill and things  
>>> got
>>> > overwhelming for me...so as soon as the fever goes down and I can
>>> > work again I will try to work on that...No promises as to when.
>>> >
>>> > I am glad no one paid me to teach this course, or I would have to
>>> > return your money...and just the administration of that would have
>>> > been overwhelming too!
>>> >
>>> > I will write to Juliette privately about schools using
>>> > SignWriting...I hope someone else will write Juliette too?
>>> > july.tigre at free.fr
>>> >
>>> > After that, I am turning off my computer...Have a wonderful week
>>> > everyone!
>>> >
>>> > And I hope you continue to write to each other here on the
>>> > List...thanks to Stefan, you will have a PDF document with  
>>> photos and
>>> > contact information...plus please use the SignWriting List as an
>>> > excellent forum to write handwriting to each other! The List is  
>>> here
>>> > for you to use with or without me...
>>> >
>>> > And best of luck with teaching SignWriting, Cherie, to your
>>> > students...I look forward to hearing more about that later!
>>> >
>>> > Val ;-)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:30 AM, Cherie Wren wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > I agree 100%! detailed diagnostic feedback to each student  
>>> would be
>>> > > over and above what is required.  Perhaps at most a general  
>>> "grade"
>>> > > and a short "focus on how you draw the handshapes" type feedback.
>>> > > But detailed feedback without any more lessons teaches a lot  
>>> less,
>>> > > I feel, than the other way around.  Just my feeling...
>>> > >
>>> > > cherie
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
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