Got my copy of SW 300+ pager!

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 20, 2011

Bob -
What a remarkable message - and what a remarkable person you are - skilled in ASL and Braille and chemistry and mathematics - very impressive indeed - A former professor from Gallaudet University? my goodness - how fascinating your life story would be - you need to write about all your experiences teaching Deaf students at Gallaudet, and then when the Deaf President Now movement occurred, how it changed your life - and working with Braille - I am amazed truly - 

By the way, Adam is an interpreter for the Deaf-Blind as well ....

I wept at the story of Eve Carson - I did not know about her story - what a tragedy - and how beautiful she was and so brilliant - I read about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Eve_Carson

She has just touched my life, and I will always remember her now -

Thank you for being on our SignWriting List, Bob - 

Val ;-)

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On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Bob Gotwals wrote:

> I teach in a specialized high school for nerd science and math kids.  I taught at Gallaudet until DPN, and the faculty made it VERY uncomfortable for hearing people (yes, even ones like me that were near-native fluent in ASL).  I moved to teach in another specialized high school just outside of DC, now in NC, continuing my work with academically gifted kids.
> 
> I've also been a Braille transcriber and teacher for many MANY years, starting when I was 7.  Still doing SOME Braille, but, like ASL, there isn't much call for either in a geek high school like mine.
> 
> I have occasion to teach ASL on campus, mostly as an enrichment activity.  We had a deaf kid last year, now at NTID, and I taught him ASL so he could transition to NTID more smoothly.
> 
> Eve Carson, by the way, was the student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, who as abducted from her home late at night, taken out, and killed execution-style.  Her death still haunts many of us who live in the area.
> 
> On 9/20/11 1:18 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>> SignWriting List
>> September 20,2011
>> 
>> Hello Bob!
>> What impressive books you have written...
>> 
>> I found your web page:
>> 
>> Robert Gotwals, Chemistry, NCSSM
>> http://www.ncssm.edu/scholar/gotwals/classes/introduction-medicinal-chemistry
>> 
>> I am happy to get to know more about your teaching and publishing. I am not a medicinal chemist (smile) nor a student of theoretical chemistry, but I can imagine your books are needed for your students and for teachers, and I bet they were a big job to write...
>> 
>> I also like the statements you have at the bottom of your email...the first one by Eve Carson especially hits home for me - finding the joy in life means so much -
>> 
>> Do you have Deaf students, or ASL signing students? I would assume so...
>> 
>> Val ;-)
>> 
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>> On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Bob Gotwals wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9/20/11 12:04 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
>>>> And I am interested in your book, Bob. Can you tell us more about it. What is its title? I would like to buy a copy too...
>>>> 
>>>> Val ;-)
>>>> 
>>> LOL!  You won't like ANY of MY books!
>>> 
>>> 1.  A Student Guide to Computational Quantum Chemistry
>>> 2.  A Student Guide to Computational Mouse Genomics
>>> 3.  Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry for High School Students
>>> 
>>> I'm a theoretical chemist......   :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Robert Gotwals, Chemistry Educator
>>> gotwals at ncssm.edu
>>> The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
>>> 1219 Broad Street
>>> (919) 416-2774
>>> --
>>> “Learn from every single being, experience, and moment. What joy it is to search for lessons and goodness and enthusiasm in others.”
>>> 						Eve Carson (1985-2008)
>>> --
>>> “You can find the key to success under the alarm clock.”
>>> 						Ben Franklin
>>> --
>>> "We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers.  I do not fear computers.  I fear the lack of them."
>>> 						Issac Asimov
>>> --
>>> "He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being."                        							Paul Tillich
>>> 
> 
> -- 
> Robert Gotwals, Chemistry Educator
> gotwals at ncssm.edu
> The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
> 1219 Broad Street
> (919) 416-2774
> --
> “Learn from every single being, experience, and moment. What joy it is to search for lessons and goodness and enthusiasm in others.”
> 						Eve Carson (1985-2008)
> --
> “You can find the key to success under the alarm clock.”
> 						Ben Franklin
> --
> "We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers.  I do not fear computers.  I fear the lack of them."
> 						Issac Asimov
> --
> "He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being."                        							Paul Tillich
>