Got my copy of SW 300+ pager!

[Bob Gotwals]

thanks, it certainly HAS been an adventure...but not sure the whole list 
wants to hear it.

My first experience with sign was with a deaf-blind girl that I had been 
hired to teach Braille.  I didn't know any sign, had to learn some to 
teach her Braille, ended up on the faculty at NTID and Gallaudet.  Life 
bounces funny sometimes.

You don't want to ask me about DPN....while I'm pleased that the Deaf 
community got the recognition it deserves, the "understory" to that 
event is less appealing.  It led to Gallaudet losing or ALMOST losing 
its accreditation, IMHO, and I think set the stage for the challenges 
they have faced over the (recent) years.  Thank GOODNESS that Alan 
Hurwitz left NTID (their loss) to take over the president's office at 
Gally, otherwise it's not hard to imagine what would have happened there.



On 9/20/11 3:07 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:
> 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 ;-)
>
> ----------
>
>
> 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 ;-)
>>>
>>> --------
>>>
>>> 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
>>

-- 
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