Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman) (05/17/91)
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BK> I'm wondering if you or anyone else reading this has any thoughts on
BK> whether or not blind people should train other blind folks in cane
BK> usage. I am definitely a proponant of this. Sure there are risks, but
BK> when you see what the history of sighted parapetologists is, surely the
BK> blind can do at least that well.
I can think of very few situations anywhere in life where someone who doesn't
have a particular skill would do a better job of teaching it than someone who
uses that skill every day. For example, at our most highly regarded media
school here in Chicago (Columbia College), all the faculty members work in
the field they're teaching. If someone is taking a class in TV directing,
the instructor is going to be someone who regularly directs TV shows for one
of the major network stations here. I don't see why the teaching of
adaptive skills should be any different. "Those who do, do; those who
can't, teach" is rapidly disappearing.
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