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From:
Stefan Woehrmann Date: Sat Jul 8, 2000 9:08 am Subject: Re: rotation symbols and directions | |
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Dear Jerry, hi Valerie and listmembers, just a short comment. I experience so much support from your comments - I just want to express my gratitude. What helps a lot is this friendly and acceptive atmosphere. Imagining all of us gathering in a classroom. All of us coming for the same reason - to learn more about this wonderfull movement - writing - system it is for sure that the one or other could get nervous or doesnīt understand why some of the questions are asked again and again. Big compliment to us - that we arenīt afraid to keep asking - because this is a demonstration of our willingness to use SW as a tool for writing messages ... Itīs also a demonstration of our hopes that we are confident that SW is a tool that will allow us to explain movements in a sufficiently exact matter - without overwhelming numbers of single elements ! Big compliment to YOU Valerie - never getting angry at anybody or tired if again your explanation, demonstration didnīt made the big change in the learning process of us. Sometimes I reflect my own teacher behavior - if a student is unable - simply unable- to understand such an obvious, simple, uncomplicated .... issue . Iīm close to exploding. Then I try to find Irina as co-teacher or someone else.The one who had the hardest job to understand - performs as the best instructor for the next learner. I watch him /her . How does he/she start her explanations. What are the differences. What does she want to agree upon first as a common bases . What are the tiny little steps he/she asks the learner to understand... So if we add our questions - the others and the teacher gets the chance to start all over again. I donīt feel bothered at all to discuss special SW sign for quite a long time ! Itīs not the same with discussing ASL -spellings. Thatīs not interesting because that is not a question of SW in the first place. Nevertheless I want to express my feelings of gratitude for this so supportiv atmosphere within our group and I am convinced that it is YOU Val erie who are performing as a wonderfull role-model in this aspect as well ! Have a wonderfull day everybody. SW is great - but to analyze the single elements may take some time ;-) Stefan ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry Spillman To: Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:24 AM Subject: Re: rotation symbols and directions > Dear Valerie, Stefan and all the list, > > Thank You, Valerie for those nice illustrations. I now think I > understand. What threw me off some time ago was the little curve in the > arrows. It has to do with training I have to unlearn about taking > fingerprints and rotation of the little finger and thumb. > Semi-photographic memory can really mess one up sometimes, as in this > case. But we will make it, with your help. Stefan and Ingvild, thanks > for your questions, as those answers have helped me, too! > > Jerry. > |
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