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Valerie Sutton Date: Sun Mar 19, 2000 4:21 pm Subject: Re: SW Video Transcription Course Online | |
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On 3/19/00, Stefan Woehrmann wrote: "Yes - great idea ! On the other hand! I canīt imagine that all your other Deaf friends - skilled in SW - shouldnīt be able, motivated, inerested .. I mean - isnīt it possible to ask some of them to assist in basic teaching? There is a big need to make the beginners in all these new countries confident and strong during the starting phase. They should become as competent as possible to create their own materials, answer questions of new beginners , help with beginner questions and so forth. Therefore maybe the idea of this "buddy" system . Kind of personal partner - one to one. As soon as Germany gets awake with SW there will be a lot of work for me - But at first I need to be more and more experienced. Iīm working with SW almost 4 hours each day! Iīm writing lots of words for my dictionary - and from time to time I hesitate and would like to get your feedback . But I noticed that you are so much under pressure that I hold back as long as possible to ask the next single question! Stefan " SignWriting List March 19, 2000 Above is an excerpt from a recent private email message from Stefan in Germany. Stefan agreed that I could post it to the List...I want to respond publicly so you all understand something... I am offering the new "SW Video Transcription Course Online" as the "buddy system" that Stefan mentions above. There seems to be two misunderstandings from people who have not met me, or who have not seen me in recent years: ~~~~~~~~ 1. Misunderstanding One: Valerie has a staff of Deaf people called the DAC, who work daily on SignWriting. 1. Reality One: Not true! I work alone in my home, and run everything myself - I fulfill all orders, all web postings, all printing and so forth. I have not seen our DAC members for months...some of them, for years. So then who are the DAC members? Back several years ago, we did have paid DAC staff members who did work with me, but not in recent years. I care about them, and consider them my dear friends, and they are still DAC members in my heart. I hope someday to start working with them again ;-) Why not now? Because all funding is going to software development, which is extremely costly. ~~~~~~~~ 2. Misunderstanding Two: People in the USA are more skilled with SignWriting than other countries, since Valerie lives and works in the USA. 2. Reality Two: Absolutely NOT true! The USA is behind other countries. If I were not donating materials to the schools in the USA, there would be no school using SignWriting right now in my own country. Of course there are always individuals who learn it, and I know there are hundreds in the USA who have...but they are not in contact with me...I have never met most of them and do not know them....so I cannot turn to them to teach anyone! Perhaps as the Deaf children in Albuquerque, New Mexico, grow up learning SignWriting...maybe they can become teachers someday...but right now I have no buddy system to offer...except for the SignWriting List! ~~~~~~~~ So I hope you will consider the new "SW Video Transcription Course Online" as the "buddy system" you mention above...perhaps in time, you can create your own network of SignWriting users... Val ;-) ----------------------------- Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org SignWriting List Archives: https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l SignWriting List Help web page address coming soon ;-) |
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