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Valerie Sutton Date: Fri Jul 27, 2001 2:22 pm Subject: Re: Keeping in touch - Brazil | |
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SignWriting List July 27, 2001 Hello Cris in Brazil! Nice to hear from you again. I hope you enjoy your new job. I am glad you will continue to use SignWriting. Your questions about writing signs are very welcome, doubts and all. So go right ahead and ask more questions when you need to....your questions are good ones! You said that you were once a "skeptic" about SignWriting, but now you use it... It is no different with your new boss. He has a right to his "time of skepticism", but then, just like you, he may start to see the value of writing signs, if he sees you and others benefiting from it. Your photo was great....I feel like I know you now, and I am happy to meet you, Cris! Val ;-) ------------------------- Cristina from Brazil wrote: >After a long break here I am. I'm Cris from Brazil and now I don't >work for the SignNet Project anymore. The Project will finish in >October and I've received a job offer as sign language interpreter >and was obliged to quit, unfortunately. But I will go on as an >'amateur researcher' in sign writing. I still remember that when I >began last year in the project I knew almost nothing about sign >writing, I was even a sceptic, cause I didn't know what was it about >anyway. Studying, researching, learning, getting able to 'sign >write' texts and teaching I realised how important and necessary it >is to the deaf community. So...you'll keep receiving my questions >and doubts...poor you...*smile* >Now I work in adult deaf education classes and one day I've >presented sign writing to them. They got astonished and marvelled! >Unfortunately the responsible for those classes, a famous researcher >in deafness here, has gave his oppinion that SW worths >nothing...sad, very sad, cause even only a try he has denied to us. >Everything that doesn't match with his oppinion or that he doesn't >understand yet has no value for him..you see... >Well, but I'll keep in touch with you and with my dearest deaf >ex-colleagues from the museum. >Sucess and...please, don't take seriously my expression in that pic >with Charles, I've just eaten too much *LOL* >Cris |
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