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To be able to read is a wonderful thing, an achievement of the mind that is fascinating in and of itself. To enjoy reading is a separate gift in itself, and one I'm grateful is in my life. Reading takes you to whole new worlds, lets you see through others' eyes, and experience lives and stories as if you were there. Great stories are friends -- they're loved, hated, treasured, respected, disrespected... you name it. So many stories to tell, and with reading you can access them all in such a beautiful way. YAY READING
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Yoinked from thilia and em-rose483 on Livejournal because they and this meme are all very awesome. This was really enjoyable to do!
1. Favorite childhood book?
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I read it over and over and over...
2. What are you reading right now?
The Canon: A Whirlgig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier. It's what it says -- science writing -- written very well, very interesting, and very accessibly. :)
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1. Favorite childhood book?
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I read it over and over and over...
2. What are you reading right now?
The Canon: A Whirlgig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier. It's what it says -- science writing -- written very well, very interesting, and very accessibly. :)
( Read more... )
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I love reading books written by people with disabilities and impairments because it offers insight you just can't get anywhere else. It shows the challenges people face, even for the most basic things that we take for granted like holding a spoon, blinking, getting into buildings, and saying your own name when introducing yourself.
Reading these books helps me connect with the people, because the people are who matter. They may have cerebral palsy or brain injury, but they're first and foremost a person with a story. They are a person, a human; they have unique strengths and weaknesses like we all do. Theirs are just a heck of a lot harder in different kinds of ways.
Reading about these personal accounts helps me learn how to better help people with disabilities. I'm going to be a speech-language pathologist within a year (only one more year till I graduate -- yes!!!) and I will work with many of these unique people. I'm an speech-language pathologist intern at a small hospital right now and it's the most amazing experience ever. I can't believe this is my career. I love it so much. How can I get so much joy from going to work and doing a job, and not even getting paid for it (not yet at least)? I'm so happy!
Ok, excuse me for that happy outburst. I had a wonderful day at the internship today. Anyway, underneath the cut, I list and post links to such books I've read and talk about them a little. :)
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Reading these books helps me connect with the people, because the people are who matter. They may have cerebral palsy or brain injury, but they're first and foremost a person with a story. They are a person, a human; they have unique strengths and weaknesses like we all do. Theirs are just a heck of a lot harder in different kinds of ways.
Reading about these personal accounts helps me learn how to better help people with disabilities. I'm going to be a speech-language pathologist within a year (only one more year till I graduate -- yes!!!) and I will work with many of these unique people. I'm an speech-language pathologist intern at a small hospital right now and it's the most amazing experience ever. I can't believe this is my career. I love it so much. How can I get so much joy from going to work and doing a job, and not even getting paid for it (not yet at least)? I'm so happy!
Ok, excuse me for that happy outburst. I had a wonderful day at the internship today. Anyway, underneath the cut, I list and post links to such books I've read and talk about them a little. :)
( Read more... )
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Comment to this post saying "FIVE!" and I will pick five things I would like you to talk about. They might make sense or be totally random.
Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself, hopefully for the rest of eternity!
Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kseenaa and previous lj users for sharing this, and for asking me my five questions! Let's merrily perpetuate this! It's a fun one. :) kseenaa asked me about the future, fandoms, books, comics, and music.
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Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself, hopefully for the rest of eternity!
Thanks to
kseenaa and previous lj users for sharing this, and for asking me my five questions! Let's merrily perpetuate this! It's a fun one. :) kseenaa asked me about the future, fandoms, books, comics, and music.( Read more... )
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Inspired by Kseenaa, when she read Ronia, The Robber's Daughter in Swedish and English!
I only read a page or two of each book. I chose the part where Harry talks to the boa constrictor at the zoo. It took me significantly longer to read it in Spanish cuz I kept messing up! It's cool how I said the same lines but with different inflection unique to whatever language I was reading in.
Listen to it here! Escuchen aqui!
I only read a page or two of each book. I chose the part where Harry talks to the boa constrictor at the zoo. It took me significantly longer to read it in Spanish cuz I kept messing up! It's cool how I said the same lines but with different inflection unique to whatever language I was reading in.
Listen to it here! Escuchen aqui!
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"Through the verdant plains of North Umbria walked Waylon Ogglethorpe and, as he walked, the clouds whispered his name, the birds of the air sang his praises, and the beasts of the fields from smallest to greatest said, "There goes the most noble among men" -- in other words, a typical stroll for a schizophrenic ventriloquist with delusions of grandeur."
Tom Wallace
Columbia, SC
Man, these are so funny!
Tom Wallace
Columbia, SC
Man, these are so funny!
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Completely redone. Completely analyzed as commentaries on the human state. Still funny.
Madeline
Curious George
Madeline
Curious George
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How do you formulate language in your mind without symbolic representation? What if you're blind?
For me this is unthinkable, I "see" words in my head all the time, even as people are speaking real time to me, I am seeing what they say.
Braille is fading out of use, and blind people don't understand the rules of language related to structure and writing it. Of course the meaning and message are what matters, but how do you live basically illiterate? Cognitively, how does your brain develop without any structure, only talking and listening? It has a huge role in cognition, in organizing the world, giving structure and sequence. People who can read think differently from those who can't, and it's even more different for the blind.
The phrase "listening is not literacy" to me strikes two different tones. I am for it and against it. It is true it isn't literacy. So much structure and organizational opportunities are lost. You don't know the difference between a train and to train unless context is there, and that you've learned through experience which is witch. If a blind person learned braille, the differences between words that sound alike would be more tangible; literally, more tangible to their fingers and more easy to represent in their heads.
But the meaning is still there. The article uses the example that there are "children who don’t know ... that “happily ever after” is made up of three separate words." Who cares? The meaning is the same and we treat happily ever after as one unit anyway, like one word. And they lived happilyeverafter.
In the end, this is a very thought provoking subject for me and I've love to get my fingers in this, what fun it would be to research stuff like this! The full article is here. Another interesting one about typical and atypical motor skill development and the role in schools is here, and one on touches as powerful nonverbal language is here.
For me this is unthinkable, I "see" words in my head all the time, even as people are speaking real time to me, I am seeing what they say.
Braille is fading out of use, and blind people don't understand the rules of language related to structure and writing it. Of course the meaning and message are what matters, but how do you live basically illiterate? Cognitively, how does your brain develop without any structure, only talking and listening? It has a huge role in cognition, in organizing the world, giving structure and sequence. People who can read think differently from those who can't, and it's even more different for the blind.
The phrase "listening is not literacy" to me strikes two different tones. I am for it and against it. It is true it isn't literacy. So much structure and organizational opportunities are lost. You don't know the difference between a train and to train unless context is there, and that you've learned through experience which is witch. If a blind person learned braille, the differences between words that sound alike would be more tangible; literally, more tangible to their fingers and more easy to represent in their heads.
But the meaning is still there. The article uses the example that there are "children who don’t know ... that “happily ever after” is made up of three separate words." Who cares? The meaning is the same and we treat happily ever after as one unit anyway, like one word. And they lived happilyeverafter.
In the end, this is a very thought provoking subject for me and I've love to get my fingers in this, what fun it would be to research stuff like this! The full article is here. Another interesting one about typical and atypical motor skill development and the role in schools is here, and one on touches as powerful nonverbal language is here.
This site takes screencaps of television and finds snippets from literature to caption them. They are clever and at times touching.
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“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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“You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.”
— Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed
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“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.”
— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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“You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.”
— Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed
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