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SignWriting List September 20, 2011 Bob - What a remarkable message - and what a remarkable person you are - skilled in ASL and Braille and chemistry and mathematics - very impressive indeed - A former professor from Gallaudet University? my goodness - how fascinating your life story would be - you need to write about all your experiences teaching Deaf students at Gallaudet, and then when the Deaf President Now movement occurred, how it changed your life - and working with Braille - I am amazed truly - By the way, Adam is an interpreter for the Deaf-Blind as well .... I wept at the story of Eve Carson - I did not know about her story - what a tragedy - and how beautiful she was and so brilliant - I read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Eve_Carson She has just touched my life, and I will always remember her now - Thank you for being on our SignWriting List, Bob - Val ;-) ---------- On Sep 20, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Bob Gotwals wrote: > I teach in a specialized high school for nerd science and math kids. I taught at Gallaudet until DPN, and the faculty made it VERY uncomfortable for hearing people (yes, even ones like me that were near-native fluent in ASL). I moved to teach in another specialized high school just outside of DC, now in NC, continuing my work with academically gifted kids. > > I've also been a Braille transcriber and teacher for many MANY years, starting when I was 7. Still doing SOME Braille, but, like ASL, there isn't much call for either in a geek high school like mine. > > I have occasion to teach ASL on campus, mostly as an enrichment activity. We had a deaf kid last year, now at NTID, and I taught him ASL so he could transition to NTID more smoothly. > > Eve Carson, by the way, was the student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, who as abducted from her home late at night, taken out, and killed execution-style. Her death still haunts many of us who live in the area. > > On 9/20/11 1:18 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote: >> SignWriting List >> September 20,2011 >> >> Hello Bob! >> What impressive books you have written... >> >> I found your web page: >> >> Robert Gotwals, Chemistry, NCSSM >> http://www.ncssm.edu/scholar/gotwals/classes/introduction-medicinal-chemistry >> >> I am happy to get to know more about your teaching and publishing. I am not a medicinal chemist (smile) nor a student of theoretical chemistry, but I can imagine your books are needed for your students and for teachers, and I bet they were a big job to write... >> >> I also like the statements you have at the bottom of your email...the first one by Eve Carson especially hits home for me - finding the joy in life means so much - >> >> Do you have Deaf students, or ASL signing students? I would assume so... >> >> Val ;-) >> >> -------- >> >> On Sep 20, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Bob Gotwals wrote: >> >>> On 9/20/11 12:04 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote: >>>> And I am interested in your book, Bob. Can you tell us more about it. What is its title? I would like to buy a copy too... >>>> >>>> Val ;-) >>>> >>> LOL! You won't like ANY of MY books! >>> >>> 1. A Student Guide to Computational Quantum Chemistry >>> 2. A Student Guide to Computational Mouse Genomics >>> 3. Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry for High School Students >>> >>> I'm a theoretical chemist...... :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Gotwals, Chemistry Educator >>> [log in to unmask] >>> The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics >>> 1219 Broad Street >>> (919) 416-2774 >>> -- >>> “Learn from every single being, experience, and moment. What joy it is to search for lessons and goodness and enthusiasm in others.” >>> Eve Carson (1985-2008) >>> -- >>> “You can find the key to success under the alarm clock.” >>> Ben Franklin >>> -- >>> "We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." >>> Issac Asimov >>> -- >>> "He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being." Paul Tillich >>> > > -- > Robert Gotwals, Chemistry Educator > [log in to unmask] > The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics > 1219 Broad Street > (919) 416-2774 > -- > “Learn from every single being, experience, and moment. What joy it is to search for lessons and goodness and enthusiasm in others.” > Eve Carson (1985-2008) > -- > “You can find the key to success under the alarm clock.” > Ben Franklin > -- > "We are reaching the stage where the problems we must solve are going to become insoluble without computers. I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." > Issac Asimov > -- > "He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being." Paul Tillich >