Hi Jimmy,
I definitely agree that this would be a very good topic for our check in call.
I really appreciate everyone?s comments on the presentation. By the way, I was one of the folks they talked to, and videoed. I did so only because our Executive Director asked that I do so. It was fine, but I am a bit gun shy around these folks, past experience has taught me to be very wary of their underlying intent.
So, Here is my thoughts on the presentation:
An airliner and a Greyhound bus have several similarities of purpose, and also share some similar characteristics, such as both are for the purpose of transporting passengers over long distances. Also, each of them have components such as rows of seats, wheels and tires, ventilation systems, at least one engine, an instrument panel, a means of control, and require somebody to control the vehicle. Nonetheless, no matter what you might add on to a Greyhound bus, you can?t make an airliner out of a Greyhound bus.
I felt as though they truly want to find a way to make it possible for blind and low vision individuals to become COMS instructors, but at the same time they don?t seem able to grasp the simple fact that the sun doesn?t revolve around the Earth. A paradigm shift would come at a very heavy price for the Conventional school of thought, and I don?t think they are able to grasp that their model cannot be modified to meet the demands of truly equal access for blind instructors, and that bolting on a few non-visual monitoring techniques is going to solve the problems they are running into.
By the way, I mentioned to them several times that if they want to understand how all this works, they need to talk with the experts at the PDRIB. I haven?t heard where that has happened. I also suggested that they might simply want to send their blind and low vison students to Louisiana Tech, and have them get their training there.
Well, all of that aside, they are very nice people, I think they are well meaning, and perhaps their efforts will have a positive impact in another generation or two.
Jeff
From: NOMC <nomc-bounces at lists.nbpcb.org> On Behalf Of Jimmy Morris
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I do agree with a lot of this. I think this may be a great topic for us to discuss at our check-in meeting with everyone on October 16th . How does this sound to everyone?
Jimmie Morris
On Sep 20, 2023, at 3:40 PM, jackson.dezman at gmail.com