Howard, I agree with you.  For many years, I have been telling educators
that everyone, including blind persons, have the right to try, succeed, and
fail.  If we are denied the right to fail, than we are not being challenged
on an equal framework.  Over the last 25 years, I have seen personal
responsibility go out the window.  I had to assume the task of accessing
books and materials that I needed to acomplish my work, now, its the
college's game.  If a book is not provided in the perfect format, if the
reader has an accent, if the light is too dim or bright, than how can a
student do well.  When I went to college, I assumed responsibility.  If I
didd not turn in a paper, I had no excuse, because it was my task for which
I must plan.Bob Tinney, [log in to unmask], K8LR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: University and College


Hi Mary.  We have a number of major problems.  The first is people who are
unwilling to let us fail.  The real world doesn't provide human note
takers, people to get our books, take us through cafateria lines or wipe
our butts.  Higher education is supposed to prepare people for adult hood.
That means being responsible for their own successes and failures.  We
diserve the same right to succeed and fail based on our abilities and
nothing else.

Howard