Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j81NArG03742; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:10:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 19:10:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <410-22005941237925@ix.netcom.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Michele Anne Craig" <shellcraig@ix.netcom.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:1474] "Expert" ABE students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2005.1.57.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 1083 Lines: 24 One area of expertise I have seen among my ABE students is an aptitude for mechanical things and how machinery is put together. At any given time I have one student who works as a deisel mechanic or fixes farm machinery or works in fabrication. They are definitely experts at this and make a lot of money for this expertise. We live in an agricultural area where these jobs are common. Another expertise is long-haul truck driving for this area. I also have a friend who would be considered an ABE student (she can't read very well) who is an expert knitter. Because she cannot read the knitting patterns, she has learned to knit from watching others and making it up as she goes along. Again, this is an expertise I wish I had. I think that many people with reading problems have to compensate by learning with their hands and bodies rather than with their visual processing system. I would venture that you might also find excellent athletes, dancers, and others who use their bodies to make a living, who have learning disabilities. Michele Craig Woodland Adult School
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