Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h92IlNV01189; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:47:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 14:47:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000001c38915$e3591310$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2726] RE: Adult literacy and domestic violence, X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 25 Andrea, I add my thanks to others. It's interesting that you find it so difficult to share this, and that people react the way they do. I prefer to share things in my life openly, but there are some things that are much more difficult to tell, at least in some contexts. I have a student in my class right now who can barely tell anyone of her husband's violence toward her, even when she shows up in class with bruises. A too-familiar story. I wonder what is going on with her -- whether this is a matter of not seeing herself as important, taking her husband's problems more seriously than her own, fear that without him she might not survive economically, etc., or whether that fear of how others may react may also color some of this. Thanks for sharing your perspective on violence, and the depth of its impact on you and your life. It is definitely food for thought. ------- Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Program Managaer Family Literacy Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA
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