Re: I need to rant at you about your behavior in mainstream communities
I'm still unclear about what exactly caused the original rant in the first place, and it appears as though we're never going to get the actual facts of what occurred from the original poster. What I will say is this. To me, it seems that a large part of the problem is the education system. Let's just be honest. In this country, education has sharply declined in value and in quality over the last 30 years or so, and if you need any evidence to support that claim, look at how many blind people can't spell basic words after graduating high school, or get their subjects and verbs to agree to put together a decent sentence. And I'm not talking about those who are ESL. I'm talking about 100% Americans, who speak English as their primary language. I am utterly amazed at the low level of literacy of the blind. I myself am 100% blind. I started reading Braille at the age of 3, and I did so every day of my life for the next 27 years or so. And you know what? I can actually spell words correctly. Moreover, not only can I do it, I am in a profession that requires it. There are those that would say that is somehow amazing, citing Braille as the reason that blind people don't spell worth a damn. That's crap. It's not Braille. It's the entire educational system. I graduated in 1997, and since then I've seen things get progressively worse. My point is, bad education is partly to blame for whatever behavior the original poster was referencing that he still hasn't elaborated on, and apparently never will. Now, when you add overprotective parents who shelter their children to the point of lunacy, or in the alternative, parents who abuse their children either directly because of their disability, or simply because they can get away with it by its very nature, to the quagmire that is our educational system, you have a recipe for disaster. Poor education, poor communication, and poor social skills as a result of the first two make for a nasty, caustic brew.
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