Mary, So far, no trace of him, but I've not looked as long as I should. Fortunately, I had enough vision when I was small and could remember what the letters and numbers looked like. So that helped my training move along pretty good. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:36 PM Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Contacting my Optacon Teacher > Steve, > > I hope you can find your optacon teacher. I lost track of mine too. Just > think how rewarding it would be for optacon teachers to find out how their > students have benefitted from all those hours of patient teaching. My > family > was amazed at how my teacher spenbt so much time helping me tell the > difference between 1, capital I, small l, capital Z, small Z, number 2, > number 8, and capital B. I never had trouble figuring out a number 0 and > capital O and small o, but the others I mentioned have always been > challenging. Does anyone else still stumble over characters that look > similar? For some reason I had toruble with small g and letter q too. > > Mary > > to view the list archives, go to: > > www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > to view the list archives, go to: www.freelists.org/archives/optacon-l To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.