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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>The chair of the music department hates setting up meetings and would
rather talk things over email. I tried talking to him about the other teacher
and how terrible and inaccessible the other teacher’s lecturing style was and he
told me to both file a formal complaint with the complaints office and talk to
the disability person.</DIV>
<DIV>Other than that he blew me off.</DIV>
<DIV>Now that it has become a legality issue I can do more, but I would like to
see what she comes up with for Tuesday.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Brandon
Keith Biggs<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dale.lieser@gmail.com
href="mailto:dale.lieser@gmail.com">Dale Lieser</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 14, 2012 4:47 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=menvi-discuss@menvi.org
href="mailto:menvi-discuss@menvi.org">'This is for discussing music and braille
literacy'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Menvi-discuss] Meeting with Department
Chair</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Brandon,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I have been thinking more about the meeting I suggest you set
up with the chair. Remember, being calm and informative are two goals to keep in
mind.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The chair needs to know that the teacher, according to what
you have said she said, is ill prepared, evidenced by last-minute, so-called
planning.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Think this through before you try it, but choose an obscure
language, and ask the chair person if he/she speaks it. If the answer is, “no,”
ask the leader to imagine receiving a worksheet in that language and being
instructed to complete it.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Then succinctly explain what would need to happen for you to
get worksheets in a timely way and format in which you would be on equal footing
with classmates.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Recently I have had to resort to the obscure language
perspective to make a point. It proved valuable in changing
policy.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Dale<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p> </P></DIV>
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