Reading for the Blind in Mississippi goes over a closed circuit radio that is specifically designed for blind persons in Mississippi. I read once a week for one hour with a partner. We would cut out articles in the local paper as well as USA Today and the New York Times and others. We were always teamed as male and female so that the voices could go back and forth between articles and keep from being monotonous. I can't remember my partners name but she was a tiny young woman who was very subdued. I never saw an emotion or anything. I had to read a sports column about basketball. I started reading and a reference to the NCAA came up. I read as big as day, "NAACP." My partner grabs her mouth and runs out of the radio booth leaving me to swallow my own laughter. I breathed in very deeply, paused for a bit, apologized for the mistake, changed it to NCAA and kept going all while wanting to laugh. Mike Duke was the head of this organization and always listened to the program. I can't remember what he said about this particular mistake but we all had a good laugh and now I have a great story to tell.
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2 comments:
That was an easy mistake to make and too funny!
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