[NLA] Practitioner-based research long

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Nancy,

What an effort!  No way can I reply as you deserve at this late hour, as you 
know I keep farmer's hours.

I first ran into the color overlay at a conference this spring, it had to do 
with providing a focus for vision, so letters wouldn't wiggle.  The 
patient/student (she was both) reported that a yellow overlay, I think it 
was, stopped the wiggling, It may have been blue.  Anyway, she switched to 
yellow (or blue) tinted glasses.  

I just don't think teachers like yourself have time for the large research 
projects, when would you teach?  Maybe others can do both at the level you 
work--intense, productive, multitasking all the way-- but I don't see how.  I 
still think partnerships are the way to go, people in the field, and people 
in the academy--or consultants, etc.

You know, research is supposed to answer questions--what would you like to 
know?

Check out researchers as to previous studies, educational background, 
sponsors, mentors, and gut instinct.  There are sharks in every profession, 
and bad apples, too.  My academic advisor taught me a lot about respect, 
mainly through her respect for me during very frazzling and difficult years.  
Thought for the evening:  people who don't show respect also don't know that 
it's all luck, where you end up in life, and what journeys you have getting 
there.

Andrea

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