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Aw April 2013 )HEUXDU\0DUFKZZZDOOHJKHQ\ZHVWPDJD]LQHFRP )URPWKH PUBLISHER & EDITORS 7KURXJK'LIIHUHQW(\HV My New Year’s Day started off in a rather Going into public bathrooms was often difficult. Some bathroom doors unusual fashion. I spent the morning at the are so heavy; it is next to impossible to open them with one hand while hospital having x-rays of my foot. Much to trying to navigate one’s balance and keeping two crutches under the arms. my chagrin, I learned I had broken it the night Some bathrooms for the handicapped are not equipped as they should be, before in a freak twist of my ankle. with doors in some instances opening inward (how do those with a Thus began a two-month journey of using wheelchair manage that?), or lack of paper supplies, leaving one with crutches, wearing an air boot, and staying off difficulty in maneuvering without the necessary materials to get the job my foot for what most people consider daily done. living activities, such as walking, driving, and There were other situations I discovered, too. Some public places do standing. not have ramps or flat access to their venues. Someone with a broken foot To be sure, this experience opened my eyes or leg can’t access these places. We learned that we had to carefully plot in ways I would never have considered. out our moves before we went anywhere. Getting up stairs was a challenge. Getting showered posed I am finally back on two feet and walking fine. This experience, difficulties. Getting up in the middle of the night to use the facilities however, showed me how much more we have to do to help those with meant all hands on deck, literally, while shuffling carefully to the physical handicaps. As for myself, I will be more aware of helping bathroom on crutches. someone with a walker, cane, or crutches in the future, and suggesting to Our Florida trip was put on hold; changes to reservations had to be public facilities, when I see a lack of handicap options, some improve- made. When we finally began our trek down south, we confronted ments they may consider making. major transmission problems in the middle of a cold winter night in I can fully grasp, now, this Chinese proverb, “Tell me, I’ll forget. Show Virginia. Thanks to AAA, they were there for us. However, getting me, I’ll remember. Involve me, I’ll understand.” out of the truck and into a much larger tow truck with a broken foot was daunting. Getting to the hotel for the night, we had to request a room near the elevator so I did not have to go so far down the hall with crutches. Pat Jennette, Publisher & Editor :ULWLQJ$ERXWWKH9RLFHVRIWKH&RPPXQLW\ There's good writing and there's bad writing, and then there's bad writing that sounds good and good writing that sounds bad. Just because a piece of writing is grammatically correct doesn't mean it makes a point, and a piece of writing that comes off as jumbled and hard to read just might be formulating a higher thought. For some reason, people have this idea that writing is something that's supposed to be perfect on the first try. College students in freshman writing classes tend to emulate established writers, in part because they feel they lack authority. Little do they know the long hours an established writer puts into their craft. 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