You could look at it this way: if you had kept "Raksha" you have just appropriated a nickname already in use. But "Rakshi" is unique to you and the person you were and have evolved into. I think Rakshi is perfect.....
Well, that may also have been part of why it ended up Rakshi instead of Raksha. Someone else may have had Raksha. But you're right. I think Rakshi suits me... for whatever weird reason.
thank you, sweetie. I don't really see my life as inspiring, but ADAMLAB WAS inspiring. It wasn't me. It was what we did. THAT I am proud of! We all consider ourselves lucky to have been part of such an amazing project. It was a huge blessing in my life.
Greg and I still email back and forth. He's retired now too and doing well. We both agree that ADAMLAB was a high point in our lives.
Thank you for sharing this story, Rakshi. I'd always wondered and for some reason thought your name might be related to Japanes Raku pottery (I think it's the Rak part that made me think that) but this is even more lovely.
How amazing! You remind me of my mom...she was a mama wolf for her students before she retired...fought to get tech accommodations for kids who couldn't speak or type (her lab had some of only early adaptive hardware and software in the area and the first computers in the district controlled by eye movements) and worked with robotics as a way to help kids with autism communicate. And now my daughter uses speech activated voice software to write as an accommodation in high school and I see the next generation of what you did in the class for autistic kids that's on my campus. (What you work with, but with iPads)
As a teacher, I appreciate the foundations you created...
Oh wow! What an uplifting comment!! I can't tell you how much I appreciate hearing this. Greg (the inventor of the WOLF) and I still communicate all the time and the one thing we both hope is that our work in ADAMLAB is still having some kind of positive effect on that wonderful group of students.
Thank you so much for this. Means the world to me.
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Thank you!
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Greg and I still email back and forth. He's retired now too and doing well. We both agree that ADAMLAB was a high point in our lives.
Working with those kids was just.. mind blowing.
Thank you!
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I'll have to read The Jungle Book someday.
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And you'll love the Jungle Book. It's amazing.
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As a teacher, I appreciate the foundations you created...
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Thank you so much for this. Means the world to me.
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