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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/blind_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='A Blind Teacher's Vision' data-article-id='257'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11333'>There are an estimated 70,000 blind children in Indonesia, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.</span> <span data-start-time='11333' data-end-time='18104'>The researchers found that 60 percent of the children they studied did not have to go blind.</span> <span data-start-time='18104' data-end-time='25104'>Treatable conditions like measles, cataracts, and glaucoma too often lead to blindness.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='25104' data-end-time='30896'>Iyehezkiel Parudani lost his eyesight at age six from chicken pox.</span> <span data-start-time='30896' data-end-time='40000'>He now teaches English to blind and visually impaired students at the Pajajaran Special School in the city of Bandung.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='40000' data-end-time='47771'>What I would like you to do now is listing some professional jobsprofessions.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='47771' data-end-time='56313'>Iyehezkiel Parudani says learning English can help blind people feel better about themselves and find jobs.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='56313' data-end-time='59188'>By learning English, they can be an English teacher.</span> <span data-start-time='59188' data-end-time='63604'>They can be an interpreter.</span> <span data-start-time='63604' data-end-time='70875'>They can be a translator, and also they can be a tourist guide.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='70875' data-end-time='79021'>Students read using Braille, a writing system in which letters are represented by a series of raised dots.</span> <span data-start-time='79021' data-end-time='84708'>To write, students use special tools: a slate and stylus.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='93813' data-end-time='100063'>He says blind people should not let their physical limitations affect their dreams.</span> <span data-start-time='100063' data-end-time='108438'>In 2008, the Ford Foundation gave him a two-year scholarship to study at the University of Texas.</span> <span data-start-time='108438' data-end-time='113333'>There, he earned a Masters degree in curriculum development.</span> <span data-start-time='113333' data-end-time='118854'>He wants his students to learn English so they too can study overseas.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='118854' data-end-time='123104'>In the US everything is accessible.</span> <span data-start-time='128083' data-end-time='136792'>If I go to the university to study, everything is availablelike E-book, Braille book.</span> <span data-start-time='136792' data-end-time='143250'>Here in Indonesia, you know, its difficult to find a reference book in E-book or in Braille.</span> <span data-start-time='143250' data-end-time='145063'>We have to make it ourselves.</span> <span data-start-time='145063' data-end-time='153313'>But when I was in the US, all books, references I need are available in the libraryI can easily move wherever I want because everything designed really accessible for people with blindness."</span> <span data-start-time='154500' data-end-time='164958'>I can easily move wherever I want because everything designed really accessible for people with blindness."</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='164958' data-end-time='170646'>Eha Lestari was one of Iyehezkiel Parudanis star students.</span> <span data-start-time='170646' data-end-time='178104'>She is almost completely blind from an eye cataract she suffered when she was four years old.</span> <span data-start-time='178104' data-end-time='181917'>She says learning English has changed her life.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='181917' data-end-time='185792'>I study English because I love English very much.</span> <span data-start-time='185792' data-end-time='202354'>I want to be an interpreter because I want to go to the other countries and then I want to meet some people from around the world.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='202354' data-end-time='211438'>Eha Lestari traveled to San Francisco and Washington DC as part of the Indonesia-U.S. Youth Leadership Program.</span> <span data-start-time='211438' data-end-time='214979'>The trip had a major effect on her life.</span> <span data-start-time='214979' data-end-time='218104'>Listen to her speaking English just two years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='218104' data-end-time='220167'>I want.</span> <span data-start-time='220167' data-end-time='224250'>I want can speak English.</span> <span data-start-time='224250' data-end-time='229646'>I want to speak English.</span> <span data-start-time='229646' data-end-time='231188'>Yes.</span> <span data-start-time='231188' data-end-time='232771'>Very good.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='232771' data-end-time='235667'>Like her classmates, Eha loves to sing.</span> <span data-start-time='244771' data-end-time='249938'>The Pajajaran Special School is filled with extraordinary musicians.</span> <span data-start-time='249938' data-end-time='254104'>Here, music is part of daily life.</span> <span data-start-time='264333' data-end-time='269979'>Even the students who do not study English can sing the latest Western pop hits.</span> <span data-start-time='281042' data-end-time='286771'>The students worked on a special version of the classic American pop song Stand By Me.</span> <span data-start-time='286771' data-end-time='289563'>[Students singing] Stand by me.</span> <span data-start-time='289563' data-end-time='294958'>Please stand, stand by me.</span> <span data-start-time='294958' data-end-time='297479'>Stand by me.</span> <span data-start-time='297896' data-end-time='302896'>Iyehezkiel Parudani says the song has special meaning for the students.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='302896' data-end-time='306167'>In this life, we need other person.</span> <span data-start-time='306167' data-end-time='308167'>You have to stand by me.</span> <span data-start-time='308167' data-end-time='314396'>Without you standing by me, Im meaningless.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='314396' data-end-time='319375'>Eha Lestari plans to go to college and major in English.</span> <span data-start-time='319375' data-end-time='323458'>For now, she has some advice for other young people.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='323458' data-end-time='326063'>Please use English every day.</span> <span data-start-time='326063' data-end-time='330708'>Dont be shy to speak English</span> <span data-start-time='330708' data-end-time='340979'>If we can speak English, if we can play music, I think your future is goodis very good.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/indonesian_schools.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=1587 data-hint-location='185792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/what_does_interpreter_mean.m4a'>What does interpreter mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='someone who translates spoken words into a different language'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_computer_system.m4a'><span>a computer system</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_system_.m4a'><span>a writing system </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/someone_who_translates_spo.m4a'><span>someone who translates spoken words into a different language</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_tool.m4a'><span>a writing tool</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=1588 data-hint-location='79021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/what_does_stylus_mean.m4a'>What does stylus mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a writing tool'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/someone_who_translates_spo.m4a'><span>someone who translates spoken words</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_tool.m4a'><span>a writing tool</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_system_.m4a'><span>a writing system </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_keen_insight.m4a'><span>a keen insight</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=1589 data-hint-location='70875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/what_does_braille_mean.m4a'>What does braille mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a writing system used by the blind and visually impaired'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_system_used_by_t.m4a'><span>a writing system used by the blind and visually impaired</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/a_writing_tool.m4a'><span>a writing tool</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/someone_who_translates_spo.m4a'><span>someone who translates spoken words </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/hard_to_please.m4a'><span>hard to please</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=1590 data-hint-location='30896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/what_does_paruni_teach.m4a'>What does Paruni teach?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='english'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/history.m4a'><span>history</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/english.m4a'><span>english</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/math.m4a'><span>math</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/science.m4a'><span>science</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=1591 data-hint-location='18104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/which_of_the_following_was.m4a'>Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a condition that leads to blindness?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='lupus'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/glaucoma.m4a'><span>glaucoma</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/measles.m4a'><span>measles</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/lupus.m4a'><span>lupus</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/cataracs.m4a'><span>cataracs</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=1592 data-hint-location='11333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/what_was_important_about_6.m4a'>What was important about 60% of the children in the study found in the Journal of Opthamology?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='they did not have to go blind'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/they_were_not_blind.m4a'><span>they were not blind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/they_did_not_have_to_go_bl.m4a'><span>they did not have to go blind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/they_were_born_blind.m4a'><span>they were born blind</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/they_were_blind.m4a'><span>they were blind</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=1593 data-hint-location='108438' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/paraudani_earned_his_maste.m4a'>Paraudani earned his Master's in <span class='blank'>curriculum development</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='curriculum development'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/education.m4a'><span>education</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/literature.m4a'><span>literature</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/english.m4a'><span>english</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/curriculum_development.m4a'><span>curriculum development</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=1594 data-hint-location='70875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/students_read_using__blank.m4a'>Students read using <span class='blank'>Braille</span>, a system in which letters are represented by raised dots.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Braille'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/braille.m4a'><span>Braille</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/memorization.m4a'><span>memorization</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/phonics.m4a'><span>phonics</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/sign_language.m4a'><span>sign language</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=1595 data-hint-location='25104' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/the_teacher_lost_his_eyesi.m4a'>The teacher lost his eyesight at age six from <span class='blank'>chicken pox</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='chicken pox'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/diabetes.m4a'><span>diabetes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/chicken_pox.m4a'><span>chicken pox</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/measles.m4a'><span>measles</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3/glaucoma.m4a'><span>glaucoma</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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