ODE TO THE CODE SLIGO CREEK DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM To The Tune of "Jingle Bells" 1. Going to the school to write an IEP, The teacher says "Use print, because your child can see." Th' equipment is too big, and large print is too rare, And fifteen words a minute will not get you anywhere! Chorus: Braille is here, Braille is here, Braille is here to stay! We will keep on using it, we don't care what you say! Braille is here, Braille is here, we will sing its praise. It's the system for the blind to get a job that pays. 2. They say that Braille's too tough to teach the newly blind. Its codes and its contractions discombobulate the mind. Contractions we've learned all, and codes we've mastered, too, For blindness has no negative effect on our IQ! Chorus. 3. They say that Braille's complex. They say that it's too slow. They say that new technology's the only way to go. But we'll keep using Braille, because it is the key To making sure that blind folks will be literate and free. Chorus.