There are again, many places to go to find more information. There is a place in Maryland, the people that asked this question wanted to know, that has a lot of information. The book said that Washington D.C. and Maryland are among the largest concentration of Deaf organizations.
This chapter was short and to the point. There is a lot of information out there, you just have to dig for it. Look up places and go out searching. It is not all that difficult to find out about Deaf cultures.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Quiz
This quiz wasn't that difficult since I read the chapters within a few days and did a lot of highlighting. I think I got more out of these chapters (with a few exceptions) because they were really fascinating. The chapters before were fun to read about as well. I really enjoy hearing about some things that I have questions about. Like with people sining and if you should tell Deaf people that you know how to sign. Or if ASL should be a foreign language. It was fun to read these chapters.
Chapter 30
This chapter was like so many others that I've read. Where do you find the best information about deafness or being deaf? The best place to start is probably libraries or the internet. Most of the time the internet could point you in the direction to go if you want information close to home. The book mentions the book, Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness. This could be in the local library and would have very nice materials in it. The book also tells a great source is to go to the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. This place is located at Gallaudet University. This may not be possible for some people if you do not live close to the area. You may think to go to the website and get information from it. This chapter gives you an address and phone number so you would be able to send a letter or call to get information from them. Another useful tool would be to apply for the catalogue from Gallaudet's Bison Bookstore (p. 183).
It's amazing how much information is out there and how easily it could be accessed if people just did a little research. The internet is amazing and has so much information. It would not be difficult to find anything you'd like to know. I think that those places would be really fun to look through. Or to go to Gallaudet University and visit the place. I wonder what it would be like to go to the school. It just makes me curious to hear about it through a book. I don't know if this is rude to ask but I wonder if it's quiet on the university? I mean more than likely it wouldn't be as loud as WKU but I just wonder what it would be like.
It's amazing how much information is out there and how easily it could be accessed if people just did a little research. The internet is amazing and has so much information. It would not be difficult to find anything you'd like to know. I think that those places would be really fun to look through. Or to go to Gallaudet University and visit the place. I wonder what it would be like to go to the school. It just makes me curious to hear about it through a book. I don't know if this is rude to ask but I wonder if it's quiet on the university? I mean more than likely it wouldn't be as loud as WKU but I just wonder what it would be like.
Chapter 29
When I read the title of this chapter I was a little surprised. I didn't know this was happening. I think its horrible that it is though. How are students supposed to get a proper education if residential schools for the deaf are being closed down? Throughout this chapter, it talked a lot about the parents of deaf children and how they feel. I think its more important to see how the children feel. Do they want to go to these schools? Would it benefit them? Of course, all parents want their children to be happy and healthy but sometimes things happen. It's part of life and parents need to do their best to help their child have a happy life. Being Deaf doesn't mean you can't be happy or have a full life. Giving them the best education and support would be the number one concern of parents, wouldn't it?
Parents do want their children to come home from school and be close to home but if thats not a possibility then maybe those parents should attempt to do something about it. Sending their children to schools that are not equip to educate Deaf children would probably not be the best option. The only thing that should matter in this situation is the children and their needs.
Parents do want their children to come home from school and be close to home but if thats not a possibility then maybe those parents should attempt to do something about it. Sending their children to schools that are not equip to educate Deaf children would probably not be the best option. The only thing that should matter in this situation is the children and their needs.
Chapter 28
I really had a hard time reading this chapter. I didn't understand what exactly they were trying to get at. I understand that literacy is a main part of our education and that Deaf people did not get the full experience. The book talked about Hartford Asylum and how it was for Deaf children and adults to get an education. The book went into details about how their school days went and how Thomas Hopkins Gallaudent and Laurent Clerc were part of the original faculty. It talked about handwriting and how it is considered to be an art...which I believe is still true in the classroom now. Teachers pry students to try to be neat but sloppy writing is not graded as an F or anything along those lines. At Hartford Asylum there was no speech therapists for people. I thought this was interesting because most of the time Deaf students will have to go to speech therapy. I don't know if Deaf people like to do this but it is part of the education. I think it would be really hard for the Deaf to be in speech therapy since they aren't able to hear or hear well. I think that Deaf students should get the same out of education that hearing people get. It would be more difficult for students to get the same education but you have to differentiate for these students and meet all their needs. We learn about this in all our classes, to make sure you are giving all students a proper education. I think that learning at least a little sign language will benefit me if I have a Deaf student. I hope that they would feel a little more comfortable with me. I would really enjoy to learn the language and try to become fluent in it and maybe that will be possible. It would really benefit me as an future teacher and would, hopefully, be a benefit for my student.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Chapter 27
I found this chapter kind of boring to read about. I liked learning about how some Deaf people like to watch TV that has interpreters. I didn't realize that some shows had that option. I could understand why some people would not like to watch TV with closed captioning. It would be boring to sit there and read the TV. I think it would be difficult in general to enjoy movies and things because you would have to read or watch someone sign to you. I don't know which would be better, real-time or offline.
I thought it was awesome when I read that there are some movie theaters in cities that will have open-captioned. It would be so difficult to be Deaf because of these simple things we enjoy as hearing people. I love to go to the movies and I think it would be really hard to all the sudden to deaf.
I thought it was awesome when I read that there are some movie theaters in cities that will have open-captioned. It would be so difficult to be Deaf because of these simple things we enjoy as hearing people. I love to go to the movies and I think it would be really hard to all the sudden to deaf.
Chapter 26
Why don't some Deaf people like to read?
I had an issue when I first read the title of this chapter. It made me mad because I felt this was stereotyping people. There are tons of hearing people that don't like to read! I understand that it could be more prominent in the Deaf culture but still! Some chapters start with really odd questions like this. It doesn't make any sense to ask some of these questions. Why do hearing people not like to read? Reading is one of my favorite things to do but I don't wonder why my roommate doesn't enjoy it.
Based on the book it discusses ASL vs. English again. It would be difficult for someone that has no background in English to read English books! Another huge issue in this chapter was this statement, "it was not uncommon for therapists to strike young deaf children. Because they were misbehaving? No, because they mispronounced a word when they repeated it. A word they wouldn't even hear (p. 160)." WOW! That is insane. Being a future teacher and a normal human being I was shocked! I would be so pissed if someone hit my kid because they didn't pronounce a word right and they were Deaf. There are plenty of people that can't pronounce certain words...should I walk around with a stick and hit them? NO. Needless to say, I did not like that part of this chapter.
I had an issue when I first read the title of this chapter. It made me mad because I felt this was stereotyping people. There are tons of hearing people that don't like to read! I understand that it could be more prominent in the Deaf culture but still! Some chapters start with really odd questions like this. It doesn't make any sense to ask some of these questions. Why do hearing people not like to read? Reading is one of my favorite things to do but I don't wonder why my roommate doesn't enjoy it.
Based on the book it discusses ASL vs. English again. It would be difficult for someone that has no background in English to read English books! Another huge issue in this chapter was this statement, "it was not uncommon for therapists to strike young deaf children. Because they were misbehaving? No, because they mispronounced a word when they repeated it. A word they wouldn't even hear (p. 160)." WOW! That is insane. Being a future teacher and a normal human being I was shocked! I would be so pissed if someone hit my kid because they didn't pronounce a word right and they were Deaf. There are plenty of people that can't pronounce certain words...should I walk around with a stick and hit them? NO. Needless to say, I did not like that part of this chapter.
Chapter 25
Why is English difficult for Deaf people? The book explains this very well I think. English is a language that you grow up hearing. It would be difficult to understand some things in English if you weren't able to hear it. We have a very confusing language. We have words that sound the same but mean different things. We also have words that are spelled the same but said differently depending on the context. We also have plurals, conjunctions, rules, contractions, etc. ASL does not have some of these things. If you are signing in ASL then the sentence structure is set up differently. If ASL is all you've known for your whole live, of course learning English would be difficult!
The book talks about how it starts with the family. Teaching your children from an early age is what you want to do. They need to know and study the language from an early age so they understand it. It also says, "we should also be asking why so many hearing people, especially teachers and parents of deaf children, know nothing about ASL (p. 153)." I think this is a great statement. Deaf children should know about their language and culture. It will be important for them later in life. If you go through your whole life learning English based sign language, when you grow up it will be more difficult. Going to a college for the deaf, I'm sure all they do is sign in ASL. If you aren't exposed to ASL and you go to that college, you'll probably be behind.
The book talks about how it starts with the family. Teaching your children from an early age is what you want to do. They need to know and study the language from an early age so they understand it. It also says, "we should also be asking why so many hearing people, especially teachers and parents of deaf children, know nothing about ASL (p. 153)." I think this is a great statement. Deaf children should know about their language and culture. It will be important for them later in life. If you go through your whole life learning English based sign language, when you grow up it will be more difficult. Going to a college for the deaf, I'm sure all they do is sign in ASL. If you aren't exposed to ASL and you go to that college, you'll probably be behind.
Chapter 24
This chapter discussed something that I found really interesting. I enjoyed learning whether or not Deaf people like that some hearing people are learning Sign Language. The book answers it this way, "it depends on what your motivation is in learning how to sign, your attitude, the context, who's teaching you, who's learning with you, and whom you're mingling with (p. 147)." I'd say that this is accurate in every language. It just depends why you want to learn the language. Some Deaf people want to protect the culture.
I think it is your right to learn any language you want to learn and you should learn as many as you wish. People should not be able to tell you if that language is one you can't learn. It is difficult though because you have to make sure you learn the correct way. It is not enough to just go learn the language, in my opinion. You would have to learn the background of that culture as well. Sometimes it isn't appropriate to say certain things and other times it is. Sometimes one thing means something else depending on the context in which you say it. If you are learning another language, it is important to get more knowledge than just the language.
I think it is your right to learn any language you want to learn and you should learn as many as you wish. People should not be able to tell you if that language is one you can't learn. It is difficult though because you have to make sure you learn the correct way. It is not enough to just go learn the language, in my opinion. You would have to learn the background of that culture as well. Sometimes it isn't appropriate to say certain things and other times it is. Sometimes one thing means something else depending on the context in which you say it. If you are learning another language, it is important to get more knowledge than just the language.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Chapter 23
"Where did you learn sign language?" This question is the topic of chapter 23. People say they get this question frequently when signing with Deaf people. They want to know why and if this is common for most people in the Deaf culture. The book answers yes, this is a very common question to ask hearing people if they know sign (p. 143). Most Deaf people are curious on how you learned sign language or why you learned it.
As the book says, "ASL is the language of Deaf people. It belongs to them, and they feel protective of it (p. 143)." At first I thought this statement was odd. I thought, its a language so it can't "belong" to anyone. The more I thought about it and read this chapter the more it made sense. I like that they feel protective over their language, they should. It is an vital part of who we are as humans...the ability to communicate with one another.
One reason some people are fluent in ASL is because they have parents, brothers, sisters, or other family members who are Deaf. I don't think its a bad thing that Deaf people are curious about where you learned sign. It would be like a person from another country learning English fluently; most people ask where they learned to speak so well. Or something along those lines. Everyone and every culture is curious about one another, especially if you know a lot about that persons background.
As the book says, "ASL is the language of Deaf people. It belongs to them, and they feel protective of it (p. 143)." At first I thought this statement was odd. I thought, its a language so it can't "belong" to anyone. The more I thought about it and read this chapter the more it made sense. I like that they feel protective over their language, they should. It is an vital part of who we are as humans...the ability to communicate with one another.
One reason some people are fluent in ASL is because they have parents, brothers, sisters, or other family members who are Deaf. I don't think its a bad thing that Deaf people are curious about where you learned sign. It would be like a person from another country learning English fluently; most people ask where they learned to speak so well. Or something along those lines. Everyone and every culture is curious about one another, especially if you know a lot about that persons background.
Chapter 22
This chapter is about whether or not it is considered bad manners to watch people sign when you can sign yourself. Someone asks whether they should tell the Deaf signers that they can also sign. The book answers this question as such: there are no private conversations in ASL when you are in public. Signing is in the open and everyone is able to see what they are saying...if they know the language.
The book goes into details about how students are able to have private conversations at colleges like Gallaudet. Students have to be creative about the way they hide their signs from other classmates. They use several different methods like holding a jacket over their hand, going behind the bushes, and have smaller signs for things so it is more difficult to make out (p. 140). I thought this was interesting because students have to be so sneaky when they want to have a private conversation. Personally, I would not like this at all. You would never be able to talk to a friend about something private if you were in public. Hearing people are fortunate to be able to whisper.
About having bad manners while watching a conversation. The book tells me that it is not bad manners to enter a conversation but it should not be taken lightly. If you do feel like starting a conversation be prepared to answer questions and to pay attention to their facial expressions. This will tell you if they are okay with you joining in on the conversation (p. 140). I also read about a namesign. I thought these sounded cool. I know that Deaf people have sign names but I didn't know that hearing people could have them as well. I know that some people have them but I figured you have to know ASL well to have a sign name. It was fun to learn about this.
The book goes into details about how students are able to have private conversations at colleges like Gallaudet. Students have to be creative about the way they hide their signs from other classmates. They use several different methods like holding a jacket over their hand, going behind the bushes, and have smaller signs for things so it is more difficult to make out (p. 140). I thought this was interesting because students have to be so sneaky when they want to have a private conversation. Personally, I would not like this at all. You would never be able to talk to a friend about something private if you were in public. Hearing people are fortunate to be able to whisper.
About having bad manners while watching a conversation. The book tells me that it is not bad manners to enter a conversation but it should not be taken lightly. If you do feel like starting a conversation be prepared to answer questions and to pay attention to their facial expressions. This will tell you if they are okay with you joining in on the conversation (p. 140). I also read about a namesign. I thought these sounded cool. I know that Deaf people have sign names but I didn't know that hearing people could have them as well. I know that some people have them but I figured you have to know ASL well to have a sign name. It was fun to learn about this.
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