Tuesday, April 28, 2009

5b Train go Sorry / Classmate Reflections

REFLECTION Choose any 3 classmates of project 5a. Read each of these 3 essays. Create a blog post with the classmates names as references. Tell us one thing you learned from each classmate.

1. I learned the following information from Jennifer Slyvester's post.

"Leah practices signing in secret and eventually becomes an ASL interpreter as an adult, hoping this will replace feeling left out as a child. She learns that she will never be part of the Deaf culture because she can hear and the closest she will ever be to the Deaf is an interpreter."

"Many hearing people think Deaf would want to hear and regret loosing the sense. However, the Deaf think it is just a trait they have and live with an most love themselves for it. Learning ASL is just like learning to speak English or another language."
http://jennifer-humanities7.blogspot.com/

2. I learned the following from Katy Duarte's quote and comment on 5A.

"It is not the extent of hearing loss that defines a member of the Deaf Community but the individuals own sense of identity and resultant actions." Anne Mindness

“While hearing siblings were learning how to pronounce the names Rapunzel and Rumplestilskin, Lexington students were sitting in speech rooms learning how to pronounce their own names…while hearing children were learning to read stories, deaf children were learning to read their own parents lips.”
http://katyhuman7.blogspot.com/

3. I learned the following information from Maria Nye's post.

"Their mother left Irena at the deaf school with Sofia and vowed to never have any more children lest they also be born deaf. She felt bad and so this is the reason I believe that she refused to learn how to sign."

"The deaf believe that trying to cure it is like saying that Mexicans should bleach their skin because it would be easier to be white in a predominantly white society."
http://mariagn.blogspot.com/

4. I learned the following from Megan Mullen’s post about a guy in her class.

"I also learned a lot about hearing aids, like Cochlear implants. I actually have a class with a guy who has one, and it’s interesting to know that once the implant is done you are no longer able to use the traditional hearing aids that are more commonly seen."
http://megan-human7.blogspot.com/

5. I learned from Michelle Piscitello the following.

I was made aware of the frustration and pain that went on over the illness and death of the deaf person in the hospital. The lack of communication was sad and not right. This was wrong and would have never happened to a hearing person. She explained this incident in detail and very well.
http://michelle-assignment1a.blogspot.com/

6. I learned the following from Lori Sargiotto’s information.

"There is more to sign language than the hand movements, grammer is included in body language as well, this includes but is not limited to, eye contact, pacing, facial movements, lips, brows and the placement of the hands on the body. The equivalent of clapping hands is to raise the arms, with fingers splayed, and oscillate the wrists. There is one passage in the book that sum's up ASL beautifully." "Its very existence is a testament to people's will to communicate. It pays tribute to our determination to make connections in the face of incredible odds" (page 274)
http://racer-humanities7.blogspot.com/

7. I learned the following from Frank Dragun’s post.

"I was stirred by the man's appalling reaction towards James' silence and was surprised the stranger was not more empathetic towards others he does not know personally. If your not familiar with one's etiology, you should not make assumptions or draw conclusions because chances are that you will not be correct or fortuitous. I think more people should read Train Go Sorry and raise much needed awareness of the subject matter at hand."
http://humanities7fxd.blogspot.com/

8. I learned the following from Granville Morris.

“The National Association of the Deaf had established an active campaign against peddling for charity on behalf of the deaf. The brutal reality is hearing people for the most part just do not care about the issues that concern the deaf.”

The following quote stresses Granville’s point.
“Deaf organizations and their leaders have waged a battle against deaf peddlers at least since the end of WWII, when the National Association of the Deaf established a Committee for the Suppression of Peddling. They believed that the image of the peddler exchanging alphabet cards for donations perpetuates the worst stereotypes about deaf people: they can’t communicate; they can’t hold jobs; they are simple, stupid, seamy, incapable of moral reasoning.” (p 231)
http://arsenal-clockendgooner.blogspot.com/

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