It is such a shame there are deaf schools are not providing educational needs for children and parents decided to put them to mainstream schools to get the education a child needed. Some children are not suitable in mainstream setting while others suits well.

I hope more schools for the deaf should take note and improve their education program so less children goes to mainstream school.

I went to mainstream school in 1973 at MY choice because my deaf school does not meet my educational needs and I always got straight A without doing any homework or studying because the teachers at my school were repeating same courses over and over that was not doing my education any good.

I hope these schools for the deaf should take note and improve their education program for these deaf and hard of hearing children.

Ghostie, the insensitive hearing people just don’t get it. They think because we live in the hearing world, the atmosphere in the deaf setting should be like the hearing world. What about the Hebrew School? The whole staff would be speaking Hebrew. In the foreign classes, you don’t speak English, period.

They need to look at it from a linguistic point of view. Then reconsider the impact of their attitude toward the deaf children by not making their communication accessible. It’s a two-pronged issue.

The best way to really get them to understand is to put them in a room where a different language is used. The looks on their faces say volumes. They didn’t like what they are experiencing. Tell them.. this is exactly how deaf people feel constantly and the deaf schools should be 100% accessible. Try this and see if this works.

Even Gallaudet has this problem, which I find very unfortunate. I don’t know about NTID and CSUN, but I suspect it’s also the same there.

Happy Halloween to you and all!

Yes I agree that the schools who have deaf programs should have people signing full time. At where I work, often times, hearing people tend to forget to sign in front of deaf children, I get frustrated with this. Some deaf professionals keep saying that “we cannot expect everything”, I feel that we definitely need to make a bold stand and enforce this policy that hearing people who know sign must always sign when there are deaf people in the room. I would like to hear suggestions and feedback on how to get hearing people to sign at all times in school. Sometimes when I tell them to please sign, they give me a face. Maybe I should forward your blog to them. I don’t know. If anyone has any successful ideas, please share it here. Thanks

Here’s some HaLLoWeeN FuN

1. What did the coffin say to the other coffin?

Was that you coffin’? (coughing)

2. What did one ghost say to the other ghost?

Hey, Boo!? Do you believe in Human Beings?

3. Why don’t witches ride their brooms when
they’re angry?

They’re afraid of flying off the handle.

4. Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends?

Because they’re so wrapped up in themselves!

5. What do you call two witches living together?

Broommates

6. What do ghosts add to their morning cereal?

Booberries

7. What do skeletons say before they begin dining?

Bone Appetit! (the late Julia Child)

8. What do you call a witch’s garage?

A broom closet

9. What kind of streets do zombies like best?

Dead ends

10. Where do spooks go water ski?

On Lake Erie

11. What is the best way to get rid of a demon?

Exorcise a lot!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ~ Have a SPOOKtacular evening tonight!! (sound of eerie
music in background with the “Tales of the Crypt” Host cackling out loud
in the cemetery!)