Studying and celebrating the different.
Sorry about the title. But I've had "I've Got a Theory" from the Buffy episode "Once More With Feeling" stuck in my head lately. For the past two school years, I have been lucky enough to be a masters student in the Department of Popular Culture at BGSU. It is the only program of its kind in the… Continue reading I have a theory, it’s in my thesis!
Male Privilege from a Trans Guy’s Perspective White Privilege, Explained in One Simple Comic Someone posted the first article on Facebook and when I opened it, I saw the link for the second. Privilege is something that people don't realize exist or think about. I didn't until I took Intro to Interpreting. It exists. For… Continue reading Privilege articles
Why You Shouldn't Share Those Emotional 'Deaf Person Hears for the First Time' Videos That article pretty much sums up every reason why I hate that those videos even exist. I could get up on my soapbox and explain why, or I could let the article do it for me. Yeah, that's probably better.
This is a wonderful article that talks about how different words and labels are used and thoughts behind the use of them: Blackhorse: Do You Prefer ‘Native American’ or ‘American Indian’? 6 Prominent Voices Respond
Below is a wonderful video that discusses "Deaf" from many angles. It is a very well done and immensely informative video. It is subtitled for those whose ASL skills aren't up to following the presenter. It is a little long, but it's really worth the watch!
Everything in my series of Universal ASL Education posts consisted of my presentation to my Communication class. We had to pick a topic and give a persuasive presentation. After we finished our presentations, people were free to ask questions. A few of those questions have been bugging me, and I would like to address them… Continue reading Universal ASL Education – Afterwards
Today’s educational system focuses on spoken language, isolating students who use visual language from what is going on inside and outside of the classroom. But if all the students and teachers had some degree of fluency in both ASL and English, everyone would benefit. Language barriers both inside and outside of the classroom would come… Continue reading Universal ASL Education – To sum it up
By now you may be thinking, “Well that’s a great idea, but how are we going to have teachers using both ASL and English to teach?” Thankfully we have existing education models: bilingual-bicultural classrooms. In the article "Addressing Students' Language Needs in a Bilingual ASL and English Classroom", three teachers share their experience at the… Continue reading Universal ASL Education – Existing Models
Completely hilarious!
There are two groups that we need to focus: teachers and children. Teachers would be the biggest hurdle at first. Colleges would have to include a specific level of ASL fluency in their graduation requirements. This also means that a standardized ASL curriculum must be agreed upon by all colleges. Colleges would have to work… Continue reading Universal ASL Education – Two Groups
Deviate from the Norm 