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Originally Posted by iaskedalice09
Personally, though, the thing that pisses me off about the local school for the deaf (St. Rita's) is that not all teachers are fluent! I actually had to tell a teacher what the sign for obvious was!
And also, I don't like the dumbass low standards for kids, either, in hearing or deaf schools but especially deaf. For example, pretty good for a deaf kid? Hmm? No, deaf students should be EXPECTED to perform at the level of their hearing peers.
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I am with you on the education and the education for the deaf should be on the par with hearing education. St. Rita is my alma mater. I graduated about 30 years ago. I had to ask my parents to send me to St. Rita instead of MSD (Michigan) because of the education.
It sounds like your teacher who didn't know much sign language, is a new teacher. I lost my English teacher just before my senior year and the new teacher didn't know sign language and yes, it got very boring. I wish I'd keep the first English teacher (he is a CODA) a year longer.