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Originally Posted by Kaitin
I experienced this and agree with NO NO. My roommate studies ASL and invited ASL classmates to our apartment. No problem and I said I will have conversations with them. But some stopped signing and just talk with each other, facing away. I told my roommate no way again because I can't understand and the ASL students don't try sometimes. Now we sometimes have other ASL students here for practice but only 1 or 2 because more will talk with each other and not sign.  |
Print this threat out, take it to the classes, hell even get the ASL teacher to say " this is mandatory reading, because I do not accept this behaviour of stop signing after class, where we deaf are still here, an also it is a high time to practice your 'informal-after class conversations in sign', while it is also a mark of respect to us, the ASL tutors/teachers as does to the deaf community, by deciding not to 'unintentionally shutting us off, by way of disspelling your visits to ASL classes as a mere 'quaint addition' to your already richer [hearing] knowledge, having said this, it is considered as an insult, no excuses like, "oh we are tired and we making freinds with other hearing people attending to the same class, and 'how dare you deafies dictate us NOT to speak after the lessons??!
indeed this is gonna be really touchy, I wonder so if we need another thread just to banter, exchange ideas to develop this 'how to approach hearing to change their attitudes towards learning Sign Language ( I didnt say ASL, because im not from USA) and associated issues and situation of handling this tendancy they have to "drop sign, on excuse of being tired oh we forgot our teacher is deaf - hush about it must be awful to feel to miss out and yet continue (!)..sort of silent shared reactions among hearing sign language learners.
but yeah, i still reckon only if some printed document to explain the rules, and protocols if you will, and such to rid this dreadful habits hearing people have of dropping signs or bugging for more signs inappropriately.