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:squint: What an idiot. I wish I could say I was surprised, but the morons seem to be consistently lowering the bar day by day. Sometimes people just need to be slapped upside the head.:roll:

@ Jiro- Oh, yeah, laugh! But I rocked the foil, honey! :cool2: lol

I think it's a holdover from my braces phase, now that i think about it...:hmm: Caroline - I could see where it would get really annoying, it could probably be compared to a hearing person talking to someone who mumbles severely, except about a hundred times worse. Guess I'll have to sit on my...

Thanks Jen for your insight! I am a serial mouth-coverer. It's a weird tic that I have. I've been literally holding the bottom of my chair to stop myself from doing it. It's like a compulsion! I never really noticed it before, but it'll be good to get some practice with not doing it in a...

Thanks angle! Yeah, the conversation does seem really stilted when we have to use the interpreters. I too was thinking that the laptop might make active discussions a bit easier, since our class is very groupwork-oriented. :aw:

Always good advice, thanks. Now, if she likes '69 Chevelle's or eating way too much sugar then I'm sure we will be instant best friends! :D

Hey Jane, I think she meant political correctness (maybe?). I could see where it might be misinterpreted, though, given the context. :)

It's really is an eye-opening experience. I came from a pretty homogenous place so people in general didn't have much confrontation. Why? We were all exactly the same - a bunch of white farmkids. It's amazing how terrible people can get when they encounter someone who is not the "norm". I feel...

Which is so disturbing. I've noticed that the other students make a point of not involving themselves with us. The other groups have four/five students, our group is just us two. Maybe they are intimidated, but it must be extremely frustrating as a deaf person to have to deal with that...

Thanks Caroline. I didn't know if it was considered very rude to ask questions like that. :aw: And yes, the interpreters sometimes seem to hinder the communcation more than they help. They sign their personal conversations while we are both trying to work in a group, and my classmate looks...

My god. That's fantastically unconstitutional. You should sue their pants off.

Hi all! :wave: I am hearing, and I am in a class in college with a woman who is deaf. She has an interpreter, can lipread somewhat and has a clear speaking voice. I've not had much interaction with those who are deaf/hoh, coming from a small farming community, and so I am unsure what might be...