Grummer
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Hi All,
as you would know I dont need to introduce myself, but some of you might know I am a student. and during this year I am going to try explore a differ erent sort of inquiry to find out how mainstreamed deaf people (now as adults) I'd like to ask if you could reflect, make comparison if you can, on what's it like before and now, and maybe why you prefer companies of d/Deaf more than you did in the past (or less?). It is understandable we are all different and have different experiences, different levels of residents hearing, speech skills, sign skills, english writing skills, etc etc, im not 'interested' in these, rather im interested in the impact of enforced public school /oralism have had on your social and emotional well being in life, as a person, and as a social individual.
Just keep it short if you can, and im sure it would be interesting for some of us to see how we all may experienced some thing differently and others, expereienced in similar ways.
OK, last thing before i start, its just 'an experiment' in here, to see how it might 'work' or id go back on the drawing board so to speak. Im just trying something 'new' , hope this is recieved well by you all other ADers...
it would be a big help to see, how it might 'promise' a good plan or if its same same same, and cant pull out interpretation then id junk it.
Can you describe in less than 25 words for each of these.
Before A), do please state your 'class' or type of school, was it posh, well-to-do public school (popular 'real american high school,etc), in the rough areas, - why i asked this is, some classmates may or may not have been fairly ambitous career wise, or what sort of school , and in there what sort of classmates did you associated with? geeky, sporty, fashion types, music m art types, or what but this bit, just be real short, its just to give us an idea how society 'puts you in place'..nothing more or less, a background nothing more.
A) what did you thought of your social life in the hearing world, during the school years
B) and in adulthood - Did you stay in touch with the hearies or they drifted away?
if moved on, answer D.
if stayed in touch anser C
C) did their social life outpaced yours?, more strained or is it better than before
D), why did they moved on, did their work/career outpaced you?
as you would know I dont need to introduce myself, but some of you might know I am a student. and during this year I am going to try explore a differ erent sort of inquiry to find out how mainstreamed deaf people (now as adults) I'd like to ask if you could reflect, make comparison if you can, on what's it like before and now, and maybe why you prefer companies of d/Deaf more than you did in the past (or less?). It is understandable we are all different and have different experiences, different levels of residents hearing, speech skills, sign skills, english writing skills, etc etc, im not 'interested' in these, rather im interested in the impact of enforced public school /oralism have had on your social and emotional well being in life, as a person, and as a social individual.
Just keep it short if you can, and im sure it would be interesting for some of us to see how we all may experienced some thing differently and others, expereienced in similar ways.
OK, last thing before i start, its just 'an experiment' in here, to see how it might 'work' or id go back on the drawing board so to speak. Im just trying something 'new' , hope this is recieved well by you all other ADers...
it would be a big help to see, how it might 'promise' a good plan or if its same same same, and cant pull out interpretation then id junk it.
Can you describe in less than 25 words for each of these.
Before A), do please state your 'class' or type of school, was it posh, well-to-do public school (popular 'real american high school,etc), in the rough areas, - why i asked this is, some classmates may or may not have been fairly ambitous career wise, or what sort of school , and in there what sort of classmates did you associated with? geeky, sporty, fashion types, music m art types, or what but this bit, just be real short, its just to give us an idea how society 'puts you in place'..nothing more or less, a background nothing more.
A) what did you thought of your social life in the hearing world, during the school years
B) and in adulthood - Did you stay in touch with the hearies or they drifted away?
if moved on, answer D.
if stayed in touch anser C
C) did their social life outpaced yours?, more strained or is it better than before
D), why did they moved on, did their work/career outpaced you?
I was in deaf school all my life. I have a great childhood, great life and do have ups and downs but that is part of life. 
