What would you go to college? Why? - Page 2

***VamPyroX*** · 08-20-2004, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dmarenz

I would so love to go to a predominantly deaf college, but unfortunately I'm poor. I heard a lot of bad things about Gally; it's in the 'ghetto' neighborhood and they mistreat individuals who grew up oral.

I'm going to community college straight after graduation (2005; if I don't get accepted to 4 year college) and then transfer to a four year public university. I want to become a Veterinary Technican and also have a major in English. English and animals are the two things I'm interested in as for college plans. Well, I did promise a deaf friend of mine if he got accepted to Madonna University, I'll apply there. He got in and will attend this fall. Dunno.

You're right about the oral mistreatment. A lot of my friends who grew up oral were mistreated by others at Gallaudet. Some of them have regretted going to Gallaudet and wished that they went to RIT instead.

deafdyke · 08-21-2004, 01:53 AM

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A lot of my friends who grew up oral were mistreated by others at Gallaudet.

I wish some deafies weren't so pro-seperatist that they bashed every and anyone who even has oral skills. That sort of attitude isn't going to help the Deaf community survive at ALL!!!! It's not MY fault I grew up without Sign. If I'd had a choice, I would have grown up with BOTH speech and Sign. (and it's wicked hard to believe that I narrowly missed becoming fluent in ASL not ONCE but TWICE!) I can somewhat understand some Deaf extremists' attitudes towards oralists....some oralists are SO beyond stuck up that they don't need Sign, that it's given the rest of us a bad name. But not all of us who can hear and talk decently are like that. Many of us (if not most of us) wish we'd had the oppertuntity to be fluent in both.

***VamPyroX*** · 08-21-2004, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by deafdyke

I wish some deafies weren't so pro-seperatist that they bashed every and anyone who even has oral skills. That sort of attitude isn't going to help the Deaf community survive at ALL!!!! It's not MY fault I grew up without Sign. If I'd had a choice, I would have grown up with BOTH speech and Sign. (and it's wicked hard to believe that I narrowly missed becoming fluent in ASL not ONCE but TWICE!) I can somewhat understand some Deaf extremists' attitudes towards oralists....some oralists are SO beyond stuck up that they don't need Sign, that it's given the rest of us a bad name. But not all of us who can hear and talk decently are like that. Many of us (if not most of us) wish we'd had the oppertuntity to be fluent in both.

That's "Deaf Culture/Pride". They take it seriously. It's the same with blacks, hispanics, GLBT, etc. At RIT, there are some guys who are gay and take too much pride in their gayness that they just start making out "like there's no tomorrow" while in the lobby of the bursar's office. Everyone was disgusted. Another time, there were a group of black students who took their pride so seriously that they started acting like "niggas" and hollering at each other like they were in a gang. If a non-black person was watching the action, one of them would be like, "What you looking at boy!?" It gets really annoying when these people act like that. I just wish people would act normal cuz we're all human!

deafdyke · 08-21-2004, 12:45 PM

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That's "Deaf Culture/Pride". They take it seriously. It's the same with blacks, hispanics, GLBT, etc. " It gets really annoying when these people act like that. I just wish people would act normal cuz we're all human!

I wouldn't call it Deaf Culture/Pride. I'd call it Deaf Extremity, or Deafer-then-thou-ism. There's nothing wrong with the whole Deaf Culture/Pride thing. I know of many people who identify STRONGLY as Deaf, but who don't take it to extremes. You're right...blacks, hispanics, GLBers and others do have simlair social phenonomeons. I mean I have friends who are black, but who get shit on by other blacks b/c (according to the other blacks) they act too white! I have friends who are bi and who get shit on by gays and lesbians who accuse them of not really being gay. But yeah....I know exactly what you mean. Some people cannot think beyond binaries.....maybe if the concept of binaries wasn't so heavily pushed, people would be a heck of a lot happier!

racheleggert · 08-21-2004, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by dmarenz

I would so love to go to a predominantly deaf college, but unfortunately I'm poor. I heard a lot of bad things about Gally; it's in the 'ghetto' neighborhood and they mistreat individuals who grew up oral.

I'm going to community college straight after graduation (2005; if I don't get accepted to 4 year college) and then transfer to a four year public university. I want to become a Veterinary Technican and also have a major in English. English and animals are the two things I'm interested in as for college plans. Well, I did promise a deaf friend of mine if he got accepted to Madonna University, I'll apply there. He got in and will attend this fall. Dunno.

I agree..... deafies who are not rasised around hearies tend to critize, and doesn't think open.. they are "deaf power or pride", doesn't welcome to be friend with hearies, or anything else.. they look hearies like they are stupid.. actually they are not stupid.. I grew up around hearies, and I know what it is like.. Deafies who grow up around hearies tend to under more things that hearies uses such as idioms, joke, etc. l let me tell you what happened last night. I got front seat in my friend's car, and said shotgun! and my deafie friends was like what???? I explain to them, they don't understand. For those don't know what shotgun mean.. not gun.. it is when you get to front seat in car before others, you sat shotgun... that i can explain better...

Oceanbreeze · 08-21-2004, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FutureGame2100

I'll go to the NTID/RIT because I want to learn how to design PC games.

I am currently out of school, but I attended a community college in my hometown after graduation from HS. Sadly, my education was derailed and I never went back to finish that degree. This has always been something that I have regretted, so I plan to one day resume my education and get a degree. At the time, I was doing a two year program in medical records, but as I got into the curriculum, I realized it was of no interest to me. When I go back, I plan to do a two year program in social work with the hope it will put me on my way to a career as a Child Life worker. It is my absolute dream to work with chronically ill children.

BigSpike · 08-22-2004, 10:32 PM

I just received my BA in 2002 from NCU in Minneapolis, and is on way to Master's Degree in Social Worker....

***VamPyroX*** · 08-22-2004, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BigSpike

I just received my BA in 2002 from NCU in Minneapolis, and is on way to Master's Degree in Social Worker....

Social Work is a dying major at RIT.

Mazzie · 10-26-2004, 04:59 PM

I'm a student at RIT and I got accepted directly in RIT, not in NTID so that is different. I don't respect Gallaudet(I live 30 mins from there). However, Gallaudet do have great graduate program... just not so great undergraduate program. My experience at RIT is pretty great so far. There is nothing wrong with the school except for the weather but I'll just get used to it. I do not know much about CSUN since I don't attend or live near there.

ktdid2 · 10-28-2004, 12:15 PM

growing up hearing, I never even considered going to a Deaf school for college. In high school though I started to realize the need for interpreting or transcribing services and had to try to find out which school was best for me. It should always be a personal choice, but for those of you who don't know about McDaniel College (previously Western Maryland College) in Westminster, MD about and hour away from D.C., it has provided me with opportunities that I wouldn't have had at a state university. There are scholarships available because it's a private school.

I'm currently minoring in Deaf studies and secondary education. (and don't go criticizing teachers because they don't make all that much or just because you assume it's the last or only thing available to them–some of us actually want to go into the field.) I'm also majoring in English.

Today was interesting because my usual transcriber for the class was sick and I had an interpreter come for my English class. The first half hour she signed using correct ASL grammar, but I had to ask her to use sim-com because I still have partial hearing and was getting confused as to where my professor was and where the terp was. Don't hate me for relying on lip-reading, but that's what I usually do. But at the same time, I'm trying to make up for the lack of education in sign. Oh...and if you want to check out the news section, there was an article about how Deaf students having trouble with English exams that I posted earlier today.

Anyways, WMC has a great graduate program as well for Deaf Education. Hopefully I'll get into that program after I get my BA. Anyways, it can be a good alternative to Gally if you don't mind a hearing school. The ASL teachers are all deaf...rather than a hearing school that has hearing teachers.

Alright...I'm going to lunch now so i'll stop here.

10-28-2004, 12:15 PM	#40 (permalink)
ktdid2 Katy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow... Posts: 9	Other college... growing up hearing, I never even considered going to a Deaf school for college. In high school though I started to realize the need for interpreting or transcribing services and had to try to find out which school was best for me. It should always be a personal choice, but for those of you who don't know about McDaniel College (previously Western Maryland College) in Westminster, MD about and hour away from D.C., it has provided me with opportunities that I wouldn't have had at a state university. There are scholarships available because it's a private school. I'm currently minoring in Deaf studies and secondary education. (and don't go criticizing teachers because they don't make all that much or just because you assume it's the last or only thing available to them–some of us actually want to go into the field.) I'm also majoring in English. Today was interesting because my usual transcriber for the class was sick and I had an interpreter come for my English class. The first half hour she signed using correct ASL grammar, but I had to ask her to use sim-com because I still have partial hearing and was getting confused as to where my professor was and where the terp was. Don't hate me for relying on lip-reading, but that's what I usually do. But at the same time, I'm trying to make up for the lack of education in sign. Oh...and if you want to check out the news section, there was an article about how Deaf students having trouble with English exams that I posted earlier today. Anyways, WMC has a great graduate program as well for Deaf Education. Hopefully I'll get into that program after I get my BA. Anyways, it can be a good alternative to Gally if you don't mind a hearing school. The ASL teachers are all deaf...rather than a hearing school that has hearing teachers. Alright...I'm going to lunch now so i'll stop here.

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BigSpike Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: New England Posts: 416	I just received my BA in 2002 from NCU in Minneapolis, and is on way to Master's Degree in Social Worker....

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Mazzie Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 4	I'm a student at RIT and I got accepted directly in RIT, not in NTID so that is different. I don't respect Gallaudet(I live 30 mins from there). However, Gallaudet do have great graduate program... just not so great undergraduate program. My experience at RIT is pretty great so far. There is nothing wrong with the school except for the weather but I'll just get used to it. I do not know much about CSUN since I don't attend or live near there.