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Makes me wonder if he's always that quiet, especially with family and whatnot. Hmmm... I've had friends who were pretty much silent, except in certain situations. I have one friend who I hadn't seen in a couple of years who I knew didn't speak, and make it pretty clear that he wasn't...

I'd like to echo Endy's sentiment; as far as I'm concerned, the biggest problem with education deaf children is that teachers cannot adequately communicate with their students. Being able to hold a somewhat in-depth conversation with a deaf friend does not equate being able to explain abstract...

SOME children are lazy and careless. When the standards were first set and incredibly low the first year, it was typically schools in low socioeconomic areas that were failing. So you're going to tell me that the only reason a poor African-American child from Cabrini Green failed the test was...

Just as a point of curiosity, are you deaf?

No Child Left Behind was a nice idea upon conception, but the hope of it succeeding has long since faded. One of the major flaws is the standardized testing, which all students are required to take. That means a child at the best school in the country will be taking the same test as a child at...

You are correct. Even to get a BA in Interpreting from Gallaudet, one must first be admitted as a student, which means fluency in ASL.

You don't have to believe me, that's fine. Maybe you'd believe Gallaudet's enrollment statistics for Spring 2006. If you look on page 2 you'll see that there are approximately 24 hearing undergraduate students, roughly 2% of the total population. If you look at graduate students, you'll...

BINGO! Over 50% of graduate students there are hearing.

There is not a 75 db requirement for Gally students. Case and point: I'm entering as an undergraduate student and I'm hearing. How much time have you spent at Gallaudet? How are your connections with faculty, staff and students on campus? Are you sure that your assumptions regarding the...

Gotta agree with Teresh here. While I absolutely do NOT support this war at all, it would be irresponsible of us to leave now. We went in we said we were going to fix the country, which we haven't done and need to do. Of course it won't be perfect, but having some semblance of order would be...

My comment actually wasn't even directed at you, but your reply was an interesting read nevertheless.

Just out of curiosity, how is this attitude less disgusting than the "deafer than thou" attitude? Those who aren't from deaf families or who were mainstreamed complain about those are "deafer than thou," but it looks like a 2-way street to me. It seems as though those who are the products of...

There will always be jerks who won't respect your decision to have/use your CI, but that's the way life goes. Overall I think the attitude towards CIs have changed. I read a comment IKJ made back in 1997 where he said that CIs were basically non-existant on campus and students as a whole did...

Ditto on "Donnie Darko." I absolutely love that movie, in addition to "Eternal Sunshine..." Have you seen "Waking Life"?

You knew I would reply, didn't you? :wave: Honestly, I'm not sure what can be done to resolve these types of situations. Sometimes it's possible to find an interpreter willing to work for little or no money, but I realize that's not always feasible. Plus you run the risk of getting an...

I'm transferring to Gally this fall, but I'll still be a freshman.

The honors program has been changed a lot in the past 5 years, so anyone who was in it years ago wouldn't really know anymore. As an aside, I'll be starting up in the honors program this fall.

Hmmm... Now that you mention it, that's what it was. His home district paid, not MSSD. Oops. :)

That isn't how it's signed, at least not in my experience. At Gallaudet, everyone I've met fingerspells "audist."

I've already booked my hotel room and cannot wait to attend! I was at the try-outs for the hockey team in June, and we're all excited to see the USA hockey team win gold this time around! If you're planning on going, make sure you let the hotel know it's for the Deaflympics. I know one...