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There is no "national language" currently and I don't believe there should be one.

I can't agree with this. I absolutely agree that ASL should be available in schools as an option along with spoken foreign languages, but not "instead of." Students should have the option to learn spoken foreign languages if they want; consider the case of children of immigrants who would like...

I realize that these people are oriented on helping hh folks function like hearies, and I don't see anything wrong with that as that is the wish of many hh people. However I am completely dumbfounded that these people have no education or grounding in Deaf culture at all. Do they think there's...

Great thought. Language teaching is not something that should either be done by an unskilled volunteer in a formal classroom setting (high school or otherwise), nor should it be done for free by a qualified teacher. But a club is a great informal setting where d/Deaf people could come and share...

Deaf people who grow up with no or limited access to language (i.e. their parents never learn to sign, nor do they provide English instruction via Cued Speech or other methods) have a very tough time learning to read and write. There is a higher incidence of illiteracy among deaf people for this...

The thing is, I didn't. Mostly, yes, but not only and every day.

LOL, for some weird reason this reminds me of a comment I got on an interpreter evaluation form from a student. "Interpretrator only wears black clothing, not normal nice clothing." You just can't win for losing sometimes!

That is definitely true, and also the setting plays a role. You won't find too many deaf students offended by tattoos in California community colleges, for example, but that doesn't mean the person interviewing you will want to see ink all over. BTW, since this board is just a powder keg...

And respectfully, I submit that despite a user's paranoid attacks at anyone who doesn't immediately shout to the heavens about a piece of research, it is absolutely a valid question as to the user's native language. There is simply no use even considering results without this important...

That's heartbreaking, but it sounds like you're doing great work with this Porchlight group. All the best.

Yeah, I'm a little confused. She says she is a native deaf signer, but then that ASL is her third language. Maybe she means she grew up trilingual, in which case she could be considered a native signer. If she learned ASL after the critical period (about age 12), she is not a native signer.

Personally I like walking up to one of my students who's gabbing away and standing right in front of him until he stops and turns around and gets the crap scared out of him due to my "suddenly" being there. However this is more of a "will the classroom please STFU so I can continue teaching"...

It's not a matter of what you know and what you don't, it's a function of the language itself as HoHGuy explained really well. If there is no sign for "colonoscopy" and the interpretation is into pure ASL, expansion is necessary. It has nothing to do with second-guessing what the client knows...

I know an interpreter who has sleeves (ink all the way up his arms and completely covering them) but he never works without a long-sleeved shirt.

These are interesting, I'd like to jump in with my ideas if I may. (Not too different from others' in some cases. I interpret exactly what all the clients say and don't step out of role at all. I'm pretty certain that in a situation like this any doctor will inform the patient that since...

Um...no? :dunno2: I know a couple of African-American interpreters; I can ask them about their experiences if brinley is interested.

Careful -- I'm sorry you're going through this and definitely should not have to be, but don't jump to the conclusion that it's because of your race, like this. You don't sound like you're automatically making that assumption and I'm also not saying not to look out for it, but there could be any...

Please don't assume that. Many people have invisible disabilities and just because they're not in a wheelchair or on crutches, or they're not old, doesn't mean they don't need to use disabled parking. I'm one of them.

It's by the same people who did Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire, so that's kind of what it's like.

Yeah, we had a few of those in our ITP. Our teacher spoke to us about people who are not comfortable in their own culture and seek Deaf culture as a refuge. (Some of those people are what I meant by "deaf groupies.") For example, one woman got all up in arms because we were having a unit on...