it is because SEE does not make sense in sign language. i would go zzzzzzzzzzz too.
but for the children, i would try my best and keep awake, and give them a big hands wave when they finish!
I agree with you. i think the attitude where people are against individuals with cochlear implants is dangerous especially for the deaf community because if we were all to have that kind of attitude, deaf culture/community would die out because more and more deaf children are getting implanted...
exactly.
but at the same time, parents who are raising their children to be oral need to have an open mind about other options in case their own child does not benefit from being oral or from being mainstreamed. i guess my attitude is.....whatever works for the child, stick to it. i would...
here is mine!
i dont have any younger pictures of me scanned in this computer so this one is from when i was around 8yrs old. i remember telling the hairdresser that i wanted her to cut my hair short on one side and leave the other side longer. i remember thinking i was so cooooool- GEEZ...
what i dont get is...[SOME] hearing people force us to take speech classes and then they laugh at our voice. or they exclaim at the fact that i as a 9 year old, could pronounce the word 'ketchup' rather than celebrating that i could fully sign a grade 7 level novel in ASL when i was only 9 years...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAIpRRZvnJg
I thought this was a very versatile way to explain diversity and creative in its application to life. its worth watching!
go to youtube and type in "instruction manual for life" for different languages- it is available in german and portugese.
rr- thank you for making me feel like an idiot! LOL. i failed at #2- i was like ha ha ha! you didn't fool me into spelling out silk when i said milk. oh it's water...dammmn.
math and speech...bllleehhhh.
the irony thing is...the speech language paths wld take me out of math to focus on speech. you would think they would leave me and my math alone to practise more.
i told my parents this years later and they were shocked to find out.
they had no clue.
there are certain times where i don't wear make up like, when i am camping or working out, etc. but all the other times, i wear make up.
i am in love with sephoria! i can get lost in that store for hours.