LuciaDisturbed said:I know what you mean. It also occurs in junior high as well.
One example: When I was in the 7th grade, we had a home economics class (this was a public school with DHH program). In this case, all of the students in my home ecomonics class were all deaf/hoh. The teacher that was supposed to teach our class was out due to some major surgery and wouldn't be back for the entire semester. Instead of getting a different home economics teacher to teach the class (there were plenty), the interpeters (2 of them) took it upon themselves to actually teach the class. That is not their place.
Yeah. In Georgia, according to one of my friends, an interpreter is to have two priorities. First priority is to interpret, and the second priority, in the case of a test or quiz, act as liaison between the deaf and the teacher. They are not allowed to be teacher's aide for anyone but the deaf. If the teacher can't make it, either a substitute fills in or the period is a free period. I think its the same way in Tennessee.