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IOL: Deaf man's teaching skills being wasted
All Trevor Vigus wants to do is to teach and to do a good job.
But despite his best efforts to get a teaching post for the past year, the 36-year-old Pinetown man has been unable to land a position.
He believes that it is because he is "profoundly" deaf and he feels prospective employers view this as a barrier.
"But being deaf doesn't limit you and it's a misconception that it does," said Vigus.
He says he is capable of teaching in schools for the deaf as well as "normal" schools. He is an expert at lip-reading and can also use sign language.
He finds it odd that there is a shortage of teachers and yet there are teachers who cannot get posts. One local school - which does not employ men - was keen to help him, however, and alerted the Daily News of his plight.
Vigus matriculated from the Fulton School for the Deaf where he was head boy. He obtained a teaching diploma for pre- and junior primary level at the South African College of Open Learning.
But he is optimistic that he will one day get a teaching job.
"Deaf teachers are really wanted overseas and maybe I'll have to consider going to America," he said. He can be contacted (by sms) at 079 185 3110
All Trevor Vigus wants to do is to teach and to do a good job.
But despite his best efforts to get a teaching post for the past year, the 36-year-old Pinetown man has been unable to land a position.
He believes that it is because he is "profoundly" deaf and he feels prospective employers view this as a barrier.
"But being deaf doesn't limit you and it's a misconception that it does," said Vigus.
He says he is capable of teaching in schools for the deaf as well as "normal" schools. He is an expert at lip-reading and can also use sign language.
He finds it odd that there is a shortage of teachers and yet there are teachers who cannot get posts. One local school - which does not employ men - was keen to help him, however, and alerted the Daily News of his plight.
Vigus matriculated from the Fulton School for the Deaf where he was head boy. He obtained a teaching diploma for pre- and junior primary level at the South African College of Open Learning.
But he is optimistic that he will one day get a teaching job.
"Deaf teachers are really wanted overseas and maybe I'll have to consider going to America," he said. He can be contacted (by sms) at 079 185 3110