since everyone is doing all these "ask me anything" threads...

CODAchild said:
:wave: Hello Centel, I have 2 questions for you.

1. What made you decide to become a Relay Operator?


2. Which deaf person, if any, made an impact on your life, whether it be a friend, aquaintance, or a famous deaf person?
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1. I had first heard about the job through alot of my friends. At least half of my friends at one time or another worked here. I was working as a supervisor at UPS, and I decided to jump ship and see if I liked it. So I applied, and got called back the next week. I originally had no clue what the job even was.

2. Hmm. This is hard to say, as I personally, do not know any particular deaf people well, but I'd have to say, our deaf culture awareness instructor for my job training, JAC, really helped me to see that there are 2 different ways of looking at deafness: 1. medically, and 2. culturally. It took awhile to sink in, but eventually, it did, which is one of the reasons I am posting here now, and hope to follow a carreer revolved around the deaf community.
 
Have you ever thought of being a VRS operator?? If you do know ASL, that is...

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Actually, I've given it alot of thought. I'm currently studying ASL, and plan on attending Georgia Perimeter College's ASL interpreting program. If I ever become a certified terp, who knows, it'd be a much nicer job than what I am doing now. No scams or pranks.

And yes, bow down to Relay Ops! :whip: Just kidding. It'd sure be nice to see some other operators posting on here though.
 
Education requirement for terps?

cental34 said:
Actually, I've given it alot of thought. I'm currently studying ASL, and plan on attending Georgia Perimeter College's ASL interpreting program. If I ever become a certified terp, who knows, it'd be a much nicer job than what I am doing now. No scams or pranks.
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You may want to check with them about something I heard on this board. Soon certified terps will be required to have a four year degree. I don't know how old you are or if you're going to school F/T, but going P/T and working is TOUGH and you may not be able to finish by 2010. Good luck whatever you decide.
 
I had actully already planned on getting an AAS degree through the program. I'm currently getting all my Gen Ed and prereqs out of the way.

And I'm fully aware about how hard it is to work and goto school, but I can handle it.
 
cental34 said:
I had actully already planned on getting an AAS degree through the program. I'm currently getting all my Gen Ed and prereqs out of the way.

And I'm fully aware about how hard it is to work and goto school, but I can handle it.
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Do not give it up !! My son finally made it to graduation from High School. I know, it was not easy nowadays for the young people.

Hang in there !
 
cental34 said:
1. I had first heard about the job through alot of my friends. At least half of my friends at one time or another worked here. I was working as a supervisor at UPS, and I decided to jump ship and see if I liked it. So I applied, and got called back the next week. I originally had no clue what the job even was.

2. Hmm. This is hard to say, as I personally, do not know any particular deaf people well, but I'd have to say, our deaf culture awareness instructor for my job training, JAC, really helped me to see that there are 2 different ways of looking at deafness: 1. medically, and 2. culturally. It took awhile to sink in, but eventually, it did, which is one of the reasons I am posting here now, and hope to follow a carreer revolved around the deaf community.
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i think you like the idea of "CUSSING" INTO the phones!!! :rofl: J/K!!! :D (i couldn't resist saying this! :P)
 
Not just cussing, but expressing anger at a stupid voice user.

Heck, I have so say cuss words all day because of stupid little immature, hearing brats, and I certainly don't enjoy that.
 
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