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<blockquote data-quote="JadeSkye" data-source="post: 2184514" data-attributes="member: 67929">So I have heard <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/icon_lol.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />.&nbsp; I am still working on that part because it seems with us hearing people that &quot;blunt&quot; is seen as &quot;rude&quot; or some other negative and I don't want to come across that way.SO- with &quot;being blunt&quot; in mind, I guess I will dig a little further.&nbsp; I guess my big question for you is WHY do you want to put them in the deaf school?&nbsp; Maybe you answered this and I am not understanding it.&nbsp; Are you wanting them to rely on ASL as their main language?&nbsp; Like others have said, English will be considered their main language, even if they began learning ASL first.&nbsp; It's just because of the fact that they are hearing- the world will view them that way and expect them to be able to communicate as a hearing person (this is where I am afraid I will veer into &quot;rude&quot; territory, so please bear with me).&nbsp; The thought that keeps popping into my mind (and I might be completely off base) is that it appears that you are wanting to keep them in the Deaf world, that you are afraid that by putting them in mainstream school you will in a sense lose them to the hearing world and in that aspect they might begin rejecting parts of the Deaf world (like ASL).&nbsp; It is like when people say that hearing parents are trying to make their children hearing because they have them orally trained or implanted or other choices they make for their children- you pushing to have them in a deaf school is like you are holding out hope that they can still be Deaf (okay, I hope that makes sense and PLEASE PLEASE don't take offense, I am just working through the thoughts that I am having on this and want to know if I am maybe missing something).&nbsp; And I think I just lost my last thought on this because I was rereading everything to see if it sounded too blunt <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh2:" title="Laugh 2&nbsp; &nbsp; :laugh2:" data-shortname=":laugh2:" />.&nbsp; I hope that all makes sense and please know that I am just trying to understand.&nbsp; I guess I will just leave it at that for now.&nbsp; Feel free to tell me to shut up and that I don't know what I am talking about, because I probably don't <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />.&nbsp; Oh, and thank you so much for the pictures!!&nbsp; They are still just as adorable as when they were born <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />!&nbsp; You have tortoises??&nbsp; That will win them cool points in school for sure, not every kid has tortoises in their backyards!!&nbsp; (Well, not in Florida, maybe they do in Hawaii, I don't know!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JadeSkye, post: 2184514, member: 67929"] So I have heard :lol:. I am still working on that part because it seems with us hearing people that "blunt" is seen as "rude" or some other negative and I don't want to come across that way. SO- with "being blunt" in mind, I guess I will dig a little further. I guess my big question for you is WHY do you want to put them in the deaf school? Maybe you answered this and I am not understanding it. Are you wanting them to rely on ASL as their main language? Like others have said, English will be considered their main language, even if they began learning ASL first. It's just because of the fact that they are hearing- the world will view them that way and expect them to be able to communicate as a hearing person (this is where I am afraid I will veer into "rude" territory, so please bear with me). The thought that keeps popping into my mind (and I might be completely off base) is that it appears that you are wanting to keep them in the Deaf world, that you are afraid that by putting them in mainstream school you will in a sense lose them to the hearing world and in that aspect they might begin rejecting parts of the Deaf world (like ASL). It is like when people say that hearing parents are trying to make their children hearing because they have them orally trained or implanted or other choices they make for their children- you pushing to have them in a deaf school is like you are holding out hope that they can still be Deaf (okay, I hope that makes sense and PLEASE PLEASE don't take offense, I am just working through the thoughts that I am having on this and want to know if I am maybe missing something). And I think I just lost my last thought on this because I was rereading everything to see if it sounded too blunt :laugh2:. I hope that all makes sense and please know that I am just trying to understand. I guess I will just leave it at that for now. Feel free to tell me to shut up and that I don't know what I am talking about, because I probably don't :). Oh, and thank you so much for the pictures!! They are still just as adorable as when they were born :)! You have tortoises?? That will win them cool points in school for sure, not every kid has tortoises in their backyards!! (Well, not in Florida, maybe they do in Hawaii, I don't know!) [/QUOTE]

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