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ive heard through the grapvine that sorenson is paying 21 base level for VRS, in my area. RID cert not required, individual evaluation. freelance in my area is 10-12/hr, depending on who you know im curious what terps make in dc? dont have to tell us your personal salary etoile, just a...

hearing people tend to gravitate toward signed english because it follows english syntax. its it however, very cumbersome and unnatural. ASL is easier on the eyes, and feels more natural by contact sign im assuming you mean PSE, pidgeon signed english, which is kinda like ASL signs in...

being a boyfriend isnt hard. im sure your mother taught you all the skills required, you've jsut never had to use them. be polite, use your manners, think of her feelings, and be yourself. think of fun things you guys can do together, taking into account that she is deaf. that doesn't sound...

if im in a room with any deaf person....wether it be across the room, or in another room and they can see in through the door.....if they catch me not signing i catch hell about it. someone i work with stated that anyonein the same room as him, regardless of wether or not he is watching us...

from what ive heard around the rumor mill lately..... basically FCC pays VRS providers 17(or so) bucks a minute that a person is using a VRS relay call. they are considering cutting that to 6 dollars a minute. how this translates into the costs of running the buisness, i don't know what VRS...

"B" hand, palm left, fingers up...in front of your nose, then moves straight out. ive seen it used to mean every form of straight

southern, i dont mean to disect your post, but i see alot of things you said that i dont agree with, and i'll state why.... that is quite a broad sentence. I have expierenced children who grew up oral and have decided to sign later in life, my girlfriend is a good example. However, you...

it is similar to bean. -= like this, in a straight line, not off to the side, cept fingers are touching its hard to explain in words lol.

there is a sign for stick tho... left hand "1" finger, palm down pointing to the right, right hand thumb and 1st finger tap top and bottom of finger. similar to the number 20 with a finger in between....

i live in knoxville tennessee, and as far as i can tell, judging by the terps i see coming out of it, the terp program at UT is piss poor. ive not heard anything good about it. however, down the road, a private school called Maryville colege, i have heard positive things about their terp...

ditto, ive never seen senior sign with "S" signs tho...sounds englishy heh. definately senior

i work at a residential deaf school, socialize exclusively with deaf, and have a deaf girlfriend. needless to say, i have a huge heart for deaf. that said, i constantly deal with the "us vs them" mentality simply because i am hearing. If a deaf person offends another deaf person at work, its...

ignoring my comments simply because i am hearing IS small minded, you proved my point. i guess i didn't do a good enough job explaining what i meant. i simply meant some CI's are successful. everyone talks about CI's not working etc etc etc, i simply stated they do have success.

california is done a couple of ways index finger on temple, swings out into a "y" shape same sign for gold are two that i know

too often deaf draw the battle lines on deaf vs hearing, instead of the individuals. the fact that i am hearing does not mean i should have to tiptoe my way through this board, or in real life around deafies. If you have to modify your behaqvior around a group of people, you shouldn't be acting...

seems to me, when you dont fully understand what someone says, you make up the worse possible meaning for what they said, the most argumenative. websters online defines successful as: resulting or terminating in success where in my post did i refer to ALL deaf people as being small...

tell them to socialize with deaf, and they will get one in time. let it happen naturally.

The idea behind the sign name for hearing is that the person is connected the the deaf community in some way. A friend, co-worker, job etc. If you don't know them that well, then you obviously aren't friends with them, and they do not have other deaf friends, then they don't get a sign name...

risk vs rewards is an idiom meant to assess wether the cons outweigh the pros....the good outweigh the bad, the negative outweigh the positive. basically, is the chance of something bad happening worth all the benefit they will get from the surgery. how high is the chance of something...

umm...you need to update your info. Uncircumsized penises facilitated easier masterbation, this was seen as "dirty" to religious zealots, thus they cut off the foreskin to disuade young boys from masterbating. america and israel are the only countries who circumsize thier young boys, other...