Assessment work and education vent

[JClarke]

This is my huge vent of the day. This is how I have discovered all about myself in the education years, three years ago. I was out with some deaf friends for dinner last night, at my friend's chinese resturant.

One of the friends are one of the interpreter we knew for many years. We all were discussing about the education and its interpreters during my high school years. What I have known in the 6 years, is that the interpreters are not fully qaulified, and doesn't interpret MUCH on what the teachers have to say or change a bit for us to understand ('us' is me and few along deaf students in my time) and the friend said in her perspective that these interpreters I have in the years was being like a 'mum' to us, help with our schoolwork, and such as 'I'll do for you, don't worry' etc.

This has come to realize last night, when I was doing Advanced Diploma in New Media and Communication at Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT: Similar to community college) in 2006, which was three years ago -- unfortunately, I didn't complete the advanced diploma, becuase I WAS NOT READY! That's why, I realised, becuase the interpreters at my CIT are fully qaulified and being 'nothing to do with us' etc - the assessment and education in the course was too much to me, and to the explaination from her last night has finally made sense.

I am thankful, that I am well educated alternatively, I would have been different, if I was not in this way of education. By the time, I found a apprenticeship program which landed me in a beautiful job, I was ready to continue my studies at CIT, which finally pulled me to the very end today, which I have two weeks left in my course study before I graduate, and I am ready for university. Some teachers are very against with deaf people in some schools, that's how some of us are taught differently. I was told about one of our friends in the past, that it ws taught differently, and so called 'deaf units' - after 6 years for not knowing their names!

I am yet thankful that in my elementary school years, I was well combined with the other students, and know each other well for 7 years. This stuff was told last night, pissed me off inside.

Thank you for reading.

 

[Dixie]

Ouch.

 

[Bottesini]

Sorry. But look to your bright future and put the past behind.

 

[ClearSky]

What I have known in the 6 years, is that the interpreters are not fully qaulified, and doesn't interpret MUCH on what the teachers have to say or change a bit for us to understand ('us' is me and few along deaf students in my time) and the friend said in her perspective that these interpreters I have in the years was being like a 'mum' to us, help with our schoolwork, and such as 'I'll do for you, don't worry' etc.

I am not sure if being fully certified guarantees an ethical interpreter who acts professional and interprets right at all times.

I had a terp that was said to be the best of all. I tried to tell someone, but she would act as she should by interpreting right, so they didn't believe me. This terp would do what you said, which is change the wordings, interpret only important things, ignore you while talking to someone sometimes instead of involving you in the convo. Help other students while teacher was talking, leave the class early if she heard nothing much would be discussed to do some other projects of hers. The terp would also give opinions about which project or book to read over the others because it's easy on deaf people. Conversing while teacher is talking. I remember I had another way off interpreter. I had a terp who learned interpreting from someone else and decided later to get a degree in interpreting, and she was great as she was. So I am not sure being certified is the issue.