Deaf Culture Interview

[BluegrassGal]

Had an assignment in my Deaf Culture class to interview a Deaf or Hard of Hearing person this semester and was just curious about other lives out there.. (These were the questions I chose to ask):


1. Where & When were you born?

2. How old were you when your parents realized you were deaf? How did they come to that conclusion?

3. What did your parents decide to do?

4. Deaf School, Oral Approach, Sign & Voice - what was your experience like over all?

5. When visiting your family after being away how was that experience?

6. What are your most favorite memories from childhood?

7. Favorite memories from school?

8. What were your teachers like?

9. What did you do after you graduated or what do you plan to do when you graduate?

10. Have you had frustrations in dealing with the hearing world?

11. Have you had frustrations in dealing with the deaf world?

12. Hearing Aids, Closed-Captioning, TTYs - how do you feel about these things and how much have they changed in your lifetime?

13. How do you feel about sign language?

14. How do you feel about hearing people learning sign language?

15. What are you most fond of in the deaf culture?

16. Which famous deaf person or people do you admire? Why?

16. What are you most fond of from the hearing culture?

17. Do you have any advice to students learning Sign Language?

 

[Frisky Feline]

where is botti?

 

[Bottesini]

where is botti?

Had to be gone a lot today. Sorry.

http://www.alldeaf.com/introduce-yo...iews-questions-surveys-please-read-first.html

Please read my link.

THis is at least 3 of the same post and new threads I have seen .

 

[zerodog]

To answer your question...

1. Where & When were you born? USA, Hearing

2. How old were you when your parents realized you were deaf? How did they come to that conclusion?10 months, at first time they learn from my grandma. Parents disagreed with grandma and later on realized grandma was right and feel lost. In past time, there wasn't enough resource for parent knows that Deaf can do anything...

3. What did your parents decide to do?Parents are doing their best but listen my gut and why decision I make and parents support for educate need or my language need improve matter to parents

4. Deaf School, Oral Approach, Sign & Voice - what was your experience like over all?At first, Oral School refer by Doctor recommand and parents peeked to see how I was doing in few months and realized teacher left me out and not learning anything that parents spend money for nothing. Mainstreaming; they put me there and follow advice from teacher suggest until later on I learn about Deaf Culture and learn my rights at 5 grades which it require to next level to middle school. I went to late during teenager to Deaf School. Parents against idea about send kids to school without kid being home and family time; however, if no interpreter or no school then no choice.

5. When visiting your family after being away how was that experience?Parents know that I am still okay and glad I am in one piece and nothing push me away.

6. What are your most favorite memories from childhood?being family together

7. Favorite memories from school?Deaf School is always the best because spirit still alive there.

8. What were your teachers like?Some teacher disgust me due believe oral is important sign language

9. What did you do after you graduated or what do you plan to do when you graduate?Went to college until my health illness took over me and try go back until most professional wouldn't let me enroll on career due the "DEAFNESS"

10. Have you had frustrations in dealing with the hearing world?Heck YEA! They are try to fix DEAF

11. Have you had frustrations in dealing with the deaf world?Deaf out there who are doing MOTIVE and SUCCESSFUL are FEW! While remain are fell in pit hole

12. Hearing Aids, Closed-Captioning, TTYs - how do you feel about these things and how much have they changed in your lifetime?It is good lifestyle has change until technology is a MUST to us

13. How do you feel about sign language?Sign Language is most matter to me

14. How do you feel about hearing people learning sign language?As long they are try and be sure they aren't make up. If they want learn, go for it!

15. What are you most fond of in the deaf culture?Respect all whole in past Deaf people struggle and thanks those people that done to us. Image if no one done and we aren't able to understand this

16. Which famous deaf person or people do you admire? Why?No one is famous... Everyone are inspire!

16. What are you most fond of from the hearing culture?I don't fond Hearing culture because the 'Doctor' and Alex Graham Bell

17. Do you have any advice to students learning Sign Language?Don't think about to above them. Just neutral and relay the message for interpreting. Learn to not get personal, they don't talk to you. they are talk to another person for interpreting the message

 

[Frisky Feline]

Had to be gone a lot today. Sorry.

http://www.alldeaf.com/introduce-yo...iews-questions-surveys-please-read-first.html

Please read my link.

THis is at least 3 of the same post and new threads I have seen .

yes three of the same threads. mew.

 

[Bottesini]

To answer your question...

Have you been gone lots lately?

We are not allowed to answer them.

 

[zerodog]

Have you been gone lots lately?

We are not allowed to answer them.

what do you mean by that yea I been busy around and tell you truth...

how can people manage to follow up that Vlog and this Sorry..

 

[Bottesini]

what do you mean by that yea I been busy around and tell you truth...

how can people manage to follow up that Vlog and this Sorry..

I thought you must have been. Jolie made a thread about it.