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People just don't stop to think sometimes. Deaf people use all sorts of coping mechanisms and adapt to being able to get the most information from their worlds in the way they can. Hearies rely so much ontheir auditory sense, that they don't understand the same information can be received in any number of ways. Like knowing where your name falls on the roll and watching for those cues, or being attuned to someone walking up behind you without ever having tohear their footsteps. But it really pisses me off when they use their ignorance to make accusations that someone else is faking just because they are too ignorant to understand or lazy to take the time to learn about deafness. I've said it before, and will say it as long as I live--those kind of teachers have no business in the educational system. They reinforce the idea that ignorance and intolerace are acceptable.

<blockquote data-quote="jillio" data-source="post: 812783" data-attributes="member: 10801"><p>People just don&#039;t stop to think sometimes.&nbsp; Deaf people use all sorts of coping mechanisms and adapt to being able to get the most information from their worlds in the way they can.&nbsp; Hearies rely so much ontheir auditory sense, that they don&#039;t understand the same information can be received in any number of ways.&nbsp; Like knowing where your name falls on the roll and watching for those cues, or being attuned to someone walking up behind you without ever having tohear their footsteps.&nbsp; But it really pisses me off when they use their ignorance to make accusations that someone else is faking just because they are too ignorant to understand or lazy to take the time to learn about deafness.&nbsp; I&#039;ve said it before, and will say it as long as I live--those kind of teachers have no business in the educational system.&nbsp; They reinforce the idea that ignorance and intolerace are acceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jillio, post: 812783, member: 10801"] People just don't stop to think sometimes. Deaf people use all sorts of coping mechanisms and adapt to being able to get the most information from their worlds in the way they can. Hearies rely so much ontheir auditory sense, that they don't understand the same information can be received in any number of ways. Like knowing where your name falls on the roll and watching for those cues, or being attuned to someone walking up behind you without ever having tohear their footsteps. But it really pisses me off when they use their ignorance to make accusations that someone else is faking just because they are too ignorant to understand or lazy to take the time to learn about deafness. I've said it before, and will say it as long as I live--those kind of teachers have no business in the educational system. They reinforce the idea that ignorance and intolerace are acceptable. [/QUOTE]

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