Sharing School for the Deaf...?

According to a reliable source, the underlying reason for hearing students at Gally - enrollment numbers. Gally is decreasing in enrollment and needs to have the numbers. I have two wonderful friends who are currently enrolled at Gally (both whom are hearing) and they do a great job of respecting deaf culture (always signing in presence of deaf people, etc.). Both are interpreter majors, and both say that the BEST way to learn ASL is total immersion. Tell me- where's the best place for total immersion? Most of us would say Gally. :)
 
paperclip said:
I think you are bound to meet all different kinds of people with different opinion at any school being different. Deaf students go to mainstream school - people on this forum has clearly shown mixed opinions on this practice. I think like Shel said, you might have to be careful with some "hearing" behavior and just being sensitive and respectful of others, you would be fine.

I am not speaking from experience though. My contact with the Deaf has been extremely limited and I did not have the courage to try something as different as leaving my mainstream education.

Are you thinking about going there for summer classes or 4 years of college? I'm HOH but my fluency is ASL is not beyond basic conversational level.
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Thanks paperclip. I'm actually considering going to Gally next year for Graduate school. I would do my best to be sensitive and respectful, but I'm sure there are some little things that I don't know.... I just hope my classmates would be helpful and realize that I don't mean be disrespectful if I do something unintentionally....
 
deafbajagal said:
According to a reliable source, the underlying reason for hearing students at Gally - enrollment numbers. Gally is decreasing in enrollment and needs to have the numbers. I have two wonderful friends who are currently enrolled at Gally (both whom are hearing) and they do a great job of respecting deaf culture (always signing in presence of deaf people, etc.). Both are interpreter majors, and both say that the BEST way to learn ASL is total immersion. Tell me- where's the best place for total immersion? Most of us would say Gally. :)
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Yeah, it's the best place for the total immersion for anybody to learn ASL anywhere, definitely! (24/7)
 
thanx2gezus said:
Thanks paperclip. I'm actually considering going to Gally next year for Graduate school. I would do my best to be sensitive and respectful, but I'm sure there are some little things that I don't know.... I just hope my classmates would be helpful and realize that I don't mean be disrespectful if I do something unintentionally....
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The grad school is mostly hearing. Most classes are taught in English. My friend who is a deaf grad student gets frustrated with how little the professors sign.

Last year a grad student did a presentation about "is there hearing privilege at Gallaudet" - her answer was yes, but unfortunately she gave it to the whole school. All of my HUG friends (hearing undergraduates) found it very biased toward the grad school. The undergrad experience is very different! If you contact H. Dirksen Bauman he can give you more info on her presentation...I can't remember the student's name.
 
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