Honestly, I think that deaf students aren't giving enough effort to learn how to write proper English. I'm currently a senior at a deaf school and I understand how English grammar works. It makes my teachers do a double take when they see my writing (I've been accused of plagarism a few times because they don't think I wrote it), since I have a good grasp on the English language. It's too rare in the deaf community to see a deaf person who knows ASL and proper English.
It's just stupid. My school has doubled the units required for English, so we have two English classes (reading/writing) and a 15-minute reading time everyday. But since the students are so darn lazy, they don't even do their best. They just do what they have to pass and that's it. They don't even see why they should know how to write proper English. While, I gave up some of my ASL skills (I'm not the best at ASL grammar and end up signing PSE sometimes) to improve my writing skills. I'm also an avid reader, and with every book I read, I improve in my writing skills. I also watch a lot of TV too :P Gotta <3 CC for teaching me speed reading.
But it's stupid since most deaf people think they're not as "smart" as the hearing people, they basically give up on their studies. It's like if a class is actually challenging, they get scared and run from it. This year, my school had to drop AP classes because the kids refused to take them because they would actually challenge them and make them think. They'd prefer to take easy classes for a sure A instead of a more challenging class for a B. That mindset is causing the problems in English literacy among Deaf children. They don't think it's worth it to learn English. They've had English force-fed to them everyday (double classes, reading time), but they still don't care.
*headdesk*
It's just stupid. My school has doubled the units required for English, so we have two English classes (reading/writing) and a 15-minute reading time everyday. But since the students are so darn lazy, they don't even do their best. They just do what they have to pass and that's it. They don't even see why they should know how to write proper English. While, I gave up some of my ASL skills (I'm not the best at ASL grammar and end up signing PSE sometimes) to improve my writing skills. I'm also an avid reader, and with every book I read, I improve in my writing skills. I also watch a lot of TV too :P Gotta <3 CC for teaching me speed reading.
But it's stupid since most deaf people think they're not as "smart" as the hearing people, they basically give up on their studies. It's like if a class is actually challenging, they get scared and run from it. This year, my school had to drop AP classes because the kids refused to take them because they would actually challenge them and make them think. They'd prefer to take easy classes for a sure A instead of a more challenging class for a B. That mindset is causing the problems in English literacy among Deaf children. They don't think it's worth it to learn English. They've had English force-fed to them everyday (double classes, reading time), but they still don't care.
*headdesk*