Comments on: What I Learned At Gallaudet http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:40:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Meredith http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-16686 Meredith Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:11:07 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-16686 I tried to read that, but it was too big and confusing with weird colors. Not the most effective way to get your point across. I tried to read that, but it was too big and confusing with weird colors. Not the most effective way to get your point across.

]]> By: Your Lord and Savior http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15735 Your Lord and Savior Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:00:12 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15735 Jesus! Is it really wise to be skipping class when you've got a 4th grade reading level to begin with? Lord, I beseech you, take mercy on your wayward children and show them the error of their ways. Guide them to the classroom. Guide them to study and do their homework (on time). Guide them to put the bong down, eat more apples, and take a shower every now and then. Lord, they may be deaf but the noses still work, right? Jesus! Is it really wise to be skipping class when you’ve got a 4th grade reading level to begin with? Lord, I beseech you, take mercy on your wayward children and show them the error of their ways. Guide them to the classroom. Guide them to study and do their homework (on time). Guide them to put the bong down, eat more apples, and take a shower every now and then. Lord, they may be deaf but the noses still work, right?

]]> By: testing_the_truth http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15701 testing_the_truth Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:49:39 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15701 The Gallaudet protest is raging on. http://www.xanga.com/elisa_abenchuchan The Gallaudet protest is raging on.
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]]> By: Quo Vadis http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15685 Quo Vadis Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:43:21 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15685 Well, duh. There are a lot more hearing people than deaf people. Naturally, being in a un-natural state, is, well, un-natural. We are programed at the genetic level to exclude undesirables from our gene pool. I guess the only way to get around that would be to have a lot of deaf people become medical doctors and... oh. Never mind. Well, duh. There are a lot more hearing people than deaf people. Naturally, being in a un-natural state, is, well, un-natural. We are programed at the genetic level to exclude undesirables from our gene pool. I guess the only way to get around that would be to have a lot of deaf people become medical doctors and… oh. Never mind.

]]> By: Deafmommy http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15675 Deafmommy Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:08:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15675 When I had my firstborn son, I took him to shopping, the woman was cooing over him, she talked to me, I indicated that I was deaf, she looked a bit shocked and asked me if my baby son was deaf. I said no and then she raised her hands up in the air to clap and to show her joy that he was hearing. I had mixed feelings about that because in her eyes, she saw me as a handicapped person, feeling sorry for me and then my son brings the light to life that he is hearing. I've encountered some hearing people like this and their first words are "Can your child hear" or even "Can they talk?" especially in front of my children. When I had my firstborn son, I took him to shopping, the woman was cooing over him, she talked to me, I indicated that I was deaf, she looked a bit shocked and asked me if my baby son was deaf. I said no and then she raised her hands up in the air to clap and to show her joy that he was hearing. I had mixed feelings about that because in her eyes, she saw me as a handicapped person, feeling sorry for me and then my son brings the light to life that he is hearing. I’ve encountered some hearing people like this and their first words are “Can your child hear” or even “Can they talk?” especially in front of my children.

]]> By: Deafmommy http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15674 Deafmommy Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:04:19 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15674 Maybe the guy felt like a fool when he thought that you (David) was deaf at the beginning. He should not have given you the cold shoulder afterwards. I've bumped into some people thinking that they were deaf because they could sign very fluently. One time I bumped into a college student, she signed very fluently, even acted as if she was deaf and fooled a lot of us and then later on, we found out that she was hearing. Boy we felt very "small" so in hindsight she should have informed us that she was hearing. Maybe the guy felt like a fool when he thought that you (David) was deaf at the beginning. He should not have given you the cold shoulder afterwards. I’ve bumped into some people thinking that they were deaf because they could sign very fluently. One time I bumped into a college student, she signed very fluently, even acted as if she was deaf and fooled a lot of us and then later on, we found out that she was hearing. Boy we felt very “small” so in hindsight she should have informed us that she was hearing.

]]> By: Rob http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15658 Rob Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:53:31 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15658 My colleagues here in the office have been instructed to not disclose my deafness to callers. Instead, they say something like, "The use of the phone isn't Rob's forte. I can take a message or if you'd like, I can provide you with his email address so that you can converse with him directly." Works like a charm every time. My colleagues here in the office have been instructed to not disclose my deafness to callers. Instead, they say something like, “The use of the phone isn’t Rob’s forte. I can take a message or if you’d like, I can provide you with his email address so that you can converse with him directly.”

Works like a charm every time.

]]> By: A Policy Wonk http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15654 A Policy Wonk Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:40:27 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15654 David -- welcome to the area! And the others are right -- what that guy did to you was just plain wrong. Give us another chance! :) David — welcome to the area! And the others are right — what that guy did to you was just plain wrong. Give us another chance! :)

]]> By: testing_the_truth http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15590 testing_the_truth Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:27:59 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15590 Probably because they felt it was an aggression against the spirit of Gallaudet. Don't you think so? Probably because they felt it was an aggression against the spirit of Gallaudet. Don’t you think so?

]]> By: testing_the_truth http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15589 testing_the_truth Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:26:27 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/david-stuckless/2006-09-05/what-i-learned-at-gallaudet/#comment-15589 ]]>