Ellen - i'm trying to understand why you are so negative and judgemental about an issue that you have absolutely no stake in! In fact, i've found your assumptions and prejudegment of deaf people, when you clearly don't know any, offensive and extrodinarily narrow minded - so much so that you refuse to entertain any other opinion but your own! i have a deaf friend and, trust me, she is quite the opposite of everything you pretend to know about them. In fact, she and a blind friend had quite a nice chat once at a get-together. Does that shock you? i know i sound exasperated but you just won't let this go. this is what my friend said about your comments and the galludet situation...
"Some deaf people simply can't learn to lipread well-- even the best lipreaders have to guess 40-70% of what the other person is saying. Yeah, most deaf people learn to lipread one phrase-- "can you lipread?" That's not the same as following a real conversation. Also, there are many colors of deaf. I don't think it's right to label all deaf people with a single brushstroke-- deaf can encompass all levels of hearing loss, stages of life, cultures, and experiences. But one thing they all have in common is that they CANNOT hear well enough to follow speech clearly. And it's not about Jane as being "too hearing." Her mother is an staunch oralist who is anti-sign and Jane walked into the deaf and signing community at age 22. IKJ became deaf at age 20 in a motorcycle accident. It made him more serious about his future as well. It's about a lot of concerns about Jane being unfit to lead. Even the priest who gave me my first communion, (deaf Catholic priest) wrote in saying that he had known Jane in Hawaii and wasn't impressed when he heard she was elected to lead Gallaudet but trusted to God that it'd be OK. Now he's not so sure. Many other deaf people I have met and are certain would not prejudge a person for growing up oralist or hearing have their own concerns as well." so clearly, you just don't understand the situation, nor will you ever understand as a hearing person with no attachements to the conflict. i think it's admirable that these student are fighting so hard to maintain their culture, et al! I implore you to open your mind... how "disabled" can they be if they can shut down a whole campus? does it really matter to you how "unreasonable" they are being? does it impact your life in any way? is there anything you are willing to fight this hard for? think about it. --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is an washingtonpost.com online discussion with a Gallaudet > student whom I guess is leading the protests or something: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/discussion/2006/10/18/DI2006101800565.html > or > http://tinyurl.com/ydk6bd > > everyone's questions to her seem quite similar to mine, so apparently > I'm not alone in my opinion. Does ANYONE think the students are being > even SLIGHTLY unreasonable? I haven't read the information in the link > that was posted, but just from the chat I still think they are > overreacting but who knows? > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
