Week 15

1. Reading Amanda's essay about the book "Train Go Sorry" I thought her favorite scene was interesting. Instead of it being just one part in the book it was throughout the book and the way she said things would have been so much different for Sofia in Russia really made me realize how much opportunities there are for different kinds of people in the U.S.

2. One thing that I learned from Angie's paper was that a majority of deaf people do not look at being deaf as a disability, but just a difference. The other thing that I thought was interesting was the fact that a lot of deaf people like being deaf because of the diverse culture that the deaf community has.

3. In Michele's paper I liked the part where she explains when in the book Leah figured out that she would never be apart of the deaf culture even though she is so deeply immersed in it. Leah realized that she could never really know how it would be to be deaf unless she lived that life and when she was translating for her ex-boyfriend is when she figured this out.

4. After reading the fact when Lori said "The National Association of the Deaf believes that children should be allowed to grow up with exposure to other deaf children and adults to acquire and use ASL. This incorporates positive attitudes toward their own deafness and all of deaf culture" I thought that it would be a great way to integrate the deaf people in the community and have them not have so many stereotypes like they do now. If the deaf and the hearing grow up together and interact more often I do not think that there would be as many misconceptions about the deaf.

5. In Robert's essay you see the other side to what Lori said. Although it would be nice to have everyone grow up together and get along it would also take away from the deaf's culture. If the deaf and the hearing went to school together there would be not as strong of a deaf culture. Now this makes me think..is it a good thing or a bad thing to have the deaf and the hearing grow up together in the same culture?