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Franklin D. Jeffries II

 

American Sign Language

 

Dr. Davis Class

 

3 Conversation’s                                                     

 

Three Diverse People

 

            Indeed these three people are deaf, but all are different in their way of life. Communicating is the most important formats we have as human beings, these arrangements of symbols, hand movement, body expressions and not least but for most reading lips are all part of survival skills we inherit from others. However, these Three Diverse People are not all that differ when it comes to communication. The people I convene this spring 2005 semester follow in order with names such as Joyce, whom I assembled with fist, Mark Allen, and Kendra the third but not last.

            Joyce is a DOHA (Deaf Child of a Hearing Adult) and her brother and sister are deaf too. She has cochlear implants and I can see now how “deaf people think that the ones getting them are being taking away from their community” (Unit 3). Seeing her talk to others as she is able to here gave me this idea I read last semester in Carol LaCava’s class. For once, I could see how deaf people could see her as diverse, because I looked at her as a creature from outer space with them large seeable hearing aids in. Without them of course she can not hear.

            These hearing aids seemed differ to me, but as I looked in-depth and past the bad thoughts, I could see the good in them and the bad in me. People who make these kinds of statements are just jealous and selfish who can’t communicate passed the outer limits.  Joyce is a good person and her implants help her communicate beyond the normal and abnormal humans.

            The second person I meet is a High School Teacher from Tennessee School for the Deaf (TSD). His name is Mark Allen and I convened with him for the fist time at TSD basketball tournament January 28, 2005. He told me he teaches Math, Chemistry and History. Mark didn’t use sign language with me; he wrote on a peace of paper and gave me information that way. I didn’t mind but felt diverse because he did this. I could have asked him why he didn’t sign to me but I thought that would be rude. However, I enjoyed his information he gave me about the game and how deaf basketball works.

            Last but not the last deaf person I talked to this year is Kendra. She was at the basketball game too, and this is the most excommunicated but communicated conversation I have ever had.  Kendra is from South Carolina. Our first intervene was from her turning to me and said, “Your daughter is mean”. I rambled on and told her she is a typical 3 year old. Latter, I see her put her hearing aid in that I didn’t know about. Then she told her friend in sign language that “I didn’t know she is deaf and he thinks I heard what he said but I didn’t hear a word he said”. Both her and her friend laughed, so I signed to her that I’m sorry I didn’t know she didn’t hear me. Both of the girls was shocked I knew ASL. 

            Diverse People are not all that differ when it comes to communication, but some are more educated in communicating more than others. Teachers like Mark can work even if he is deaf in his diverse way. Joyce is the one that inspired me to see how diverse in good because she can communicate more than me. Kendra is a gift to me since I was able to understand her, because I took the time to learn some ASL.

              

 

 

Works Cited

 

 

 

             (unit 3) For Hearing People Only by Moore and Levitan, Deaf Life Press