Oct 4, 2020
Fellow ASL students!
Did y’all notice vibrations more as you learned more about the language and culture?
When I was 15 I definitely notice vibrations in new and different ways and I’m just curious if anyone else noticed.
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Fellow ASL students!
Did y’all notice vibrations more as you learned more about the language and culture?
When I was 15 I definitely notice vibrations in new and different ways and I’m just curious if anyone else noticed.
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Looking to practice ASL:)
I’ve finished my two year asl degree, but it was two years ago and I want to practice before I start the interpreting courses! If you’re an asl student, or deaf, or just know ASL and want help, or to help me out- let me know :D
Schoolwork for the all classes in my 1st week complete. Time to get ahead and start my Research Paper and get all the words written the rest of the weekend. #backtoschoolmom #aslstudent #deafstudies #writersofinstagram #amwriting #essays #stillwriting #timeforwine https://www.instagram.com/p/B1z4Ykogixx/?igshid=1b0m3wdvf4tcu
“I would rather recognize all the challenges in Spain as good ones, not as bad or negative ones.” -Esteban Kovacs reflects on a month spent learning LSE (Spanish Sign Language) in Madrid
@lishakayrylantcook_for_real It's Her Says Hi What To See You're My As Friends I'll Still Be Nicely *NEW* Meet To You Too, It's My Still Good People Let Me Guess To See Never You're Not Alone Okay 👌 Lot's A Talk So Much, Learn How To Know More Languages In Sign ASL In English No Speak To Hoh-SPEAK As If Deaf Hearing To Bye, We're So Miss To You Too I Did Still So Sorrow Are You Very Very Much So Feeling Hope Better, Don't Asking It's Not Stupidest ANYONE Who Are You #eyerollqueen Questions So That'd Something Says Good All #deafpride #deafcommunity #deafstudies #deafness #deafandproud #deafworld #deafpeople #real #youknowwhoyouare #heartwarming #ilikeyou #iloveyou #imissyou #godfirst #ThankYou #xoxo💋 https://www.instagram.com/p/BshWhsWl3cp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14bvklv21uxp8
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What a great way to start the day!!! I had been waiting for a final decision over disputed credits for a class that wouldn’t “transfer” which was keeping me from getting the degree but not the certification. Being on the SoCal tour with @miss_alexis_mateo kept my mind off the waiting game. So today I decided to check and this was the top email! #graduate #Ididit #DeafStudies #hardworkpaysoffs #ASL #proudofmyself #socal (at Lancaster, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRKi6hH1N6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=160vc01u7z8to
Photos from Pawel Smistek’s summer with the Siena Deaf Studies Program in Siena, Italy!
Photo 1: It was took during the Palio di Siena, which is a famous horse race that the whole town goes crazy over during the summer. It is hosted twice, one in July and one in August. I got to experience the one in July, which had such a huge turnout. Even Kate Moss went! On a side note, in the photo there's four of us from Gallaudet! (Shane, Angel, Lisanna, and myself!)
Photo 2: This one is of myself with Sarah Miller, a student from Columbia who I met at Siena School's program for ASL users and Deafies. We took a weekend trip to Venice, about 6 hours of a bus ride from Siena. This picture was an accident and became one of my favorites. #nofilter
Photo 3: This was took after a fantastic dinner at this local restaurant owned by the Italian couple in Siena. (photographed in the front of the group) I'm on the stairs with a bunch of others from Siena School. The other students came from Columbia, Arizona State University, and Purdue (Indiana).
Photo 4: This was the very last group picture on the departure day, before we had a 'family style' dinner to exchange our farewells and get together one last time after a long month of studying and traveling together. I can be found standing in the smack middle of the picture.
One Month review
For me, the first month of the program was both very similar and very different than I anticipated. Every day, I am no less surprised at the amount of knowledge and information I acquire in all my classes; may it be about the history of deaf culture or the many forms of signed language. Though I expected to learn all of this, I did not anticipate the number of moral dilemmas I can already anticipate facing this year. I am beyond excited to further develop my education on topics that I feel very passionately about. The more that I sit in these classrooms and interact with different people, I realize that I have selected so much more than just a course. I have selected a whole world deeper than textbooks and handouts. A world with an abundance of history, culture, and community.
For me, this first month of Becoming an Ally has taught me that despite the views that I may have, many people in this world and throughout history have viewed minorities with a considerable amount more discontent than I. Due to my upbringing and personal belief that everybody was put on this earth equal, it has been increasingly hard for me to understand and not judge the differing views of individuals. As I continue to immerse myself in this culture and meet new people, with any range of diverse backgrounds or views, this will be something that I will need to continuously work on throughout my future. Despite my difficulty to draw a connection between my personal views and these conflicting views, I have found it interesting to study the results they have created on deaf culture. For example, the concept that English is superior to American Sign Language has created a spectrum of signed language used to educate deaf children; though none of which seem to have been as successful as American Sign Language, this has been an intriguing concept and was something I had yet to learn. I realize that in one month we have only skimmed the surface of all the deep topics that we will discuss. In the following nine months I hope to absorb as much knowledge about this diverse and wonderful community as I can. I know that all these new learnings will aid me in my goal of becoming an interpreter by humbling my personal privilege. Some of the topics I hope to explore further are ethical codes and the conversation around cochlear implants and hearing aids. I am very interested to listen to presentations and have conversations with outside sources in the class room, such as parents of Deaf children or other members of the Deaf community. Overall, the first month of class has been beyond expectation. I have made new friends both in and out of the Deaf community by going to events and conversing during every given opportunity. I am proud of my personal growth thus far and cannot wait to see what the next nine months hold for not only myself but all my classmates as well. -JRM