I am currently enrolled in an ASL( American Sign Language ) course at my high school. I'm in my second year and looking forward to my third. Today first year students had a "Deaf for a day" project to do. The requirements were to wear ear-plugs for day, go through the school day and not communicate with anyone through vocalization. I thought it would be a really amazing experience for them, and I was pretty excited because second year students will be doing the same project in a month or so.
Then I went into my chemistry class and there were about seven students who were suppossed to be donig the project, but they all took out the ear-plugs and started bashing the teacher (who is deaf). Not only the teacher but the entire population of deaf people. I was extremely offended, and I'm not sure why. I'm not deaf, and I only know a handfull of deaf people, none of whom I'm close to.
I think it might all fall back to my depising of predjudices. But very into Deaf culture and I love meeting deaf people and being able to communicate with them. Most of these people are extremely nice, and tehy are very excited when I tell them I'm hearing but learning ASL. My ASL teacher is the same way. She's extremely nice, and understanding in the diffrences between Dear culture and hearing culture. Now I don't know if it would be disrespectful not to tell her about the kids bashing her community. I don't know if I should tell her and be a snitch, or keep my mouth shut and feel horrible about it.
That's awful that people aren't taking the class serious enough. I personally think you should tell the teacher, this way the worry is off of you and the teacher has a chance to possibly correct the problem.
Normally, I would say not to snitch and let other people make their own mistakes, but because it is eating aways at you, I think you need to get it off your chest. If not to the teacher, to someone (maybe your ASL teacher, or a counselor).
Its not snitching if you are doing what is right. You should tell your ASL teacher so that she lowers their grade, and can talk to them about being respectful to others disabilities, but I think telling your chemistry teacher might hurt her feelings. This way you feel better, and no ones feelings get hurt.
i would say confront your classmates the next time they started acting badly. you compared it to prejudice and atleast when i think of prejudice such as if someone said a racist comment to me the most powerful way to make them understand that what they said was not right is to tell them. they might insult you because they are embaressed that they were confronted but it doesn't sound like you would care if they liked you or not lol. peers telling peers seems like the most effective way to make people understand.
I would feel bad for the teacher as well. It is especially hurtful when someone makes fun of someone else for what he or she can't control. I agree with the person who said to talk with the ASL teacher and with the students individually.
According to the professional ASL interpreter's Code of Professional Conduct (http://www.rid.org), the job of the professional interpreter is to mediate cross culturally. This means there is a responsibility to advocate for the Deaf community. This could mean telling the teacher OR it could mean speaking up to the offending group of students. When they start bashing Deaf people, tell them what they are saying is wrong and why it is wrong and ask them to knock it off. If you don't feel you can speak authoritatively on behalf of the Deaf culture as whole, then you should tell the Deaf teacher, so that he or she has the opportunity to speak up for him or herself.
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That is horrible. This situation cannot really be fixed. I mean it's basically a lose lose situation but don't worry karma will come around and when grades are given they will feel sorry for what they did.
Every situation can be fixed, or at the very least resolved. The people who were mocking others are promoting intolerance, stereotypes, and hate. Their actions cannot be changed unless their way of thinking is changed.
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