tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post116186610539657819..comments2023-08-22T10:11:00.147-04:00Comments on DEAF IN THE CITY: JRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02485752215710916988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post-1161935920910084592006-10-27T03:58:00.000-04:002006-10-27T03:58:00.000-04:00Megan,I think all of us have been mainstreamed at ...Megan,<BR/><BR/>I think all of us have been mainstreamed at some point... but the issues about Fernandes are much more than issues about her having been mainstreamed. Her attitude is free of discrimination: she lies equally to everyone. She is using the "not Deaf enough" thing to gain sympathy from people outside the community, that's it.JRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485752215710916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post-1161906076701012132006-10-26T19:41:00.000-04:002006-10-26T19:41:00.000-04:00Megan-"What the Deaf community needs to realize is...Megan-<BR/><BR/>"What the Deaf community needs to realize is that living the life of a mainstreamed deaf person can be difficult & lonely. I have been shunned by other deaf people many times when it becomes clear that my signing isn't fluent and that I can communicate well through the use of speech and lip reading."<BR/><BR/>Megan, I've been there. Don't let some dumb deaf people stop you. Take some ASL classes. Get out there and meet people. There are jerks everywhere, and some of them are deaf too. <BR/><BR/>I know. It's hard. I've been there. Don't give up on deaf people because of a few bad experiences.<BR/><BR/>P.S. it's NOT about JK's being "not deaf enough". Trust me on this.Katie Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769058209772041676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post-1161881836826723002006-10-26T12:57:00.000-04:002006-10-26T12:57:00.000-04:00Megan,It isn't about her being "not deaf enough." ...Megan,<BR/><BR/>It isn't about her being "not deaf enough." That was a clever PR move by IJK adm. Don't be so blind to the fact that Jane is UNABLE to lead Gallaudet as a provost.<BR/><BR/>Again this is NOT about "Deaf."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post-1161879728220929542006-10-26T12:22:00.000-04:002006-10-26T12:22:00.000-04:00To Whom It May Concern,Being a mainstreamed deaf i...To Whom It May Concern,<BR/><BR/>Being a mainstreamed deaf individual myself, I am baffled as to why the Deaf community is so against having a mainstreamed deaf president at Gallaudet. What the Deaf community needs to realize is that living the life of a mainstreamed deaf person can be difficult & lonely. I have been shunned by other deaf people many times when it becomes clear that my signing isn't fluent and that I can communicate well through the use of speech and lip reading. Yet, I'm never embraced by the hearing community either and have only a handful of friends to prove it. It is my hope that Jane Fernandes is given a fair chance at being Gallaudet's president. Do give her the boot for poor job performance but don't do so because she isn't Deaf (with a capital D).<BR/><BR/>Megan BakerA Coffee-Loving Blogging Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121428674395432765noreply@blogger.com