I am a new interpreter and I always value the Deaf perspective on interpreting. It helps me to grow and learn as to how the Deaf want interpreters to be.
This video was both very educational AND hilarious 😂😂😂😂 i love that you both included stories of you being sneaky in class the multiplication test and the last story were my fav. You should definitely do more videos together
This was a really interesting and well-done video! I'm in ASL 4 but I still needed the captions to help me a bit so I appreciate those! I love learning more about Deaf culture, but especially how you guys talked about what being mainstreamed was like. We haven't talked about that in my classes at all and it was really interesting!
Thanks for doing this video, Zach and Spencer. You shared a perspective that I never considered before, that a mediocre interpreter could be impacting your ability to learn and your grade by interpreting inaccurately. Yikes, how stressful!
"Not many people have their Masters degree, especially in their 20's" 😢 that's true... I'm trying to study medicine and I'm 21 and I'm just starting it, it's 8 years in my country and I'm in 2nd year :c Btw congrats for that! 6:48
I just found this video and had the chance to watch it. As a hearing interpreter, currently working in education, this was very eye opening and valuable information to learn. I always try to make sure I am improving my own interpreting skills for the DHH children I work with. You are both very right though, there are not enough "qualified" interpreters out there. I know I am not perfect at all and truthfully I hate interpreting because I feel so much pressure being the one person responsible for getting the DHH child's communication across correctly, however, I always try to express the intentions of the child in their tone and affect as best as I can. I love hearing ya'll's feedback though, it is very helpful for hearing interpreters to know. This is definitely something that needs to be improved for DHH student success in mainstream settings. Thank you for this video, please post more like this. :)
This is my last year of university before I can finally become an interpreter (English, Italian, Chinese; but not any sign language) and I can definitely feel you: as a conference interpreter we also have to replicate the tone from one language to the other. We can't simply translate word for word, we have to translate the meaning, the tone, and of course, we have to understand what the speaker wants to say, his message. As many of your interpreters weren't qualified, I can totally understand that it wasn't simple for them, even if they were bilingual. What I don't understand is that an interpreter should be impartial, I mean, he/she can't tell you have to wake up during lesson xD, she/he is there for you and your interlocutor to understand each other :') Interpreting and speaking two languages, are two different things.
Zach, I agree with you completely. Whenever I saw a student sleeping or distracted on their phone I just let them be. That's their decision. I always let the teacher be the one to notice and say something first. If the teacher says wake up, or pay attention, then I will get the students attention.
OMG YES! I loved having interpreters growing up in school. Because they would ALWAYS help us out with school work, homework and even test! LOL. It was nice to be given the answers and no one knew!
i really enjoyed this video and appreciate you both sharing your experiences! i am a hearing person who has taken a couple of ASL classes (the classes were taught by Deaf professors) in which the professors emphasized the importance of us learning both sign language and about Deaf culture (i even went to a Deaf bar to watch a football game one time!!), so it was super cool to learn about each of you navigating mainstream school systems while you two also reminisced on things that you both understood but your hearing classmates and teachers didn’t pick up on! (The joke about becoming a 3B coach was especially hilarious!!)
Hey, thanks for making this video. I am hearing so it is interesting to see what it was like for the two of y'all in school. I have watched a few ASL teaching videos. It was a new experience to kinda understand what y'all were saying but have to mainly rely on subtitles.
Lol! Signing during the test! Genius! I'm not Deaf, but im conversational in ASL. Back in 2014, I had a friend who also knew ASL and we were doing a variety show together. Whenever we would exit the stage, we were always on opposite wings so we'd just stand there hidden from the audience (and our director) and carry on the most fun conversations!
I'm deaf as well so I totally relate to everything in this video! I'm still in college studying vet med and was wondering did you use a note taker or how did you take notes in class without drawing away from the interpreter?
This was super informative. I had several classes in college with a deaf student. She asked me to be her official note taker for the exact reasons you mentioned. She needed to follow along with the interpreter during class. I ended up getting carbon paper from student services to be able to hand off a copy of my notes to her after class.
What an interesting video! Loved hearing your stories and experiences. I had the opportunity to observe interpreters at a school much like the one you were describing but not quite as many deaf students. I think there was around 20 but the school was very large. I never knew that this was a thing and thought it was such an amazing program. I am considering applying to that school once I get through my IPP/ITP! Please make videos like this surrounding deaf experiences! And tips for interpreters!
it’s sad because their are now very few deaf students there. It’s not like it was before. But times change I guess. We loved our experience and are super grateful for it
I only recently found your channel but I'm bindging all your videos. I'm learning ASL and recently got accepted into an ASL Interpreting program at my college of choice. This is really great to watch for not only practice but just a fun time❤
Wow thanks for sharing your experiences! It is definitely very different from my area. In all my k-12 years I only had 1 deaf student in my school. my sister is deaf and she went to Iowa School of the Deaf. One thing I am confused about that you shared....early on in the video you said something about all the students, even the hearing students knew sign language too? Your whole class did? How could that be? Was it a requirement for the school? So interesting. Really interesting hearing you guys talk about interpreters and all the difficulties and challenges and the funny stories too 😄 Thanks again for sharing your eye opening experiences!
What do you mean come back?? Zach’s masters is in College Counseling and Student Services. Spencer’s masters is in Entrepreneurship and Innovative Ventures.
