I work for the school district and one of my friends is deaf and she works as an ASL teacher for high school. She went through exactly the same story. She changed to DHH teacher and she is happy with it because she loves to teach deaf students. P.S.Thank you for sharing this story on RU-vid. More people need to know this. Right on.
Thank you for sharing! I am in process of becoming a Deaf ASL teacher and your video help me understand your perspective in teaching High school students and How can we fix the problem.
JuneAnn! I think you are absolutely correct! I'm hearing! I just accepted my first ASL Job teaching ASL to middle school students. I have been really reluctant to tell people and other Deaf people that I'm teaching ASL. I know I'm not a native signer, but I love ASL. and I want to share that love with others so that the Culture will continue to grow! And others can be blessed by it! I understand when said that hearing teacher being able to control hearing classrooms better. The honeymoon is over and I'm starting to see the true colors of my students. It's a little alarming! I wish they would be a little more respectful and stop talking so much!
I think people in the comments may not be aware, this story didn’t happen to the person signing. They are retelling a story of someone else to show an example. A true story, though!
Thank you so much for sharing! I am hearing and am seeking to become a high school ASL teacher. I want to implement Deaf cultural opinions and want to create respect within my classroom. Thank you for making this video! (also, your earrings are so cute!)
I am a high school student who, wants to start learning asl. I couldn't bear Knowing that people are taking about me, without me knowing. So beach bravo to you. I also have a quick question. My deaf friend says before he got his hearing aids, he had to sign to communicate. We often sign to each other. He says he thought in signs, so imagined the sign as your thinking, if that true? Or do you know what you sound like?
i love love deaf teachers my first teachers when I entered this world were Deaf (my parents) but it's important that hearing people who know ASL fluently work with the Deaf teachers in the class.
I’m honest with you, you are incredible to teach ASL teacher everyone or students because you are very intelligent professional, I love your meaty attitude so pretty well, but you need very patience with students will learn more take time then wonderful skills, affectionate enjoy a lot continue much success yours goals God bless you!! 👋👋
Thank you for sharing your experience. As a Deaf person, you are the best to teach ASL. Even the most excellent hearing ASL signers cannot match you. I think you should teach the highest level ASL classes. ASL 3 or ASL 4. Most students who go that far in a subject are good students, and they will not act like the awful students in your classes. Also, I think your principal and other leadership should have had some training in how to set you up for success. Instead, you were set up for failure. I hope those students will look back later and feel sorry for how they acted.
I wholeheartedly agree! I've been teaching high school ASL for 8 years now and deal with this everyday with no support from admin. I am now teaching part time at community college, once a full time opportunity to work at the community college arises, its bye bye high school. I love working with community college students.
You are truly amazing and always an achiever with so much ambitions especially in education… that is your field where you always enjoy. Yahweh bless you. I know you will do fine. Take care. 🙂
Would it make a difference if there was an interpreter for each class? So that the terp can tell you what's going on, and the teacher can manage the class better and nip the mischievous makers in the bud?
Kind of awful. I think a bigger problem with foreign language education in American schools as there’s very little actual intention of the students ever mastering the language to a conversational level. The students don’t take it seriously for the most part the administrations don’t take it seriously, and most of the language teachers don’t actually take it seriously. I’m starting to learn ASL now. But I speak several foreign languages already. All of them either by self teaching or through total immersion. It’s a little bit heartbreaking. I’m really sorry for the experience of the person who live through this.
You should have a teacher assistant who can hear and sign ASL that would support you and able to control the class? Just a thought but I have never thought about Deaf experienced oppression in ASL class. That's terrible and I hope you will find the way what works out for you.
Always look for easy grade & easiest foreign Language to learn ….is that the real reason for the demand for ASL in high schools???! We got suckered… dumbed down hearies..it’s also happening to Deaf teachers and staff w/ implanted-deaf students!
