1. A positive thing that has happened so farin my senior project is that my eyes are being opened to a whole new world . With research and reading from the different deaf blogs, that I do on my spare time, I actually feel like I am slowly being drawn in this culture, which I find very exciting.
2. My interview with Karen-Soza Mesa has helped me understand my topic, deaf culture, better beasue I can read all the books and articles anout deaf culture, but unless I start to go out and apply what I learned, all that knowledge would've limited my understanding . With Karen I got the opportunity to apply my self for the first time in my senior project.
3.Well it's still early in the school year to know what and what hasn't worked for me yet. Though I feel like I have been on top of things on my senior project and in my core classes. If I could just continue to stay focused, I should do well.
4. Something that hasn't worked out for me is transportation. I have a hard time getting to my mentorship since there is no one to take me. But I manage to get to where I need to go.
5. Questions: How do words get their sign? Are there any specific reasons why they are signed that way? How did these deaf norms, such as: intense eye contact, moving around while talking, story telling, long good-byes, and just always being so helpful, become the norms in the deaf culture?
I live in two worlds: a hearing world and a deaf world, not knowing anything about the deaf world. My goal is to become an expert in deaf culture and put myself in the deaf community.
I would like to talk to either a teacher who works with DDH (deaf and hard of hearing) students or a proffessor who is either deaf, teaches ASL, or teaches a deaf culture class. I would like to speak with them next because I feel that they have had so much experience and could be able to pass down knowlege to me.
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