Deaf Again Book Questionaire PDF

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For my ASL class we were required to read the book 'Deaf Again' by Mark Drolsbaugh. After, we were required to answer questionnaires about the book. The following contains the answers to Chapter 8-14....

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Taylor Gardner American Sign Language 1 Book Report Essay Questionnaire Chapters 8-14 November 4th 2019

1. Mark felt he had an excuse “to sell himself short” because he felt he was not equal to anyone else in terms of school & job opportunities. He also broke up with girlfriend which made him feel unsuccessful as well. He felt that he didn’t have as much to offer like hearing guys. 2. Linda needed a dorm room supervisor replacement and offered it to Mark. After accepting the job, Mark began to put an effort to improve his ASL skills. Suddenly he ws deaf reborn and a new world was opened. He began to have new learning experiences. 3. It’s crucial for kids to pick up language starting at birth to age 5 because the child needs to be up to date/same level as other kids. If not taking serious some adults could end up at a fourth grade reading level. Learning at a young age helps the kids learn faster and become more fluent at a younger age. 4. Mark was thrilled to have a teacher that signed because it was his first ever deaf teacher. He suddenly didn’t feel like he had to catch up because he could understand everything the teacher was saying as she was signing it(real-time education). Before, Mark’s interpreter would be too slow. By the time Mark would process the information the class would already been moving on to something else. Mark suddenly felt more relaxed like he wasn’t living in a fishbowl.

5. It’s almost impossible to meet two deaf people with the same background because there are different levels of deafness. Some parents are more fluent in ASL than others. Some parents also may have partial/full hearing abilities. Another factor is the fact that some people become deaf later in life. Some parents force oral voice learning only in their homes. Residential & educational background can also play a part in the diversity. 6. Mark and his mother bonded more closely by Mark inviting her to one of his Psychosocial ASpects of Deafness classes. During the class, Mark’s professor reviewed attitudes and behaviors directed towards deaf people. Suddenly Mark’s mother could relate to a lot that was being taught in the class. The question of “why does so & so treat me this way/respond the way they do?” was finally beginning to be answered. Mark and his mother began to bond over their judgemental past. 7. Dinner table syndrome is when a deaf person is at an event where there is a lot of oral conversations going on and they cannot keep up with the conversation. Suddenly they begin to ask others what is being talked about and the other person sort of brushes it off & tells them not to worry. It is very dreadful for deaf people & can make them feel left out. 8. The hearing world/community is so keen on “fixing” the deaf because they assume that everyone wants to be able to hear and be “normal” like everyone else. Hearing people will never leave deaf people alone because people enjoy finding solutions for things and solving things even when they don’t necessarily need to be fixed. There are roughly 400 million people that are deaf in the world. To some people that would be such a great impact if they could find a cure & that’s all that really matters to them....