Know what I just found out?

[TrickyBob]

LOL oh Mekiakoo

[BlackCanary]

Sorry, but that makes me laugh. 

[rex]

I think you get a pass!

ASL is your first language, right?

[fuckyourcouch]

Do you have different signs for each in ASL? How does this happen? Lol

[thinkofthesoldiers]

Uhhh...

[margotmacomber]

Well, considering people that have been hearing and speaking English their entire lives have yet to figure it out, I think you're ok here.

[wannabe]

You're not dumb

[karmasabiotch]

I have to explain words to my H sometimes because with his profound hearing loss many of them sound the same, and he's much older than you.

You make me smile.

[livinitup]

quite the new insight.

[Deleted]

But, ASL aside, you do read.

Like in English.

[angelaa73]

I can't believe nobody is going for the low hanging fruit here.

[Deleted]

Apr 30, 2013 19:36:21 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

I can't believe nobody is going for the low hanging fruit here.

I did and deleted.

Maybe somebody caught it.  LOL.

[Deleted]

In very poor taste, I said, "Perhaps you didn't listen to the radio during the drive."

[Deleted]

Apr 30, 2013 19:44:11 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Apr 30, 2013 19:40:35 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

In very poor taste, I said, "Perhaps you didn't listen to the radio during the drive."

Lol! That's actually funny.

I was talking with a student this morning about how I wish I could listen to something while on a run or for a drive. I am envious of you people who can listen to books on audio. Every trip would be so much shorter and better if I could listen to something instead of staring at the road.

You have a good attitude.

I decided it was offensive.

But look at me.  I posted it anyway again.

[Sloane]

Well if it makes you feel any better, I just tried to widen my eyes and lower my eyebrows to do your ASL emphasis and I can't do it.

[cheeseandcrackers]

i have so many questions for you, but i dont want to sound completely dumb or to offend

[agnes]

Apr 30, 2013 20:59:02 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Okay, guys if you see me making silly, embarrassing grammatical mistakes that are quiet frequent, please say something! K thx.

lol I'm not sure if you are joking here....

[cheeseandcrackers]

do you own a phone? if so, i guess you just use it for texting, right?
can your husband hear, or is he also deaf? does sign language prevent a lot of arguing?
how did u learn how to read? do you know how each word sounds in your head?

i know these are totally stupid questions

[lola]

Apr 30, 2013 20:59:02 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Okay, guys if you see me making silly, embarrassing grammatical mistakes that are quiet frequent, please say something! K thx.

This is on purpose, right? lol.

ETA!

Ah, ok, sorry!

Here you use "quite" not "quiet".

[agnes]

Apr 30, 2013 21:13:17 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Apr 30, 2013 21:06:45 GMT -5 agnes said:

lol I'm not sure if you are joking here....

Nope, help a deaf girl out please!

lola beat me to it. 

[Deleted]

You teach at a public school, correct? How do you communicate with your students for classes? Have we talked about this before?

[lola]

Apr 30, 2013 21:20:41 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Apr 30, 2013 21:14:31 GMT -5 lola said:

This is on purpose, right? lol.

ETA!

Ah, ok, sorry!

Here  you use "quite" not "quiet".

OMG. I did it again. It wasn't on purpose haha. But let's pretend I did it on purpose

Absolutely! :Y:

[UMaineTeach]

it's ok. I got tripped up on that word just today.

I was giving a spelling test, to a kid who is in SPED, but doing a spelling list that is so high (FRY 5th 100) that I have never had a kid on it ever (in SPED).
I paused to study the word to see where the 'e' was and make sure I asked for the right word and the kid goes "sound it out" I said "what?" he said "it's ok, just sound it out"

It was quite. He got it right.

[Deleted]

Apr 30, 2013 21:33:05 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Apr 30, 2013 21:25:50 GMT -5 @t2j said:

You teach at a public school, correct? How do you communicate with your students for classes? Have we talked about this before?

Not sure if this has been discussed, but I will still gladly answer the question

I use ASL. No interpreter. At the beginning, I use a lot of gestures and I also use power point slides. Sometimes if they still don't understand, its because they are fixated on one word, so I write the word out on the board.

It's shocking to see how FAST they pick up when they are forced to communicate with an actual deaf person. Within a few days they usually can understand if I tell a story (granted there is a lot of acting too) and by the end of the semester most of them can hold a steady conversation in ASL.

For their final exam, they have a choice of signing a children's story or a song. This will be so much fun.

This is great!! 

[taffy]

Another dumb question....how do you "think"? Like when I was thinking of what to type I could hear the words in my head. When you are bored and random thoughts are going through your head how do you " hear them". I'm hoping this makes some kind of sense but to be honest I've been drinking.

[Marle]

After reading your replies and trying to understand how the heck you learn how to write without the sounds, it doesn't seem that "dumb" to have issues with words like that.

[agnes]

FWIW, when I saw you write quiet instead of quite in another post, I thought it was just a typo.

[toph]

This is fascinating, and I love your attitude about it all. Thanks for sharing so openly!

[pooh8402]

Apr 30, 2013 23:45:02 GMT -5 tators said:

Apr 30, 2013 21:33:05 GMT -5 mekiakoo said:

Not sure if this has been discussed, but I will still gladly answer the question

I use ASL. No interpreter. At the beginning, I use a lot of gestures and I also use power point slides. Sometimes if they still don't understand, its because they are fixated on one word, so I write the word out on the board.

It's shocking to see how FAST they pick up when they are forced to communicate with an actual deaf person. Within a few days they usually can understand if I tell a story (granted there is a lot of acting too) and by the end of the semester most of them can hold a steady conversation in ASL.

For their final exam, they have a choice of signing a children's story or a song. This will be so much fun.

I would so so love to be in your class.

omg ditto. this sounds awesome!

[pooh8402]

Apr 30, 2013 23:45:02 GMT -5 tators said:

edit: stupid double post