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ASL National Anthem at the Super Bowl
The annual telecast of the Super Bowl always includes the national anthem, and every year certain themes are prominent: football players mouthing the words, a jet fighter fly-over, and – in recent years – shots of troops overseas preparing to watch the game. Since 1992, there has been another element of the Super Bowl’s national … Continue reading
Books for Japan
I’m not planning to bring any leisure books to Japan. I don’t need to, I have a Kindle and thousands of e-books to put on it! I will bring some books for work, though. I purchased the ASL Curriculum, Methods, and Evaluation book from the Green Books series, to help me better understand how to … Continue reading
Do Oral Deaf Have Rights at Gallaudet?
Gallaudet’s new curriculum requires that all incoming freshmen take a general studies class called GSR 103: American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. In this class, they teach about deaf history and culture, but there is also a heavy emphasis on learning formal ASL. They have explained repeatedly that even though we use ASL every day, … Continue reading