Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!207!Ann.Parsons From: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Calling All deafies! Message-ID: <15606@handicap.news> Date: 14 May 91 13:57:01 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/207 - The Recovery Room B, Rochester NY Lines: 47 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 15606 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] Hi Jess, AP>> Question? Why don't the folks in AP>> the Deaf Community AP>> become teachers of children who are deaf? Then, you could AP>> really speak from AP>> experience. Don't beat 'em join 'em. I'm doing that and I AP>> love it. JO> Ann: JO> I'm deaf and my goal is to teach deaf children...there are also JO> a few others at Gallaudet University who are in the deaf ed JO> programs...one problem, though, is that you need an M.A. degree JO> to teach deaf, there are no undergraduate programs. My thought JO> is, why should people be able to teach hearing kids with an JO> undergraduate degree, but have to get a masters to teach deaf?? JO> (Or am I wrong and you DO need a masters to teach hearing??) No JO> big deal about this, except there is a discrepancy here... Well, Jess, it is true that one can teach hearing kids without a Masters degree. This is in K-12. Though, it is becoming more frequent for teachers with Masters Degrees to teach the hearing. They get paid better. Many teachers start teaching while they are still in grad school. In New York State, you need a Masters Degree to get a permanent certificate to teach. So, no, there is no discrepency here, except that programs in Special Education tend to be graduate programs. I guess they figure that you've got to know how to teach "normal" kids before you can teach "special" kids. One of the things that really made me laugh was a course I had to take in grad school. It was called The Psychology of Blindness. The whole burden of the course was that blind people thought differently than do sighted people. I can just imagine the rot they try to palm off on teachers of The Deaf. See you on-line. Ann P. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!207!Ann.Parsons Internet: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org