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From: Tim.Smith@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: Hardliners
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Date: 17 Jun 91 15:32:14 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

I agree with you..    The inflexibility of some people here really get
to me.. I KNOW that I sound inflexible sometimes...  But sometimes, you
just got to fight fire with fire, you dig?

Like I said, I love ASL, and I love English just as much, or perhaps
MORE!

But I see when something is not working right.
And I want to do something about it.

I am willing to compromise-  What I am for, is NOT total segreation of
the deaf and hearing- but for eachother just to accept eachother.

The attitude I get in Mainstream is "It's not Okay to be deaf. Try your
damnest to be as close to being hearing as you can."
And the problem with residential schools is that there isn't much
contact with the hearing majority of  the world.

What I  desparately want is a compromise of the two- to merge the two...
And that's where the Bi-cultural, Bi-lingustic education comes inn.
Teach them ASL first and then English!  Let them know it's OKAY to be
deaf!  Nothing to be ashamed of!
Get the best of BOTH worlds!

You and I, James, have an advantage!
We can dip into BOTH worlds to get the best benfits!

Isn't it great?!

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