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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Feb 3, 2000 3:11 pm Subject: Re: Gallaudet University & SignWriting... | |
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>I spoke with a first year grad student recently...they were given the same >page I was handed when I was a first year student. It was a bad copy of a >document from the late 70's or early 80's, describing sign writing, and given >as an example of why SignWriting won't be successful. >Cecelia >formerly of Gallaudet ------------------------------------ SignWriting List February 3, 2000 Thanks Cecelia, for this information about Gallaudet and SignWriting. The one good thing about that story, is that they still inform students about SignWriting, even if they talk against it at the same time.... As you all know, the Braille writing system was banned from French schools for the blind during Braille's lifetime.... The question is why? I guess schools can be frightened of new ideas and it takes time to change their thinking.... And Gallaudet has done the same with SignWriting...learning to read and write ASL for example, would be a big job for the teachers, and the entire staff would have to see signed languages as "written languages" and that is a big change... Val ;-) |
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