more questions about me

well i was recently emailing a person that was curious about the things about me that i listed in my Myspace profile, some things about my deafness and some things about why i ended up where i am which is related to being deaf.

"so, why did you move to TN. if you liked Columbus...I've never been out there, i have a friend who lives there but I'm not sure what exactly is out there myself. is it nice?"

i wish i could've moved to Columbus but i couldn't find any opportunities to get out there, i wish i had gone to OSU but i realized that too late as i was already progressing through my first degree at the university of Findlay. i wish i would've transferred but for reasons beyond my control i had to finish there.

Columbus is just a great city with lots of opportunities and the deaf scene is pretty decent as well i want to live somewhere where being social won't be hard to do.

i moved to tn to go to school because i was given an opportunity to get my master's degree without having to worry about paying for education. i pulled some strings and now i am fortunate not to have to worry about paying for my master's degree.

the reason i am now pursuing my master's is since i had a bachelor's and went out looking for jobs around Ohio for 2 years after graduation and i had no luck at all period. so i sucked in my pride and decided to go back to school to get myself a better opportunity to find a good job and get started in a stable career.

"is there anything you can tell me about your "experiences" I'm very curious to know...the college class you teach, is it a LARGE class or conveniently small?, i find the bigger the class, the more intimidated i feel...even as a student. I'm a small-campus girl. did you grow up learning ASL, or were you ever taught oral? "


i don't teach ASL anymore, that was a brief period in the summer when i taught at the university of Akron. i loved it. i had the unique experience of teaching 2 classes in which one was large and the other was small and guess which one i enjoyed more?

that's right the small one. i was able to connect better with the smaller class even though it was an ASL 2 course and the bigger class was ASL3 and they were more skilled, i was able to connect and teach more effectively with that smaller class. it was more enjoyable. i hope to get back into teaching ASL soon.


i grew up signing English, up till the 6Th grade i went to a school that had classes for deaf children but it was outside of my district. i was eventually mainstreamed and placed into my own school district at 7th grade and was able to keep up with my other hearing peers. i am fortunate enough that i am intelligent enough to realize what the things I'm learning are and how they apply to other things. most deaf people that don't have any support from their family or didn't learn the same things i had or are just low functioning don't have it as good as i do.

even so, i am struggling to find jobs as I've told you in my experiences after getting my first degree. so i don't have it as easy as most hearing people do. i don't mean to sound arrogant but i believe i contribute and would instantly improve any company that hires me. i have a job in the restaurant industry and its not very glamorous working at a place similar to chipotle but it's called salsarita's and a lot of people wouldn't hire me before i came to salsarita's and when i started i immediately impressed my managers with my work ethic and willingness to do what i am told to do and then finding things to do. so that is why i believe i will contribute positively to any company that hires me, I'm intelligent enough to take up the things that I've been shown how to do and do them.


"i know all these question probably seem totally random and pointless, but it's curiosity and fascination with something i am willing and eager to learn more about, especially from someone with experience. do u ever think u'll come back to "OHIO"? "


i love answering questions about myself because it only helps to educate more people about deafness and the more i educate, the more awareness that is spread around and the more awareness there is the more opportunities for people to understand how to interact with deaf people. I'm sure that those with ASL classes are beginning to understand the deaf culture. Its really something that is reflective on how to communicate with deaf people, even little d or big D. for more insight on little d or big D go to my blog entry about the gallaudet protest controversy.

and yes i plan to come back to Ohio after I'm done here in TN :) just not the northeast part. hopefully I'll be living in Columbus and the proud owner of season tickets for the buckeyes haha.