Social Media- Followers

maya54
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:16:06 +0000

“ Iwouldn’t go into any of the parts about sign language forcing people to put down phones and communicate.”

Totally agree. Though you think it’s part of the “big picture” as Sybylla pointed out that technology has been life changing for many of the Deaf. It allows them to more fully participate in social society. My friends son who is Deaf became a teen just as texting became a “thing.” Because he was fully mainstreamed and the onky Deaf kid at school it helped him go from somewhat socially isolated to a large friend group where his funny texts made him a real hit and made kids who otherwise might not have taken the time to know him really know his personality. It allows him to move about in the world in a way he couldn’t have before in a million ways. Hailing an Uber means he doesn’t have to communicate with the driver, since that driver will already know where he’s going and that he’s Deaf. It allows him to order food on the go and pick it up without struggling to communicate quickly with the restaurant workers. He can communicate verbally but it makes life easier. At work he uses it to communicate with co workers on complicated issues. (He works on banking products for smart phone using millennials, a great fit for him).

Anyway missing the importance of smart phone for the Deaf community point may really hurt your daughter in the eyes of an admissions person who about that, especially when her essay is supposed to be about doing something that relates to this population. In other words it’s totally missing the big picture.