Ch 28

      This chapter was very interesting for me. I enjoyed reading it and I learned a lot from it. It talked about the old school for the deaf and some of the new options of schools for the deaf.First off, most kids back then learned at home before even going to school. They studied the Bible and The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire. If you were a deaf child in a hearing family you were tutored if it was affordable. "When Hartford Asylum opened in 1817, deaf children and adults finally had access to a real educational" (169). The old school was very demanding, but it payed off. The days were long and breaks were short and few. The teacher focused on signing, finger spelling, and writing/reading English. They put a lot of emphasis on the reading and writing where as today only three percent of the time is dedicated to the two. There were no auditory lessons or speech therapy at this time. There was also no TV, slide shows, or any technology of the such. "We tend to see that as a life of deprivation. It is however, possible to see it as a life without distractions" (171). Education was a pleasure and something most if not all wanted to gain.
     The charter school option seems like a great idea. The whole philosophy and teaching methods seem legate. It kind of resembles a little bit of the early/old deaf school.

Works Cited

Morre, S. Matthew, and Linda Levitan. For Hearing People Only. 3rd Ed. Rochester, New York: MSM Productions, Ltd.,2003.Print.