Door cracked, trails of blood spattered throughout the house. Floor boards squealing and squeaking as to give off warning of an invader, but not enough warning. Heartbeat thumping louder than moans of pain, more blood but in pools. That's when I saw my aunt with the door half busted laying on her beat body where she tried to take shelter from her ex boyfriend. She was beaten with a metal pipe. This was the first time I had met her personally, because she posted she was under attack by her husband and all she had was her iPod to text on Facebook that she needed help. She lived right down the road from me and I remember sprinting as fast as I could. Today was the day I realize the government was cruel and corrupt by the blind, the deaf and the dumb.
The dumb.
When the police arrived, (I had called them before I went over), they arrested my blooded and beaten aunt right in from of me. I was filled with so much rage I felt like I was going to be the next one locked up. The ex boyfriend had scratches and claimed the house was his and she had invaded it. He was almost twice her size and didn't even have keys to the house. All the doors were broken down, all of her appliances, like TV's and expensive materials, demolished.
Thirty-two percent of women in jail of self defense crimes involved an ex boyfriend or husband.
This scared me when I had to watch them drag her away barely conscious. How could the police be so stupid to believe him? Was he paying them off? Why did they not take him as well? He obviously had attacked her as well. She was able to tell her story and he was locked up for two weeks for trespassing. Two weeks later he stalked her to her work and destroyed her brand new Subaru that she had saved up to buy. No cha...
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...rude girl out there, she could be nice, and she wasn't even my friend. But when she got into a fight and stood there, taking every blow, not even touching the other person, I watched her neck get almost snapped, her body stepped on and kicked. Yet, she was punished just like the other girl because of the Zero Tolerance Policy implemented in 1994.
Now, we not only have our law taking away our self defense, but even our schools, who are suppose to teach us right and wrong and be our parent figures while our parents make a living, are shutting us down. This is a cheap way for school distracts to get out of work. It also makes the schools look bad if they have all these reports from students because of fighting, so they sweep them under the rug. Now, because nobody wants to be suspended for nothing, they fight after school. But, even then, the school can suspend you.
Kimmy Bachmann A Journey into the Deaf-World Chapter 1 The narrator begins this chapter by introducing himself as well as his colleagues and co-authors. Ben Bahan, the narrator, is a deaf man from New Jersey whom was raised by deaf parents and a hearing sister. After spending an immense amount of time studying American Sign Language (ASL) he moved on to now become an assistant professor at Gallaudet University in the Deaf studies Department. His colleague Harlan Lane, a hearing man, is a specialist in the psychology of language and having many titles is a key aspect of this book as he believes, as does most of the Deaf-World, that they are a minority language and takes up their point of view to the hearing world.
Just like members of other minorities, such as Hispanics and African-Americans, Deaf people experience some of the same oppression and hardships. Although the attempts to "fix" members of and obliterate the DEAF-WORLD are not as highly publicized as problems with other minorities, they still exist. Throughout time, hearing people have been trying to destroy the DEAF-WORLD with the eugenics movement, the mainstreaming of Deaf children into public hearing schools, and cochlear implants.
The fresh wound didn’t seem like it would be such a problem until I saw the blood trickling out. Sure, when I had cut my self by grabbing a piece of saw palmetto, I felt my skin ripping and quickly retracted my right hand. However, my want for adventure to explore the tree island overcame the small bit of pain I felt. An adrenaline rush helped me overcome all of the annoyances pushing through the dense brim of the island, like palmetto leaves and spider webs, as well as the myriad of other obstacles upon finally penetrating.
During registration last semester, when I decided to take this course to see if I wanted to continue onward with ASL as my minor, I was not sure what to expect. Through my brief introduction of Deaf culture during my first sign language courses, I knew some vague details about historical events. Gallaudet had been mentioned several times within not only my workbook, but also by my professor. I could have given you a short synopsis of the oral movement that threatened to wipe ASL out as a language. Though I knew these facts, and a few traits about Deaf culture that I had experienced firsthand, there was so much that I had not considered before the readings and journals for this course opened my eyes.
School violence has become an increased peril, affecting not only those involved, but the society in itself. The underlying reason for this phenomenon is that it is derived from bullying and easy access of weapons. It can even happen by the hands of a person who does not attend the school where the act takes place. Bullying has become an epidemic in America amongst school children. Though there are rules enforced about weapons at school, the weapon is usually not detected until the incident takes place. I have witnessed violence in the form of fighting while in school, however, I have never imagined that it has become so aggressive and affects children at younger ages. We must take a bold stand to stop these incidents from occurring!
From antiquity, being deaf was looked upon as an undesirable and a culture which was disconnected with the rest of mainstream society. Often members of the community found themselves ostracized by members of other cultures, who viewed them with suspicion, and were thought to be possessed, or in communion, with undesirable “spirits”, particularly during the advent of the Christianity that was in practice during the Middle Ages. During this period, before the advent of Gutenberg’s metal, movable type printing press, the populace was mostly illiterate and religious texts and spiritual obligations/instructions were verbally transmitted to the people by the literate clerics of the day. Thus, the deaf were believed to have no access to “Fides ex auditu,” which was the primary way, and often thought to be the only way; one could reach spiritual fulfillment and salvation. (Lane, 1984)
The disparity between the Deaf and hearing is based around ableism, or a newer notion, Audism. Audism is the notion that those that can hear are superior. (Oberholtzer, 2009) Like most that are viewed as inferior, the Deaf are often looked at as lesser compared to those of the hearing community and labeled as disabled, even if they themselves do not view their deafness as a disability. Many of Deaf community members are able to hear and speak well enough to communicate with hearing people but still chose to identify with the Deaf community rather than in the hearing world. (Harlan, 1996) One’s involvement does not center around their hearing
In mainstream American society, we tend to approach deafness as a defect. Helen Keller is alleged to have said, "Blindness cuts people off from things; deafness cuts people off from people." (rnib.org) This seems a very accurate description of what Keller's world must have been. We as hearing people tend to pity deaf people, or, if they succeed in the hearing world, admire them for overcoming a severe handicap. We tend to look at signing as an inferior substitute for "real" communication. We assume that all deaf people will try to lip-read and we applaud deaf people who use their voices to show us how far they have come from the grips of their disability. Given this climate, many hearing people are surprised, as I was at first, to learn of the existence of Deaf culture. To me deafness is not a defect but a source of connection. Imagine yourself deaf, growing up with a beautiful language, visual literature, humor, and theater. Imagine taking pride in your identity without any desire to become a member of the majority culture. For many deaf people, their community is a comforting relief from the isolation and condescension of the hearing world. However the Deaf community is far more than a support group for people who share a physical characteristic. Members of the Deaf community may have hearing levels that range from profoundly deaf to slightly hard-of-hearing. But no members of the Deaf community are "hearing impaired." Inside this community, deaf people become Deaf, proudly capitalizing their culture. Hearing people suddenly find that they are handicapped: "Deaf-impaired."
... happens at the school in your town, you might not appreciate the extra security measures that are taking place in some schools across America. The truth is the one in every ten kids brought a weapon to school last year, knives, guns, and clubs. Some schools are ready for anything, but what about the ones that aren't.
In the United States, domestic violence is not the most frequent type of violent crime, but it occurs frequently. According to the NCVS, in the United States, domestic violence has the third highest violent crime rate, which is about 21% for all violent crime. In this episode of Law and Order S.V.U., the video footage showed that the couple, Martin and Bryant, were arguing and he punched his girlfriend in the face and left her unconscious while dragging her body into the car. When they were both asked about the video footage, Martin said he was drinking too much that night, and she responded that it was her fault that she tripped and fell on her face. This is very common for victims of domestic violence to blame themselves. Law and Order S.V.U. explains that victims of domestic violence fear to report their abuser since the abuser are their only support system or they are emotionally dependant on their abuser or in her case, in a relationship with the abuser. Referring back to the NCVS reports, when comparing domestic violence and the victim-offender relationship, intimate partners is accounted for about 15 percent of all domestic violent crimes. Current or
“Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.” (Einstein). Developmental disability, better known as intellectual disability, or mental retardation is a disorder that causes individuals to preform at below average levels (“Intellectual”). This disorder is characterized by continued infant-like behavior, decreased learning ability, failure to meet the markers of intellectual development, inability to meet educational demands, and a lack of curiosity (“Intellectual”). Some people with intellectual disabilities are able to live normal lives, while others may require assistance. Most people with intellectual disabilities have the same capacity to preform the same task as those without intellectual disabilities.
Guns are the same thing. It could be used as self-defense, but at the same time, if you use it wrong, it could be a tragedy. Some schools are making their school a gun-free zone. However, it is true that some people try to attack gun free zones because they know that no one has a gun to kill them.
In 1974, a study was done which compared male and female domestic violence. In that study, it was found that 47% of husbands had used physical violence on their wives, and 33% of wives had used violence on their husbands (Gelles 1974). Half of the respondents in this study were selected from either cases of domestic violence reported to the police, or those identified by the social service agency.
I will be writing about my experiences at Deaf Nation Expo in Chicago, Illinois that I attended on the date of November 7th, 2015. I have to say that it was really overwhelming, even as a deaf person, because it was actually my first time experiencing deaf people signing everywhere, the real deaf world. It was hard to not look at them and see what they 're saying, because I 've been living in the hearing world my whole life where I 'm used to people just talking and barely moving their hands and arms. It was a joyous and fun experience, however, meeting a lot of deaf people with many different backgrounds. It was the day that I truly realized that the deaf world is undoubtedly a melting pot because it doesn 't matter what race, background,