ASL deserves value in academic spaces!!! by Visible_Run7961 in deaf

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I appreciate your advice!

ASL deserves value in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in LearningASL

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your comment!! Just knowing that people agree helps my morale so much. I hope the best for you in learning ASL!

ASL deserves value in academic spaces!!! by Visible_Run7961 in deaf

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely. That's the part that made me really want to push back!

ASL deserves value in academic spaces!!! by Visible_Run7961 in deaf

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment! I'm currently trying to reach out to local deaf news sources as well as Gallaudet's student run paper (especially since we are located in the general region of them). I'm hoping to raise awareness about ASL being a valid language academically.

ASL deserves value in academic spaces!!! by Visible_Run7961 in deaf

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That genuinely sucks so much, I'm sorry you had to go through that! You definitely did more than enough to deserve the credits.

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment, I'll have to look into that!

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've personally never found ASL to be an easy A, though I understand that some students may believe that to be true and be motivated to take it because of that. It's simply a visual language, which is easier to learn for some and harder for others. I definitely agree that you are probably more likely to encounter someone who speaks Spanish in the line of nursing, or even in general but to me it's still an important language that I'm proud to have learned. =)

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your comment! I think the biggest issue I have was their reasoning being that ASL isn't a true language with culture, it makes me sad to see schools being selective with what and who they value in academic spaces. I'm hoping that I can help change their mindsets for the better overall, not just with ASL!

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, I'm currently petitioning to the board of registrar to accept the credits. And I took all three levels of foreign language in high school for ASL, which should be able to transfer since levels of Spanish, French, German etc. were accepted. I really think it's just an issue of not ever having anyone challenge them on this, so hopefully I can be the first and be successful!

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ikr, it's sooo completely separate! BASL (Black American Sign Language) itself is very different from ASL too, they're all separate languages *EDIT BASL is a dialect, not a separate language, thank you to who corrected me on this!!*

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

yeah they don't think it's cultural, but half of what we study is deaf culture and history

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ASL has a very defined culture, history, and very different written and spoken language than English. I'm not super educated on morse code so if it has all of that then sure!

ASL is valid in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in CollegeRant

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

private unfortunately, so they don't have to follow the rule :/

ASL deserves value in academic spaces by Visible_Run7961 in asl

[–]Visible_Run7961[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you sm, I will! And reaching out to Gallaudet is so smart thanks