Thanks for the articles, I'll have to look them up later. (I went to check if my McGill account was still active and was bombarded with 198 unread e-mails. Yikes! And apparently they wanted me to TA for Cataloging. Flattering, certainly, but, um, I don't go there anymore. I think the whole withdrawal thing may have been screwed up... anyway. Longest parenthetical evah.) So maybe I'll read them at work tomorrow!
I'm glad I could get you interested in library things. I agree that it's a fascinating topic. I took two disability studies classes during my undergrad, and for one of them we talked quite a bit about deaf culture. Some of the articles about deaf education really concentrated on the issue of whether the deaf are disabled or a separate linguistic community. I think I definitely perceive my situation as a linguistic barrier. We're in no way incapable of understanding each other, we just don't speak the same language. To me, at least, it feels... elitist is not quite the word I'm searching for, but that's as close as my brain will get now... anyway... it feels sort of elitist to assume that everyone should have to adapt to me to communicate.
Yes, yes, you're right. I conveniently forget about all the other people in library school who weren't sitting in the back of the room doing sudoku puzzles and mentally STFUing B. And B is an idiot. I'm glad you yelled at him. I hope you were wearing a hoodie.
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I'm glad I could get you interested in library things. I agree that it's a fascinating topic. I took two disability studies classes during my undergrad, and for one of them we talked quite a bit about deaf culture. Some of the articles about deaf education really concentrated on the issue of whether the deaf are disabled or a separate linguistic community. I think I definitely perceive my situation as a linguistic barrier. We're in no way incapable of understanding each other, we just don't speak the same language. To me, at least, it feels... elitist is not quite the word I'm searching for, but that's as close as my brain will get now... anyway... it feels sort of elitist to assume that everyone should have to adapt to me to communicate.
Yes, yes, you're right. I conveniently forget about all the other people in library school who weren't sitting in the back of the room doing sudoku puzzles and mentally STFUing B. And B is an idiot. I'm glad you yelled at him. I hope you were wearing a hoodie.