A Loss for Words is narrated by Lou Ann Walker. From the time she was a toddler‚ Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Through the narration of this book‚ she recounts the stories about her growing up with two deaf parents. "To the hearing world the deaf community must seem like a secret society. Indeed‚ deafness is a culture every bit as distinctive as any an anthropologist might study." (pg.22). The journey of this secret society for her and her parents begins as her parents
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For this assignment I chose to read A Loss for Words: A story of deafness in a family‚ by Lou Ann Walker. She recounts growing up hearing with two deaf parents. Once I started reading I was surprised to find that Walker grew up in Indiana! Her father is from Montpelier‚ her mother is from Greencastle‚ and the author came of age in Indianapolis. Lou Ann’s story begins as her parents are driving her to Harvard. She went to Ball State for her first two years‚ but decided it was not enough of a challenge
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Niki Brown Randi Nedom ASL 1 11/21/11 Loss for Words Paper The book A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker is a biography about Lou Ann. Her parents are deaf and she and her sister are hearing. The book describes the troubles and embarrassment she felt and had while growing up. She loved her parents dearly but often felt embarrassed‚ or infuriated about comments people would make to her about her parents. Lou Ann exclaims that “their world is deaf‚ their deaf culture‚ their deaf friends‚ and their
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the auditing staff of a Big Six accounting firm‚ Leigh Ann Walker was assigned to work on the audit of Saint Andrew’s Hospital. While nervous about her first assignment‚ Ms. Walker was excited to be working under Jackie Vaughn‚ a third-year senior. Early in the engagement‚ Ms. Vaughn casually asked Ms. Walker if she had taken the CPA exam. Ms. Walker had in fact attempted the exam‚ but told Ms. Vaughn that she had not yet taken it. Ms. Walker was scared that she had not passed on her first attempt
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I really enjoyed reading A Loss for Words: the Story of Deafness in a Family. I found the book to be a pleasurable and extremely fast read. Lou Ann Walker definitely has an impacting touch on anyone who reads her story. This story highlights the challenges of being different. Her parents being deaf really caused a strain on her lifestyle. Also‚ the reactions of others affected her tremendously. Lou Ann really opens the eyes of those who do not understand deafness. How the deaf community functions
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Leigh Ann Walker Case 1. In your opinion‚ did Vaughn overreact to Walker’s admission that she had been untruthful regarding the CPA exam? If so‚ how would you have dealt with the situation if you had been in Vaughn’s position? How would you have dealt with the situation if you had been in Robert’s position? In my opinion‚ Vaughn did overreact to the Walker’s admission. Although Walker should be responsible for telling the truth about her CPA exam‚ she does not have to tell all her privacy
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The Book‚ The Bean Trees was written by Barbara Kingsolver. Lou Ann is one of the characters in this novel. She is an innocent‚ insecure women and a fighter all in one. A cautious‚ patient‚ worrisome and caring single mother who will go to the ends of the earth to make her newborn baby‚ Dwayne Ray safe and sound in her little town of Tucson‚ Arizona. she longs for her husband and expresses her conviction that marriages and love should last forever but then she is introduced to Taylor Greer‚ who
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3.4 LEIGH ANN WALKER‚ STAFF ACCOUNTANT CASE Leigh Anit Walker graduated from a major state university in the spring of 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.1 During her college career‚ Walker earned a 3.9 grade point average and was involved in many extracurricular activities‚ including several student business organizations. Her closest friends often teased her about the busy schedule she maintained and the fact that she was‚ at times‚ a little too “intense.” During the fall of
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something new‚ to make a revolutionary finding. We allow ourselves to use the internet when travelling‚ to find specific destinations but not knowing that our own discoveries and findings‚ are what we make of our true experiences. Percy explains a loss of sovereignty in this world and how one has lost an experience through various “symbolic complexes” and by the means of trying to achieve that experience. I‚ myself can relate to the experience of the man from Boston‚ taking his family to see the
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After we reviewed the case of Leigh Ann Walker and discussed it as a group‚ we felt that Jackie Vaughn overreacted to Walker’s admission that she had been untruthful regarding the CPA exam. Walker was only trying to protect her reputation when she had told Vaughn that she had not taken the CPA exam in May and was planning on taking it in November. She had been given a great opportunity in her mind to start her career working with a well-respected individual within the company such as Jackie Vaughn
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