Sign 180 11.16.11 Deaf Event I attended my first deaf event at the local Starbucks in Sea Cliff Village in Huntington Beach on November 16th. My experience was defiantly worth remembering and was quite enjoyable. Just approaching the door and seeing through the windows the hearing and the deaf practice and communicate with each other was inspiring. I was a bit apprehensive and nervous to strike up a conversation but next thing I knew I was being welcomed with warm hugs and loving smiles
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Description of Event: Deaf Chat Further your American Sign Language experience in a friendly social surrounding enjoying food court goodies and making new friends. Sponsored By: Sorry‚ I don’t know. When and Where the Event Took Place: March 8‚ 2012 at Oakridge Mall‚ San Jose. What it was about: Meet deaf‚ hard of hearing and other ASL students‚ communicate with people. This was the first deaf event that I attended this quarter. I was even more excited about it than I was before. I always
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Deaf Event Paper For my Deaf Event I decided to attend the Silent Dinner at Valley Ranch Barbeque this past Tuesday April 27th‚ 2010 with my fellow classmate a best friend‚ Amber Cullens. A few days leading up to the event I was completely nervous I didn’t know what to expect. With only being a beginning sign language one student I was afraid that I would freeze up or sign something that would be offensive or make me look stupid. When we got to Valley Ranch the dinner had already started so we
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The first event that I attended was a Starbucks Coffee Night in Pasadena. It was on April first on a Saturday. I arrived at 7:30pm and left at 8pm. There were a lot of people that attended but not all of them were there for the event I believe that there were around twenty five people that attended the event. Overall the event was as described a coffee night‚ many of the people had been there before and would get in groups. Some would sit down but others would chat while standing up. I thought that
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September 16th‚ at 4:45 pm I attended my very first Deaf event of my life. The Deaf event that I attended was held at the Hawk’s Hangout with a few of my fellow students‚ and two Deaf people‚ my teacher Paul Kiel and Rodger. During the event many things were going through my head‚ but I was still able to learn a few new signs‚ and even learn more about the cultural differences between English and American Sign Language. While attending my first Deaf event many different thoughts and feelings crossed my
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several differences between the terms “deaf‚” and “Deaf”. Despite the word itself being the same‚ the definition and purpose behind each term are significantly different. The difference between the two terms goes back quite some time‚ but neither have ever seemed to override the other. People who have hearing loss were not only known for their deafness‚ but also for how it disables them. It is common for the average hearing population to assume that a deaf person is disabled or uncappable because
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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
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hearing are classified as deaf. There are many deaf people in the world‚ it can range from 5 million to 40 million people. The population of people who are deaf is so large‚ they even have their own Deaf culture or community. The Deaf culture is best defined as a social group of people who consider deafness to be a difference in human experience. Most people believe it’s a disability‚ but it’s not. It is assumed that if you are deaf you are automatically included into the Deaf community‚ or if you are
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Deaf Culture Carolyn Mason I was interested in immersing myself with this group because they are a community of people that I’ve often wondered about. I’ve always wondered about the way they communicate with others and was it hard being deaf or hearing impaired in some ways. As myself‚ I learned that most people feel uncomfortable when meeting a Deaf person for the first time and this is very normal. When we communicate with people‚ we generally don’t have to think about the process. When faced
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Mutually Exclusive Events Two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time. Another word that means mutually exclusive is disjoint. If two events are disjoint‚ then the probability of them both occurring at the same time is 0. Disjoint: P (A and B) = 0 If two events are mutually exclusive‚ then the probability of either occurring is the sum of the probabilities of each occurring. Specific Addition Rule Only valid when the events are mutually exclusive
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