...Gallaudet University Gallaudet University has celebrated its inauguration for one hundred and fifty years. Many deaf and hearing students have received their diplomas in different fields of study from Gallaudet University. In June 28, 1864, Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and Blind was first inaugurated in Washington D.C. This was the original name before it was named Gallaudet University. The word blind was removed in 1865, a year after. The first president was Edward Miner Gallaudet who was president for the longest time, 46 years. He did implement the use of sign language in schools for the deaf. For the most part, every president had a part in deaf education and promoted it. The first seven presidents of Gallaudet University were actually hearing but after the fourth president, the presidents did not show interest to the needs of deaf students. The consequence of not having a deaf president was the rules and decisions sometimes went against with what the deaf students wanted....
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...Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success James W. Lago GEN/200 April 28, 2014 Mr. D. Gross Abstract Personal responsibility and dream of success will be defined by the author in relation to the author’s experience. The relationship between personal responsibility and dream of success will be briefly explained. The authors will show how personal responsibility in his life with school, families and social. The authors will tell you about his dream of success. Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success Today the dream has all but disappeared. Is it? I know I have a dream when I graduated from high school. I had set my goal that I will go to college to get BA degree in business. I set a goal when I graduated from college, and looking for a job, and get my own place. I had planned to move out of my parent’s home. That was when I set my personal responsibility, and I had a dream of success. Being personal responsibility, I set out a plan when I was a teenage; I believed that I could do it as well as other people. I always have a dream about being successful, and about getting my master degree someday, and getting my own business. That was my dream, hasn’t disappeared yet. I will always follow my dream and proof my family that I’ve completed my master degree in the future. That was my dream of success. What’s personal responsibility mean to you? I am sole responsibility for the decision in my life. I am responsible for what I choose to feel...
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...for those that were deaf. Doctors did not understand the root causes of deafness and books were rare at the time. Until the most recent years, doctors finally understand why deafness occurs and the deaf communities in the world today are being respected and admired, with the aid of American Sign Language. “ASL has many roots not only is it rooted in the French ideas, but also the ideas of the Great Plains Indians in America” (Butterworth & Flodin, 1995).The man responsible for bringing sign language to light in the United States is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Gallaudet studied the French ways and returned to America in 1817 where he founded the first school for the deaf in America, near present day Hartford, Connecticut. The college was appropriately named Gallaudet College, after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. ASL is starting to be referred to as a foreign language. The reason for this growing idea stems from colleges and universities recognizing ASL as a success for foreign language credits in many college degree programs. “Gary Olsen former Executive Director of the National Association of the Deaf, referred to this notion of ASL as a foreign language as an American ground swell” (Butterworth & Flodin, 1995). The future of ASL is bright and vibrant with the number of people in the deaf community growing every day, as well as the number of ASL classes that occur on a daily basis. ASL is now being recognized by many schools across the U.S. as a foreign language, and more schools...
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...Introduction to Deaf-World 1. The meaning of Deaf Culture is exactly what is stated- Culture of the Deaf. Traditions of the Deaf Community, appropriate behaviors, morals, as well as the use of ASL. Deaf who are oral, and a bigger part of the hearing community are not considered to be a part of the Deaf Community, since they do not practice Deaf Culture. Not only are these traditions and behaviors apart of the Deaf Culture, one must participate as well as be active in the culture to be considered Deaf. Also, there is a difference between Deaf and deaf. Deaf is culture, while deaf is physical. As with any other culture, customs are taken seriously, and to be considered part of the culture, one must believe, and be committed. 2. To gain membership into the Deaf-Community is not as simple as purchasing a membership. One must be active in Deaf events, know/ learn ASL, and actually want to become a part of the community. One must be very very active in the Deaf community. One must want to learn, and actually take the people, and culture seriously. Hearing people can become a part of the community, but it is much harder to gain access, since hearing people are not born into the community. Becoming a part of any other community takes time, but if one is committed they can definitely take part. 3. Video Relay Service is a communication device made for people who are Deaf, hard of hearing, or mute, to communicate with people who are hearing. If a hearing person...
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...teaching English at Gallaudet University was essential in proving ASL was not simply a visual code but an actual language. He proved that ASL has the components necessary to be considered a language. These include having phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics—all that he proved to be present in ASL. Dr. Stokoe was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire and was educated at Cornell University receiving both a bachelors and Ph.D. in English before moving to Wells...
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...Introduction Early adulthood is an important stage in individual development. It is a time where an individual leave home and earn their independent. I was 18 years old when many important events happened during my three year period.I am the oldest child and my brother is the youngest child. My mother I was born in Houston, Texas in the quiet black neighborhood. I am a Deaf and Black woman. I was a senior at Cypress Ridge High School and graduated at 18. I also graduated at Gallaudet University at 25. and I am really passionate to empower Deaf people of color who are experiencing employment discrimination because of our disability. This paper helps me to anylanize about my three year period and how my class, disability, family, religion and sexuality orientation influenced on my development during my middle childhood. The reason why I am choosing my middle childhood year is because of many important events that happened to me during my three year period so it is really an important stage in individual development. This essay comes with my background information about my family and important events that happened to me and influenced my middle childhood years. Individual Development Stage When I was 18 years old, I applied for Houston Community College. Vocational Rehabilitation counselor (VRC) contacted me immediately when they found out that I was Deaf. VRC serves and supports the people with disability to go to work or school and they were...
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...Thomas Gallaudet. “In the early 1800’s, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a hearing minister and graduate of Yale University met and became friends with a young deaf girl named Alice” (“History of ASL”). Alice was a deaf child and was a neighbor of Thomas. Thomas decided to try and teach the girl some words and picked up an interest in teaching the deaf (“History of American Sign Language”). Thomas travelled throughout Europe trying to find a way to teach the deaf and came across a deaf instructor Abbe Sicard (“History of American Sign Language”). Thomas then took lessons from him and his other instructors. Thomas then set off to America with Laurent Clerc a deaf educator who worked alongside Sicard (“History of American Sign Language”). Both of them took their teachings of what was then FSL (French Sign Language) and applied it to their teachings in America. They soon after established the American School for the Deaf which was the first free public deaf school in America (“History of American Sign Language”) Thomas and his colleagues helped shape and evolve what is now known as American Sign Language. After Thomas died, his son Edward, soon continued his legacy. The only deaf education at the time was from Thomas’s established American School for the Deaf (“History of ASL”). The school continued it's free public deaf education. Soon after Thomas passed away, Edward Gallaudet established the college for the deaf, Gallaudet University (“History of Sign Language”). Gallaudet University was...
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...Special education has a very meaningful history. Special education is a complex enterprise that can be defined and evaluated from many perspectives(Heward 2013). The time frame and relation of special education play a major role in the evolvement in current and future education. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed by Congress in 1975. The 1990 amendments renamed the law and changed it to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act which was mainly referred to as IDEA. Special educators are very important because they teach students have disabilities, such as language, sensory, learning, physical, and/or emotional abilities that cause them to be deviated from those of the general population. The responsibility of special educators is to give instruction that is specifically targeted to meet the individualized needs, making education available to those who have a limited access to education. Since education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments, special education should not fall short of the importance of education. Students with disabilities has been present in every era and society although special education that has been federally mandated is relatively new. Only after the acknowledgement or creation of universal public education is when forms a disability came about. When teachers had goals of literacy for all students, it caused teachers to observe a students disability in relation to a task and setting. After...
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...the American Asylum for the Instruction of Deaf students opened on April 15th, 1817 with Gallaudet as the principal and Clerc as the head teacher. Laurent’s first student at the Asylum was Alice Cogswell. A year later, the school was filled with students all different ages from ten years of age to fifty-one. Clerc, along with help from Gallaudet, was the first deaf person ever to address the Connecticut Legislature. “Henry Clay, the congressman from Connecticut sponsored a bill granting the school with 23,000 acres of government land in Alabama.” Laurent established life in Hartford, Connecticut making only three visits back to France. He married Eliza Crocker Boardman in 1818, this being the first recorded marriage in the United States. Laurent had six hearing children. Two of the first Hartford students became teachers of the deaf starting a great American tradition of the best students becoming teachers of the deaf. “Old Hartford became a model for...
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...Computer Based Learning & Shaw University IS535 –Managerial Applications of Information Technology Abstract On September 22, 2011 I set out to explore the effects of full scale Computer Based Learning within Shaw University. My agenda was clear, my outcome was predictable. On October 15, 2011 I concluded my research. Little did I know, Computer Based Learning would become more than just a technological tool used by the Shaw U. It would become the way of the future and most likely the life blood of the university. Table of Contents Definition 2 Background of Company 3-4 Current Business Issues 5-6 Proposed Solution 7 Recommendations 8 References 9 Definition Many people hear the term computer based learning and assume that it’s a method of college students taking classes at home. Fortunately for those of us that use it, and industry vendors that provide computer based learning, it’s not quite that simple. Computer based learning, sometimes abbreviated to CBL, refers to the use of computers as a key component of the educational environment. The term more broadly refers to a structured environment in which computers are used for teaching purposes. CBL originally derived from computer based training, known as CBT. Computer based learning first emerged in the 1980s. During the 1990s a group of schools were identified as computer based learning institutions. These schools used constructivist and cognitive learning plans. The two environments...
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...University of Florida Block Tuition Fact Sheet Definition of Block Tuition: UF defines full time as an undergraduate student enrolled for 12 or more credit hours during a semester in the academic year. In 2009-2010, the average academic load of full time undergraduates was 14.1 credits at UF. In order to graduate from a standard 120 credit hour degree program in eight semesters, a student needs to complete an average of 15 credits per semester. This is considered a standard academic load as recognized by the President’s Honor Roll and represents 4-5 courses per semester. Beginning in the Fall 2012 semester, full time undergraduate students enrolled in statefunded academic programs will be billed for tuition and fees at the rate of 15 credits for Fall and Spring Semester. The fees included in the Block Tuition are the Student Financial Aid fee, Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee, Building fee, Health fee, Athletic fee, Activity and Service fee, Transportation Access fee, and Technology fee. In addition, non-residents are charged the following: Non-Resident Student Financial Aid Fee. Other fees that may apply to individual courses will be billed to the student on either a per-credit-hour basis or per-course basis, as is our current practice, such as Materials and Supplies fees (per-course), Distance Education fees (per-credit-hour), and Equipment Use fees (per-credit-hour). Benefits of Block Tuition: Block Tuition will serve as an incentive to raise the academic load...
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...Why an MBA The MBA is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. It is a degree designed to give you the ability to develop your career to its fullest potential, at an accelerated pace. What will you get out of an MBA? Aside from a powerful life experience, the MBA degree should supply three main value propositions: Skills, Networks, and Brand. Skills These include the "hard skills" of economics, finance, marketing, operations, management, and accounting, as well as the "soft skills " of leadership, teamwork, ethics, and communication that are so critical for effective management. MBA students acquire these skills inside and outside the classroom. Since MBA programs attract people from very diverse industries and cultures, a program should be able to leverage these differences and translate them into learning opportunities. Networks An MBA degree program offers access to a network of MBA students, alumni, faculty, and business and community leaders. This network can be very useful when beginning a job search, developing a career path, building business relationships in your current career, or pursuing expertise outside your current field. For example, entrepreneurs need access to capital, business partners, vendors, and clients. Arts-related businesses need access to funding and strategic management in order to position themselves to be relevant in the marketplace. Global businesses need access to local business cultures as they expand their enterprises to new territories...
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...“Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Students” Paulo Angelo Dela Rosa Mary Joy Cantilla James Cañete Ansarie Datua Bonnie Fe Bangero Beverly Acana Introduction Education in its broadest meaning is any process by which an individual gains knowledge or insight or develops attitudes or skills. It is an experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual. In its technical sense, education is the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, values, and skills from one generation to another generation. It is generally believed that the basis for any true development must commence with the development of human resources. When we come to think of students, they are the ones who learn ideas to become more responsible and productive someday. Examples of the factors affecting the academic performance of students are the environmental, social/ family, teachers, friend relationships, and socio-economic factors. Almost all of the factors are a variable of academic performance. However, the researchers would like to investigate the possible relationship of factors affecting to the academic achievement of under graduate students of Notre Dame of Tacurong College. “Significance of the Study” Paulo Angelo Dela Rosa Mary Joy Cantilla James Cañete Ansarie Datua Bonnie Fe Bangero Beverly Acana 1. This study would provide relevant information to the school...
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...There are lot off things that students have to go through college in order to graduate. There several obstacles that students face during the school year, which lead to dropping out of College. To prevent college dropouts, colleges can play a major role to provide them with financial aid, flexible schedules, and academic support. One of the obstacle is finical aid. I am using community college as an example. The majority of students who attend either fall under the category of poor to middle class, or they are international students. Beside this fact they come from different financial backgrounds these students are bright and eager to study and want to secure their future. Families which can only provide enough so the family can live puts a lot off responsibility on the students. It is hard for students to stay in collage since they have to help provide for their family. Giving out different types off aid such as FAFSA, TAP and/or loans provide opportunities and help take the load off of them. A few years back ,in order to get any type off financial help, colleges looked at attendance and students grades. Now, getting into college only counts for 2.5 GPA or higher. Factoring in all the extra money that students can save also prevent college dropouts. Students who are dedicated to education and want to finish their school on time, would like college to have flexible scheduling. It would be Great opportunity for students and provide optimism so they can continue with their...
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