Jimmy was considered an oral success. He said all his words and sounds the right way. He never had to repeat himself except when he didn't understand what was being said to him. His parents were so proud of him and his speaking ability that they bragged about him to friends all over the world. Jimmy can mimic sounds and imitate people. He is just a really darn good kid. You see, Jimmy was considered an oral success for much of his life but it wasn't until the day he turned 18 and finally got up and spoke for himself that he truly WAS an oral success:
"FUCK YOU Mom and Dad for never taking the time to learn American Sign Language!"
You must impressed mike. He is going through all your vlog now.
ReplyDeleteJimmy Who?
ReplyDeleteJimmy rhythms with Mickey... or is it Mickeyxxx... Mike McCOLONialed? Har Har Har.
Me phew his McCOLONialed breath when he blabber mouths. Har Har Har.
Ah! international sign language
ReplyDelete"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds."
More lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/bob+marley/#share
re: Taking the time to learn
seems folks always talking about time.
time to say:
"in a minute"
"I'll tell you later"
"never mind"
"it's not important"
"oh Dad was just telling a funny story about work. Chew quietly dear."
"I'll tell Y-O-U later"
and time...
"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future"
More lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/steve+miller/#share
peace,
patti
Wow. OK.
ReplyDeleteMom and Dad may have been just trying to do the best they can with the information given to them at the time. Have you ever considered what it must be like to be hearing parents of a deaf child being told by professionals a million different things they could do, most of it being oral methods?
I hope you are on good terms with them now, unless they have passed.
You got that right!
ReplyDeleteHave you talked with your parents about this? Do they know how you feel? Maybe they can explain themselves.
ReplyDeleteyou flip you mom and dad?
ReplyDeletewhy?
you speak good, must thank your mom and dad.
if you not like oral, why you speak your video?
Why?
You betray deaf people, you speak!
Finish speak and finish flip you mom & dad.
you post "questionable behavior", think twice you self questionable behavior!
Saddening is that in many cases one would never say this to our parents, but it is buried in the back of our minds. Will Madsen had it pegged in his classic poem "You Have to be Deaf to Understand."
ReplyDeleteIt is necessary to hang on to that thin excuse, "back then parents truly didn't know and had to reach out to the most apparently logical solution in their grief over their child's deafness."
The siren call of AGBell and associated organizations at the exact right time is just too irresistible.
Otherwise, an acceptable relationship with one's parents would be impossible unless one accepts the explanation that they were honestly misguided.
This is speaking just for those of us who were denied a normal family life due to the limitations of oralism. Not included are those who fortunately had enough hearing enough to benefit from pure oralism or those who had exceptional lipreading talents.
Never underestimate the hurt of the Deaf who eventually find their true family in the Deaf community and leave their childhood as far behind as possible.
I cannot remember who but someone once said,.."for as long as there are artists there will be critics."
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I thank you all for reading.
Jimmy's parents taught him to speak so they can hear foul language coming out his mouth on how he feels about them. He probably had no childhood or bonding. That's the point
ReplyDeletewow - what with all the Anonymous folks ya got here it looks like an AA meeting. oh wait a minute - nope it aint. why? cuz at an AA meeting folks will start out with
ReplyDelete"Hi my name is ____________" and a truth
only three folks had the spiritual audacity to assert their somebodyness and state their own names - wow some folks r ashamed of their own names
so not only can they not say their own name - they can not accept a truth when it is presented to them visually and in text English
goodness gracious
it is also interesting how folks assume u is talking to ur mom and dad when u r talking of JImmy and that even if u were talking of ur mom and dad that they assume that ur folks cant take the truth or that u cant still love each other
there is that painting - Family Dog by Susan Dupor that is another visual expression - collective testimony about being a foreigner and alien a pet in ones own home to which many Deaf folks IDENTIFY with and many folks worry about what other folks will think of that truth. Susan said its aint autobiographical so much as representing our collective experience and its the truth!
and yep her folks did their best by her and she loves them and they love her. they love her so much they let her state these truths - they dont try to suppress her or it
i assume the same for jeffrey and kin
not sure about jimmy tho
the issue put forth in this free speech expression is not - should he be saying such things but rather - should folks be making their babies "work for their words"?
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV69iJuXwP4 and go to 10:22
unconditional love includes not making a child "work for their words"
im not speaking of the folks who dont know of ASL and never heard of it - we is speaking of the folks who go against their conscience and prioritize morphing the child into a societal expectation over meeting the child on her/his terms. the folks who actively BAN a natural and fully accessible language from the bedrooms, family rooms, dining rooms, and classrooms of a child's life
still happening today folks - still happening in 2010
no signing in the lunch room at the Oral schools
u can never be free unless ya believe in the "spiritual audacity to assert ur somebodyness" - u might not choose to do it as Jeffrey done on behalf of Jimmy but a pix speaks a 1,000 words eh
"The role of the artist is to disturb the peace" ~ James Baldwin
(negative/false peace that is)
peace (positive / true peace we seek), P A T T I (yep i got a real name and im not afraid to use it)
PS: for anonymous February 7, 2011 5:44 PM - its really weird when you pretend to T R Y to sound like u have bad English. Just to obvious luv. Dont try to work at it - free urself and be urself
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind." ~ Bob M.
I know one person reserve the rights to tell her dad FU. When she was young way before hearing era, (I think the closest HA they had in those days was only available at their deaf school) her father would severely punish her and her hearing siblings if they sign to each other. He expect her to use her voice at all time. she doesnt use her voice very much. Its really sad because she had to rely on her coda to talk to her sister when sister could have learned ASL if their father wasnt so cruel.
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ReplyDeleteI liked this. I think the ending, which was a little harsh, was perfect because really...sometimes a person has to get harsh to make the point. In real life-it would have been a little too much but for the story-the words at the end were fantastic. -Joey Lynn
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