tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49855019744347649172024-02-20T22:55:48.273-08:00Chronicles of the UnheardWriting by and for Deaf and hard of hearing students in the Hearing Education Services program in New York City schools.The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-30432288332716474912014-06-23T14:04:00.000-07:002014-10-10T08:01:57.336-07:00My Journey With Hearing Loss<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently a student in
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Q – How did you feel
when you found out that you had a hearing loss?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A – I felt like I
didn’t know what happened to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
six years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>out by going to a place with my mom to check
my hearing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Q – What made your
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A – My family members
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Q – How did you feel
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A – I felt shy when I
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were like , “What’s that in your ear?” and they were staring at me and I didn’t
like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told them, "It’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a hearing aid to help me hear and they said,
“Are you deaf?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said, “No, but I can’t
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Q – What did you
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A – I felt
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ask what he or she said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I still
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4985501974434764917" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Bold" border="0" class="gl_bold" src="img/blank.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></a><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Advice to a New Freshman</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: 100%;">by Tewwey Lovestone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-size: 100%;">Now that I am a senior, I’ve been looking back to my first days as a high school student.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">I remember the advice people gave me – and I wish I would have listened.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">So now here is the advice I would give to kids preparing for high school and who will be freshman in the fall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 115%;">1. Do as you’re told! In junior high school I always went to class. But when I got to high school, there was so much going on that it was more fun not to go to class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 115%;">Also, in junior high school all the classes were fun because you’re younger. In high school the work is a lot harder. What you find out is that if you don’t go to class, the work doesn’t get any easier. Even though going to class seemed boring, I’ve learned that in the long run that’s what puts the 90 on your report card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 115%;">2. Find the right company! In high school you’re going to find a much more diverse atmosphere. Different people with many different ideas thoughts and lifestyles are in high school. It would be easy for you to end up with the wrong group of people that might bring you down the wrong path at this fresh and early stage. Try your best to click with the people who are striving for the same things or better things than you are</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 115%;">3. Ask questions! For example, if the teacher is teaching something and you don’t understand, ask the teacher to explain to you what you don’t understand. If the explanation isn’t enough, don’t be afraid to ask again. The teachers’ job is to teach you so you should take advantage of it. Besides, asking questions will also help you with homework. You won’t have to go home struggling to do homework if you ask the teacher to explain what’s being taught.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4985501974434764917" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Bold" border="0" class="gl_bold" src="img/blank.gif" style="cursor: move;" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%; line-height: 115%;">4. Your guidance counselor is your best friend! He /she will be the one to guide you through the high school maze as smoothly as possible. Being close to your guidance counselor will open up doors for you. Your guidance counselor will make sure that certain students have your back and that all is well with your education.</span></div>
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The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-4860790451624058632011-10-19T05:15:00.000-07:002011-10-19T06:05:36.705-07:00Bullying In SchoolWhat Is Bullying?<br />By Blume Fan SC<br /><br />The definition of bullying is to intimidate a weaker person. Intimidation has gone online, which is called cyber-bullying. Cyber-Bullying is by cell phone or Facebook. For example Bob puts up on Facebook, "Who thinks Timmy Is annoying ?"<br /><br />How Do You Deal With Bullying?<br /><br />To deal with bullying you have to ignore the bully. If he makes a bad comment turn it into a joke. If that doesn't help,talk to an adult about these situations that happen in school.<br /><br />How Do Other People Respond to Bullying ?<br /><br />Some schools believe they have the job to stop bullying. In Massachusetts they have cut bullying down. They passed a law against bullying at school. Here in I.S.227 they find the person who did the mean stuff and they get suspended.<br /><br />What I Think About Bullying<br /><br />I think that bullying should stop because it's being done almost in all the states, countries, and even continents and it hurts people in many ways. I also think that bullying should be against the law everywhere so no one gets hurt or commits suicide.The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-24457858608606795742011-01-25T14:39:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:07:14.943-08:00Soccer: Past and Present<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC2HMEmQDvEaLRVkwVOA0pWxOMck0P1RuzAsOgz7b41OgXKgnvv7LWSaohX8KhA3y79s2aMMXG4R_taThWz0wbBYxsjqLplx0fpWa9Eba4A39fGsc2Ixjetp8aPLEDIke6zYkj68OfmA/s1600/C.Ortiz.SoccerPixII.2011.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 312px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566258390460938050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisC2HMEmQDvEaLRVkwVOA0pWxOMck0P1RuzAsOgz7b41OgXKgnvv7LWSaohX8KhA3y79s2aMMXG4R_taThWz0wbBYxsjqLplx0fpWa9Eba4A39fGsc2Ixjetp8aPLEDIke6zYkj68OfmA/s320/C.Ortiz.SoccerPixII.2011.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';" ><span style="font-size:180%;">Soccer Through the Ages<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >by ChrisAngel</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size:7;">Did<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> you know soccer was played 3,000 years ago?<span style="mso-tab-count: 4"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span>3,000 years ago Japan hosted the first game ever played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There were also games in China in 50 BC. If<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Japan and China played today who would you pick?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In Kyoto in 611 AD a game was played that was like modern soccer. The Romans played a game that was like modern soccer too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span>What was the game in ancient Rome like?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span>The first soccer games played at the Olympics games had teams of 27 men. The players played soccer hard. Some players had to go to the hospital because they played so hard during the 50 minute games.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><span style="mso-tab-count: 1"></span>King Edward in England (1307-1327) passed a law against soccer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In the 1800’s queen Elizabeth the First saw players playing in the villages. She said they should be put to jail for a week.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >In1815 at Eton college in England; soccer was<span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>back. They wrote the first rule book at Eton.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >In 1904 FIFA was started in Paris; France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>FIFA stands for the Federacion<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Internationale<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>de Football association. FIFA runs the World Cup. Soccer teams from all over the world play in the World Cup.</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >My favorite teams are from Mexico. My favorite teams are Chivas, Santos and Cruz Azul.<span style="mso-tab-count: 8"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >There are three soccer teams in Guadalajara. The team Chivas plays in Jalisco. They are most popular and oldest team. Chivas players must be born in Mexico. There is another group of Chivas called Chivas USA. When the players score they chear, jump and run.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >Chivas usually plays on Saturday. The Chivas colors are red, white, and blue. I own a Chivas<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>t-shirt. My shirt is yellow, white, and blue. I wear the shirt when it’s summer. My father plays for a different team in New York, where we live. My father and I always make a bet about who<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>will win the game. Soccer makes me and my family connected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" >The world is being connected by soccer, even in the past and into the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%;font-family:'Bookman Old Style', 'serif';font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-9927067705825812762010-04-16T06:08:00.000-07:002010-05-18T08:06:27.434-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;">Tae Kwan Do</span><br /><a href="http://www.jacobstaekwondo.com/logo_final.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 275px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px" alt="" src="http://www.jacobstaekwondo.com/logo_final.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />by ChrisAngel<br /><br />How much do you know about Tae Kwan Do?<br /><br />The thing you need to know about T.K.D. is that it means foot, hand , way. T.K.D is a martial art. T.K.D. martial art has kicking and punches.<br /><br />T.K.D started in 50 B.C in Korea . Warriors started T.K.D all over the country. Now today it is in countries all over the world.<br /><br />How many kicks are in T.K.D?<br /><br />There are high-kicks, back kicks , low kicks , and turn kicks. Those are four kicks that represent T.K.D. The axe kicks and front kicks are powerful kicks.<br /><br />Sometimes you need to balance on one leg. In T.K.D. you have to be ready for your stance.<br />Your stance is the way you stand to be in balance.<br /><br />I think T.K.D might help people have more respect for one another. That is because there are five aims inT.K.D.<br /><br />These are:<br />.Respect<br />.Self-control<br />.Humility<br />.Honesty<br />.PerseveranceThe Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-85296962838075529442010-03-12T06:24:00.001-08:002010-03-17T08:48:09.140-07:00Movie Review: "12 Rounds" with John Cena<a href="http://i42.tinypic.com/f10479.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 390px" alt="" src="http://i42.tinypic.com/f10479.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">12 Rounds</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div>by ChrisAngel</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Have you ever seen John Cena in "Marine"? That movie came out in 2008.<br /></div><br /><div>This year John Cena starred in "12 Rounds." What happens in "12 Rounds" is Johnnie {John Cena} is trying to save his wife from this man who breaks out of prison and kidnaps his wife.</div><br /><br /><div>The movie is very cool: all the explosions, cars crashing, stopping a train, and all the other action make this movie a hit. The people who created this movie were director Renny Harlin, and writer Dainel Keunker.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My opinion is that John Cena is a great actor and a great wrestler. He is very good when he plays in this movie.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I recommend this movie. Last week John Cena was in "Psych". In this movie the acting was also good. I feel that John Cena was chosen to be a wrestler and an actor. I can't wait to see what he does next!</div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-22924760741967703012010-01-13T09:04:00.000-08:002010-01-13T09:25:49.133-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EcJF9WZ9uEYEOETil7eF8p1AXm8cJyGknaxE-e-jfw8BLMjgNRNULgWdK8f-VN1mHinqzodLEvIXV8gbuBE3nujFz-10Ys2gY-guQrqs3JD_bGmuKKI4joSJk3d6JbAIDHXH8gl3Y6Q/s1600-h/paranormal-activity-poster.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426274894535503266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7EcJF9WZ9uEYEOETil7eF8p1AXm8cJyGknaxE-e-jfw8BLMjgNRNULgWdK8f-VN1mHinqzodLEvIXV8gbuBE3nujFz-10Ys2gY-guQrqs3JD_bGmuKKI4joSJk3d6JbAIDHXH8gl3Y6Q/s200/paranormal-activity-poster.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;">Movie Review:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;">"Paranormal Activities"</span></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="font-size:130%;">by ZoeMike</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A couple lives in a house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>But guess what – the house is haunted by ghosts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Imagine living in a haunted house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>How would you feel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Now you probably know how Miko and Marty felt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They are the main characters in “Paranormal Activities.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This movie brings chills down your spine.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The movie opens with a scene in which Miko and Marty go to a new house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They get settled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When it comes night, weird stuff happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When they wake up they see stuff misplaced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They also see a gallon of blood on the floor, and a body they don’t even know lying beside it!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Do things get worse after this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>H*** yeah!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Some of the things that happen include Marty becoming possessed by a ghost, and finding a picture of a little girl who was murdered.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The acting in the movie was extremely believable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;">This to me is a five-star movie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I would recommend it to anyone who likes getting killed – I mean, scared – scared as h***!!!!</span></p></div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-36453618993002624562009-12-18T11:06:00.000-08:002009-12-18T11:48:02.154-08:00<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUrlww4bie_PwQ-FugVqKHE8OJOy9Bgft5jz4sM7vuy2VFFUgPrYcbZS79DGlDCUEuQa0-J_VI3zRkLLFj_bEv5cbkV2lktansp4MGHF-w1Px06i_wGan-uuhgmM7XHkzqK5y3S20jxY/s1600-h/The+Stepfather+Freak+movie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416664204845544178" style="FLOAT: left; 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This movie started when he saw a woman at a supermarket with her kids. They were talking and the woman asked the man if he wanted to get pizza. He said yes. Six months later they got married. Then a boy named Micheal returned from the military. Micheal is the mother's son. He is the oldest one.</span></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWbCoTDpX3Aj0uSB942uo4f2zeLRjCj2TsSRabsD0USEIiinQ5-LevE87yEOfm44LcrLZjWhwAJKf5T3-fH_5yN2Yr9Bx5d6uEYigeapJIlvUAzoxeuVELI-oqg9g5D2q9FFt7_n_ldk/s1600-h/The+Stepfather.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416665123835471762" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTWbCoTDpX3Aj0uSB942uo4f2zeLRjCj2TsSRabsD0USEIiinQ5-LevE87yEOfm44LcrLZjWhwAJKf5T3-fH_5yN2Yr9Bx5d6uEYigeapJIlvUAzoxeuVELI-oqg9g5D2q9FFt7_n_ldk/s200/The+Stepfather.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">His girlfriend Kelly picked him up at the airport and they went to the backyard at his mother's house. It was a surprise party. He discovered that the stepfather is a killer. A woman next door told the mother, "Did you see America's Most Wanted last night? I think your husband was on it." Micheal goes on the internet. He sees the stepfather's and a different name. They have a fight. This is an exciting scene. They fight over the rooftops.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">I think the acting in this movie was a come-back good. Dylan Walsh is the actor who played the Stepfather. He really made me think he's that evil. One thing I didn't like was the music. It wasn't scary enough. </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;">If you are one of those people who likes thiller/horror movies, then "The Stepfather" is for you!</span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUrlww4bie_PwQ-FugVqKHE8OJOy9Bgft5jz4sM7vuy2VFFUgPrYcbZS79DGlDCUEuQa0-J_VI3zRkLLFj_bEv5cbkV2lktansp4MGHF-w1Px06i_wGan-uuhgmM7XHkzqK5y3S20jxY/s1600-h/The+Stepfather+Freak+movie.jpg"></a></div></div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-5090170867913041042009-11-06T11:02:00.000-08:002014-06-23T14:08:50.791-07:00<br />
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The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-30802115529881737432009-10-13T13:54:00.000-07:002009-12-18T11:54:15.750-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;font-size:14;" ><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"></span></span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Unhear<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS5cbZU814kwYM-RsZO_M9RbKzCIwmE9rIKl3eDRQF9tXj6be5PmuguhXlTOVpcLOwghuYWSSPwSg0RN2538-hk4nWL2cMHh5bGnbt7jx1nvyNjwNdFAMBE_jnx5TkVm-8cbss3Vo6Y8/s1600-h/Twilight-New-Moon-Edward--005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416666468134063026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS5cbZU814kwYM-RsZO_M9RbKzCIwmE9rIKl3eDRQF9tXj6be5PmuguhXlTOVpcLOwghuYWSSPwSg0RN2538-hk4nWL2cMHh5bGnbt7jx1nvyNjwNdFAMBE_jnx5TkVm-8cbss3Vo6Y8/s200/Twilight-New-Moon-Edward--005.jpg" border="0" /></a>d</span> Looks at The Undead</span></span></span></p><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BzL6KzDMQ-Q19RzcRZ-eIUHRVoQe8z5dOdKiuvg6MAuaFZ79cw2GgGqsrriizkuTmLK0FkZnvWRx7Lk0oCVDJPGXZ1aV415zpHTazQRaafACWZ_fobiz9x0_GMRAAA5y0QbueVwdqZ0/s1600-h/TeamJacobEdward.jpg"></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;">Edward vs. Jacob: whose side are YOU on?<br /></span></p></span></span></span><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"></span></span><span class="batch" tcnt="30"><span class="tc" id="tc_818008b1f54594608d5a606773eb7d1c" style="VISIBILITY: visible" fb="0"><span class="ic"><a onmousedown="return MMsi_T('&ID=images,420')" title="Final Twilight Trailer" style="MARGIN: 0pt 11.5%; WIDTH: auto; HEIGHT: auto" href="http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=twilight#focal=818008b1f54594608d5a606773eb7d1c&furl=http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/files/2008/10/twilight-poster-ii.jpg"></a></span></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span class="batch" tcnt="30"><span class="tc" id="tc_818008b1f54594608d5a606773eb7d1c" style="VISIBILITY: visible" fb="0"><span class="ic"></span></span></span></span><span class="batch" tcnt="30"><span class="tc" id="tc_818008b1f54594608d5a606773eb7d1c" style="VISIBILITY: visible" fb="0"><span class="ic"></span></span></span></p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">by <strong>TwilightLover21<br /></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>The story of Edward and Bella, the better version of Romeo and Juliet, Twilight is a romantic story about forbidden love and the horrors of its cast, especially between a human mortal and a vampire. Bella is a mortal who meets a vampire in the midst of high school, falling for his deep demonic and beautiful black eyes which change colors all the time. Then there’s Edward a strong and very fast vampire trying to get a glimpse of the human world. He falls for Bella and struggles against the overwhelming scent that attracts him to her. The struggle makes him go crazy.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>Their love starts in junior year for Bella, although Bella and Edward are so different but so in love. Edward believes that if he keeps Bella too close, he’ll end up turning his only love to the monstrous side, a vampire. But Bella has no fear when it comes to Edward because she would rather die and become a vampire than be a mortal and grow old without Edward.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>Little does Bella know that in Edward’s own eyes he’s a monster. When he thirsts his eyes are monsterious and his teeth sharpen. The look on his face screams evil. He’s stronger, so strong he can snap Bella like a twig, he’s fast so fast he’s invisible to the human eye. But to Bella that does not matter. Even though Edward sees himself as a weapon of death, Bella’s love for Edward still goes on.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>The question many people are asking is: Why is the Twilight series SO popular? I believe that it is popular for a variety of reasons. People like the “Halloween” movies and vampires. They also like drama and doing stuff that they’re not supposed to, but they do it anyway. Teenagers also love romance. Stephanie Meyer put all these things together in one book.</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>Teenagers also enjoy arguing about who Bella should go with: Edward or Jacob. </strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>I have a strong opinion about this question. Why would Bella even consider being with Jacob, when first of all Bella only met Jacob when she was young, therefore she doesn’t even remember him that well. Jacob is basically nothing but an old trustworthy friend of Bella. When you read the story you realize that all Jacob shows for Bella is friendship, while Edward protects Bella with all his strength and shares his life, secrets, and shows Bella just how much he cares about her even though it’s not for the best. Edward is the one that saves Bella from mischief and danger, and goes through the horrors of keeping Bella close to him while endangering himself and his secret of keeping Forks from finding out that the 17 year old god (Edward) that they all love is a blood sucking monster. But for all its worth Jacob will always be nothing but a friend, while Edward has true, unfulfilled, long lasting love for Bella that will go on for eternity. No matter how much Jacob seems to love Bella, he’ll <i>never! </i>love her as much as Edward loves her.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><strong>For all of you Twilight fans out there, as you can you can see I will always be for Bella and Edward forever! Now the question is, who do you think Bella should share her love with? </strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Okay, all you Twilight fans, now is your chance to make your voices heard! Tell us who you think Bella should choose, and why. Twilight Lover 21 will count your votes and report back to you on who "won" this contest: Jacob or Edward!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 200%;font-size:14;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-67904052945541113172009-06-05T11:43:00.000-07:002009-06-14T05:10:25.437-07:00The (Slightly Less) Misunderstood Person's Journal Entry [6/3]<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoImHDdJ-szyqUyf39voPD9ek51EPkmx_ed9E9Y060o0t24iyP0LBdYANKb-VLNu6-BZbqz4rn8vBErJSR3HykmoFiPyuuyKy56pXwARGeFLL4hyphenhyphenJWm5rPDfjpcSJdFU5uPmIHHppG7yY/s1600-h/StudentBlogIllus%237aAutographAlbum.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoImHDdJ-szyqUyf39voPD9ek51EPkmx_ed9E9Y060o0t24iyP0LBdYANKb-VLNu6-BZbqz4rn8vBErJSR3HykmoFiPyuuyKy56pXwARGeFLL4hyphenhyphenJWm5rPDfjpcSJdFU5uPmIHHppG7yY/s320/StudentBlogIllus%237aAutographAlbum.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347154369749319074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These past couple of days, I've been in some kind of depressive slump.<br /><br />Yep, a certain someone is back, but the relief is short-lived when you find she's buddy-buddy with another guy that should be you. Best part? The irony of the situation. Someone you got a crush on, she breaks your heart into a million pieces by going out with someone else. Worst part? You can't explain in words your true feelings for that special someone in your life, <span style="font-weight: bold;">because you're too g**damn late by weeks or even months.</span> Even worse? You're probably not gonna see her again when you say bye-bye to this ****hole of a school.<br /><br />That's your problem exactly, you only got 22 days to win her over and have good lovings forever and ever. (Talk about double meanings.) So, you formulate a plan in your mind; you slip your graduation autograph book on her desk, then when she sees it, pull a Rick Astley on her and bust out into some stupid love song before her BF gets the gist of what happened and goes after you.<br /><br />Next step, you blog/write about how you pulled off the most awesome stunt ever. 'hey gaiz, i pulled of sumting awseom; i totally rick astey'd teh class wen she saw my grad book, tehn i kissed her on teh lips very long and bolted like hell lol!!!!1!!' Then you brag about it, both online and to your RL friends to make them feel worthless and boost your profile. Then, flirt with her in a casual way (a.k.a: just talk to her away from prying eyes, normally, so she doesn't suspect a thing) for 3 hours, so you got a thing going.<br /><br />Next step, watch tons of the right kind of movies so your hormones are fired up, then invite her to your house in a casual, friend-like sort of way. Keep it that way until it's almost time for her to leave; then spill your guts out to her. She'll fall in love with you, just like in the movies, and kiss you the same way you did with her. Next, over the weekend, invite her, but this time for a sleepover. When no one is gonna be home, call her boyfriend and tell him to be there ASAP. Then, bust open the wine cabinet, and share some. (Enough to make her forget that she has a boyfriend, not really drunk.)<br /><br />Next...you already know what's next. By the time you get through 10 minutes of the closest thing to heaven on earth, her boyfriend is gonna walk in, see you two doing things he thinks only he has the right to, and GTFO ASAP (50% says he'll make a dramatic speech over that before he gets out.) Tomorrow, she'll recover from a hangover, an<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3-En66XVWbhve49bORJ8HLyikAx5hvU1K1zmM1ZWFxhu48rhTBh8vgArEicYLV2dvULzk5pdYy5SSZbeDfnAnCCHNA2Hx3jn9cW01f_XEDxgS3hZ7d_HABtTZlseTV18t2Tn2Xz_bGo/s1600-h/StudentBlogIllus"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345054309684296674" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 186px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7oe771GkGYqCRFSXiO4hA6cUWhi9Pc2ir2fGu4mZNMHdEFpYr0q19BzSttBPKmnP-rSvOnU7GIjOGYFUxOc8YrRjdrEfUOrfI-JESYixotYL7s78dVGxCR3I801k2Si-ND8M1m2r7XA/s200/StudentBlogIllus%232Shldn.bmp" border="0" /></a>d you have all the time in the world to comfort her with your presence while she's recovering. After like 12 hours, tell her she can leave, and spend the rest doing whatever. At school, her BF will announce the break-up. Comfort her, then tell her you're willing to be her boyfriend to relieve the sorrow. She'll embrace you, and you're free to brag about it on the Internet to boost your profile even more. Congrats, you just got your crush to hook up with you within 22 days! Just remember to ask her e-mail/phone number so you can talk to her from far away.<br /><br />Now I'm off to boost my profile and my manhood and get my girlfriend in one fell swoop~!<br />(H*ll no. I hope you can tell I'm not actually serious about the above stuff here. >_><br />There's a reason why people tell you to read stuff ALL THE WAY to the end BEFORE jumping to stupid conclusions, and I do not believe that men have to make all the choices in a relationship...If you took any of the above seriously and plan to follow it, stop reading help guides on relationships and learn the difference between having a sense of humor and taking things so seriously that it might been warped past its original intention.)<br /><br /><strong>Well, what actually happened made up for my bad days. S</strong><strong>chool didn't suck as much as usual, t</strong><strong>he girl I liked actually signed an autograph in my grad book, and I found something interesting in the library to read. Also, the tests weren't as hard as usual. (read: what people made them out</strong><strong> to be.)</strong><br /><br />If that's how the Regents will be for the next subjects and all, then i guess I don't need to worry about them so much, tbh. (I get the feeling that I'm starting to sound cocky here...) Anyway, that's it for now.The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-58221417665268586762009-05-14T05:42:00.000-07:002009-05-28T15:22:54.439-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uZWW63oyz9G5f9vVv3x5_V2NSM3NkLOfFSc36Uf7JzT46UwoSTyv-HpjLcpcjesQHia3OQ9N65PhkRmUyCA4yji367XP-sixavDmydV-B5D3eGpcntFFM9FpsjvS9L-6ig3oRhf0Lw0/s1600-h/BlogIllus%234.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uZWW63oyz9G5f9vVv3x5_V2NSM3NkLOfFSc36Uf7JzT46UwoSTyv-HpjLcpcjesQHia3OQ9N65PhkRmUyCA4yji367XP-sixavDmydV-B5D3eGpcntFFM9FpsjvS9L-6ig3oRhf0Lw0/s200/BlogIllus%234.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341000662643531682" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">With FM units, you have to make sure you find someone in the school that you really trust in order to store the unit.<span style=""> </span>You can’t take it home, and you have to make sure that it’s in a safe place so that you can charge it overnight.<span style=""> </span>It<span style=""> </span>has to be someplace accessible so you can get it in the morning when you first come to school.<span style=""> </span>It’s a very expensive item, so you have to be very careful with it.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">When I had my FM unit with my guidance counselor<span style=""> </span>it was hard because sometimes she might leave early and I wouldn’t be able to get into her office with my hearing aids and my FM unit.<span style=""> </span>So I had to find somewhere that’s always open, that’s always accessible so I could always get in to get my equipment.<span style=""> </span>Otherwise <span style=""> </span>you have no choice but to take it home with you, which you’re not allowed to do.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p>
<br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">It’s hard, because sometimes you don’t remember until you are already downstairs at the end of the day, and you have to go all the way back upstairs – depending on where you stored it – to find that the person is not there anyway.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">I had one teacher that kind of fussed about it – what is this, why do I have to wear it?<span style=""> </span>Then I explained it, and he understood.<span style=""> </span>All my other teachers understood and they were fine with it.<span style=""> </span>You have to explain the benefit of it – that it will help you do better in their class.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">The FM is more useful in<span style=""> </span>classroom situation where there’s a lot of group work going on, and the teacher is still talking or the class is noisy and you need to hear the teacher.<span style=""> </span>On some sets you have different buttons to let you hear at different levels: the one with the line at the type narrows it down to the teacher’s voice alone, so it makes it easier to hear the teacher over the noise in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><span style=""> </span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">If I was going to build a better FM, I would make it much smaller because it’s kind of weird looking on the teacher.<span style=""> </span>I think a smaller unit would make the teacher more comfortable, and the student more comfortable.<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><b style="">
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<br /><div> </div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-390595848232067652009-04-29T06:54:00.000-07:002009-06-14T05:13:19.396-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR8UJC3wYDUJHQc9r6HG43V7Rrq48qJD4svMnNZprZaWfHurkYrna4AdaPHaFBZ3sC12soDuW5MgcstBjl2DQ4_oVnkZtXrbphKxcfvkQDWQ6tw-Xft-npJbvYi2dMyhXZVOhDMcuPy0/s1600-h/StudentBlogByrdFly3.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZR8UJC3wYDUJHQc9r6HG43V7Rrq48qJD4svMnNZprZaWfHurkYrna4AdaPHaFBZ3sC12soDuW5MgcstBjl2DQ4_oVnkZtXrbphKxcfvkQDWQ6tw-Xft-npJbvYi2dMyhXZVOhDMcuPy0/s200/StudentBlogByrdFly3.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340991516447977634" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Words from the Byrd</span><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Byrdfly</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> likes to write rhymes.<br />Next year he will be in the 8th grade.<br />He would like to have a career as a rap performer.<br />We sat down with him recently to talk about his experience with hearing loss.<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"><br />Q: You used to use an FM unit in school. Why did you stop?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;" >A: Because the other kids used to make fun of me. #1: I didn't think I really had hearing loss #2: The kids were making fun of me. And #3: People thought that I was deaf and I was not deaf.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;">Q: Do you think it would help if the other kids knew more about hearing loss?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;" >A: Probably.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;">Q: Say the kids had not been making fun of you. Say they just accepted that sometimes you needed to wear that equipment, like wearing a pair of glasses. Do you think that it helped you? Did you hear the teacher better? Did it help you with your schoolwork?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;" >A: I could still hear the teacher without it.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;">Q: So you feel it didn't boost your hearing enough to make it worthwhile?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;" >A: Wait - it did boost my hearing. I ain't gonna lie about that. I remember I used to be able to sit in the back and I would still hear the teacher's annoying voice!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;">Q: So now you sit up in the front which is one thing anyone with hearing loss can do so they can see the person who's speaking and hear as much as possible of what they're saying. But going back to when people first suggested that you wear the FM equipment, what did you think about it? How old were you when you first noticed you had some hearing loss? Did your mother notice it first? Maybe she was calling you to dinner and noticed that you didn't come right away?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >A: No, I had no problems. I had a hearing and seeing test at my school. They said that my hearing was low. I didn't start wearing it then. Then my mother took me to my audiologist and that's when he checked my hearing and said I needed it.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><br />Q: Did you ever wear any equipment at home? Or just at school?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" >A: Just at school. </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;">Q: What advice would you give someone your age (or younger) if they just found out they had a hearing loss?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A:</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br />1) I would be myself.</span></span> <div style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;"> 2) Just say "Come again," or "I beg your pardon," if you want people to speak up louder.</span></div> <div><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:130%;" > 3)The support of the teachers is very essential. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />Please leave a comment or a question for Birdfly.<br />We hope to feature some of his rhymes very soon!<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-31446486739130784412009-04-28T11:04:00.000-07:002009-06-05T16:57:02.456-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Deaf ? Don't Call the Doctor in This</span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"House</span></span>"</span><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUQjZfNUPxWR1WyKvu543pS_KA_5k5loN6t1DeWFJukFTZk7JrMSwibcq46g1JDw0Nau29oCAw3KPkQSLWpGb4AewrMZ6pjfveOL3diCMvV3aH5L7Rirs4gYyljmjtG9rj9aac6aMc3s/s1600-h/StudentBlogImageSickHouse.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332112431283523234" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 194px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUQjZfNUPxWR1WyKvu543pS_KA_5k5loN6t1DeWFJukFTZk7JrMSwibcq46g1JDw0Nau29oCAw3KPkQSLWpGb4AewrMZ6pjfveOL3diCMvV3aH5L7Rirs4gYyljmjtG9rj9aac6aMc3s/s200/StudentBlogImageSickHouse.bmp" border="0" /></a> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I was looking up stuff </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">on DeafRead when I found a review of a <span style="font-style: italic;">House</span> episode. I decided to take a look, and well...here is a selection from the review and my thoughts on the topic.</span></span> <div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >- AMP <span style="font-size:78%;">(A Mi</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;">sunderstood Person)</span></span></div><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"When I sit down on Monday nights to watch House I </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">expect to be mildly insulted and wickedly entertained. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Unfortunately</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> last night I was just shocked by the amount </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">of ignorance spread by the writer's of the show. The episode centered around a young deaf wrestler who falls to the ground with exploding sensations in his head. After a bit of investigating he is diagnosed with "NF2 cancer" and told treatment would be relatively simple, and that afterward he may regain his hearing which he lost at age 4. Throughout the show the boy is referred to as an idiot and insulted repeatedly for being a well adjusted deaf child. At one point during a simple brain biopsy House di</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">rects Chase to put in a Cochlear Implant, without any planning or </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">a specialist. It was actually hilarious. The boy wakes up and House is in his hospital room tuning his CI as he begins to awaken. He can immediately hear the tiniest of sounds, and within hours is asking if his speech sounds slurred as he hears his deaf girlfriend for the first time. He looks at her pitifully as she walks away. House is excused from forcing this contraption onto an unwilling patient because he "did the idiot a favor" by providing him with hearing. I expect that sort of </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">belligerence</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> from House, but even the other characters mirrored his viewpoint. The deaf boy was called an idiot and a moron repeatedly, and at the end when he is touched to hear his name on his Mother's voice he accepts his new gift and all is supposedly well.<br /><br />I can deal with the fact that House is a fictional show, and not known for medical accuracy. How can they disregard the potential ignorance they are spreading about NF2</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> though? I do not have cancer, now all of my friends who watch House are probably thinking oh lord she has cancer! Should I be expecting muffin baskets? (Probably not.) When you are deafened by NF2 removing th</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">e tumors does not bring your hearing back, and may </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">in fact</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> also cause facial paralysis and disequilibrium. So aside from the general ignorance of NF2, the attack on Deaf Culture was nothing short of hurtful. There were not a handful of tongue in cheek remarks, the episode was a nonstop diatribe about the stupidity of Deaf people to stay hearing impaired when there are supposedly magical implants that can fix anyone. These implants rarely work on people with NF2, and I already deal with people on a daily basis who treat me with disdain and contempt, as though it's my own fault I am deaf. Thank you House for further increasing the misconceptions of deaf people, and causing all of us Deaf to turn off our TVs feeling like we just got beat up in gym class. For a show that generates millions of dolla</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">rs in profit, you would think they could afford a medical fact checker, or at least a writer with enough common sense to write a witty joke without being bigoted toward an entire culture of people. The show had a chance to be a platform for the deaf, and instead reminded most of us ex</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">actly why many Deaf don't want anything to do with the hearing world."</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;">From Fabulous Running Mommy on DeafRead</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, NF2 House</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are My Thoughts on the Topic:</span><br /></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">While I don't </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">watch </span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8oXCL_A4HGTJpycgUd-EzMNWSHflD1ZQB5zO9M0jzvseA0SdWGpnLmRFEoQvZjh42DB9ZEVqzCs3TgfEvClmAVQ6VTSEJBQpksPos-3tjHKi4UkvTWHam6hJsCfJEhJ6UtP7FAkRlvs/s1600-h/StudentBlogIllus%232Shldn.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8oXCL_A4HGTJpycgUd-EzMNWSHflD1ZQB5zO9M0jzvseA0SdWGpnLmRFEoQvZjh42DB9ZEVqzCs3TgfEvClmAVQ6VTSEJBQpksPos-3tjHKi4UkvTWHam6hJsCfJEhJ6UtP7FAkRlvs/s200/StudentBlogIllus%232Shldn.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343996625764816818" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="font-style: italic;">House</span> on a daily basis, I feel this woman's pain about this episode being little more than an attack on Deaf Culture. Srsly, there's no real reason why it's just a good idea to go, "Hey, let's just insult the deaf wrestler! Deaf people are too stupid to know how to watch TV, and our viewers will love </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">it so much that we'll be rolling in cash!'</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br />Meh, just because deaf people can't hear, doesn't mean they don't have feelings at all...but of course, most people don't realize this and just assume they're stupid because they totally can't hear them and misinterpret stuff because...yeah, the answer is obvious. They can't hear! >_> And you wonder why deaf people don't want anything to do with the hearing world...</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">So, about the 'boy </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">g</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">ets cochlear implant, he gets to hear everything again, everything is just fine' part. Maybe that kind of scenario works in your mind, but in real life, no. Just no...after all, you have to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">learn </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">how to use a cochlear implant to get anything out of it, and that usually takes a few months or years depending on how good a learner you are or how deaf you are (born deaf or just deaf in adulthood). You see, the implant sends sensations to your brai</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">n, and these can be a real pain to get a hang of. Whether it's solved or not, depends on what the deaf man or woman thinks, and it's usually never solved for them. Many deaf people end up abandoning the implant after a few years, because they either believe that being able to hear stuff again is not worth the hassle they have to go through to recognize these sensations that are either very confusing to get a hang of, or just a real pain. Or, they prefer just not hearing stuff like hearing people can or for some other reason.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">In any case, cochlear implants....they don't ever work in real life like how <span style="font-style: italic;">House</span> depicts it. So meh on that.</span></span></span></div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></span></div>NOTE:<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">tl;dr version: The creators of <span style="font-style: italic;">House</span> need to get better writers that know how to make a joke without being biased towards cultures of people who might take offense at it, or at least get a medical fact checker.</span></span></span></div></div>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-18886619147348989302009-04-02T13:26:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:57:04.055-07:00Welcome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvnSNg2QMx61oK9ha0vLf1bV1Pu7vA9DHUc0DYZ2eWUPIwDsFasaUnGrlI8RW9u3gGYYDKaLfeA5_1gDpcU-_Fxn3LgpwpjommaR2aXMOJuoFFJfvam9IlH5pqyyuoqMpmcrbYWpzAPw/s1600-h/BlogIllus%233.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvnSNg2QMx61oK9ha0vLf1bV1Pu7vA9DHUc0DYZ2eWUPIwDsFasaUnGrlI8RW9u3gGYYDKaLfeA5_1gDpcU-_Fxn3LgpwpjommaR2aXMOJuoFFJfvam9IlH5pqyyuoqMpmcrbYWpzAPw/s320/BlogIllus%233.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320212698475368050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chronicles of the Unheard is written by and for young people in the Hearing Education Services program in New York City.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span></span>In most ways we are just like other people our age. We go to school every day. We have big dreams for our future and big questions about how to get there. We are more like you than we are different.<br /><br />Okay, I know what you're thinking now. "Hold up! Different? What's different about them?"<br /><br />With some of us the difference is obvious. We might wear hearing aids. We might use sign language. When we come into a classroom, we might hand the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> teacher an FM unit to wear around her neck.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />With others, the differences are more subtle. You might notice that we ask you to repeat things more than other people do. Or that we sometimes seem to answer a different question than the one you asked. But you don't think about it too much, because most of the time we react just the way you expect us to.<br /><br />We want to use this blog to communicate our experiences to the world. We especially want to hear from other young people who are Deaf and hard of hearing. We want your short stories, essays, reports and poetry about aspects of life as Deaf and hard of hearing youth. If ASL is your language, we will post your V-blog entries. Send an e-mail to <span style="font-weight: bold;">mchoffman135@gmail.com</span> if you would like your work to appear on our blog. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />If you are a hearing person, please leave your comments and questions.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Note: Our title is inspired by a book by Josh Swiller. The book is called The Unheard, and it is all about his experiences as a Deaf man in Zambia, Africa.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2NNJk4Mr1V1t_Y4POBo6YK10gL2CIbvPQJb7X7IOQK5twIXqr8aXSjA6HNinN6jrpAoftIxHdLEwwvee6lbqXgXxztxF_41KWNEnzOlUSIjY4EI0xhvgkrB7uqG8NyKgOD7kcOQCjfI/s1600-h/BlogIllus%231.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2NNJk4Mr1V1t_Y4POBo6YK10gL2CIbvPQJb7X7IOQK5twIXqr8aXSjA6HNinN6jrpAoftIxHdLEwwvee6lbqXgXxztxF_41KWNEnzOlUSIjY4EI0xhvgkrB7uqG8NyKgOD7kcOQCjfI/s200/BlogIllus%231.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320208866387688658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Our First Post is by</span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Misunderstood Person</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The first day of seventh grade was a beautiful day, but it was a lie considering the stupid things that happened once I got to school.<br /><br />First I was assigned to the wrong class. I mean, I had the paper that told me what class I was supposed to be in, and I was convinced it was the right one until the teacher spotted me among the 28-odd heads of students lined up for roll call.<br /><br />She went: "Hey, I've got news for you, you aren't supposed to be in here young man. Get out. Get out now." And basically she pushed me out the door and onto the floor to the laughter of my classmates.<br /><br />I picked myself up while trying, and failing, to hide my face. Before we even got halfway through the door one girl said to me: "Ooh, is the little baby crying?" She laughed in my face with her friends. It made me feel worse, but I tried to pretend that it didn't affect me.<br /><br />We took our seats and I happened to wind up sitting next to another girl who thought what happened to me was hilarious. Yay, me! Off to a great start in seventh grade.<br /><br /><br />I listened to the teacher make her introductory speech. Meanwhile the whispered comments continued from the other rows of desks.<br /><br />"Hey, you saw Ms. S. push that retard to the floor like that?"<br />"Ooh, yeah, the look on his face just got me so bad. I'll never forget that as long as I live."<br /><br />The insults went on and on. They said maybe I went into the wrong classroom on purpose. Yeah, right, like I wanted to get a bad name for myself on the first day.<br /><br /><br />Lunch time was no better. I got to see my friends from another class, sure, but the food sucked as usual, and the insults didn't stop. It was so bad that since that day I haven't returned to the cafeteria at lunch time. Instead I spend my lunch hour in the room where I meet the hearing and speech teachers. At least I have something to do there. No one stops me from using the computer.<br /><br />You could say the computer has kept me from feeling completely isolated. The only real friends I've ever had are internet people, especially people interested in RPGs. Too bad not people people realize this. Sigh.<br /><br />(Note: RPGs are Role Playing Games.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Writers note: The is just the edited version of the events. The real version is more vulgar than this. I think it gets the point across better, but we don't want to corrupt the younger kids who might read this blog! If you want to read the original version, send an email to: mchoffman135@gmail.com.</span><br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-78723379967920321582009-03-10T05:26:00.000-07:002009-04-28T13:50:33.505-07:00It's Your Choice<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZTtRMtsycUs5HBcYTlc6IRTCsyjhjIWGOeUp8KGWpdYnBRIJxHjQbJJWrTdkAz7rxZe-UlU9PUJU-G7QWZvcVR9iu2H34XX3a3iU2a4ctFjAZz-qzNJcAVGjKkBOMVPVE782fMPkOjk/s1600-h/BlogIllus%234.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZTtRMtsycUs5HBcYTlc6IRTCsyjhjIWGOeUp8KGWpdYnBRIJxHjQbJJWrTdkAz7rxZe-UlU9PUJU-G7QWZvcVR9iu2H34XX3a3iU2a4ctFjAZz-qzNJcAVGjKkBOMVPVE782fMPkOjk/s200/BlogIllus%234.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319505275311118898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">It's Your Choice -- What Do You Choose to Do??!!</span></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div style="font-weight: bold;">by Tewwy Lovestone</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Hearing loss or your hearing impairment isn't something you should be ashamed of. Your lack of hearing is the same as someone who has lost their eyesight. When your vision decreases, your optometrist tells you that you are going to need glasses with a certain amount of prescription in them that will help you to see and perform better in your daily life. Just like glasses, your hearing aids are hearing tools that will help you to perform better and up to standard in your environment. If you have been prescribed hearing aids, then you should wear them. Wearing them will benefit you tremendously, from your school work to even saving your life.</div><br /><br /><div></div>For example, what if you have hearing loss in your left ear and were crossing a one-way street with a car coming up towards you on the left side? When that driver beeps their horn, you're automatically going to turn your head to the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">right</span>. Why is that? The level of hearing in your right ear is greater than the hearing of your left, therefore the sound that you hear will be louder in that ear, causing what might lead you to the end of your life!<br /><br /><div></div><br />School-wise, your hearing aid is basically a must, especially if your hearing loss is more than moderate! Wearing your hearing aids will allow you to function on the same or even better level than your school mates around you. You will be able to perform better and get better grades. As for myself, my hearing aids have helped me to bring up my academic skills, putting me on a better level of understanding. They have also helped my grades to increase, especially in math and science.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><strong>It's your choice...what will you choose to do?!! I choose my hearing aids!!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">Tewey is a high school student in Brooklyn.</span><br /><br /><br /></strong>The Editorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596599882999500290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985501974434764917.post-30321852815182453992008-12-04T14:14:00.000-08:002014-10-13T08:06:48.027-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUU9dfckd5aJo8Iqyc79HIA4fU2QVJANH3CRRDitDwajWAq4sC3WdQi31-ZxB1MRfskieK_Jdh9aKeJT9MCKFVE1mxd8LMOdVM8D2QUGHF7swwz_HDePiAKO1KAnPzsrzGoXMQ0_LGLw/s1600-h/BlogIllus%233.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>TUBES IN MY EARS</b></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b></b></span><b></b><br />
<span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">- by D.</span><br />
<i></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: 130%;">I @m 11 ye@rs old and I'm in the 4th </span></i><a href="mailto:gr@de"><i><span style="font-size: 130%;">gr@de</span></i></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>. I like t<span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span> dr@w.</i></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>I don't remem</i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>be</i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>r </i></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYvv5dd8wbecAfrJX-Qj2qrL41DG29xAcaGpxUTz9tld7eyVyK0wxUxMhXsTLp3MurBfQCkcNnqOJAkX8-y8nmszzLsdlfUMAH9z5zxfC0kOZZTIcnyqBbLRxzGFSBiXMntLRzWeCKsc/s1600-h/BlogIlus" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3He_uvhyphenhyphen4Mqa_R3J5-VdVdzkqykx5SVPZfaM7Er8Ob1rwZRzi15t2HRodIwj17pNcSG2h3wSqexVzP06vsU-l4fpXE00LxnHMjQjHZ3J7W-arTqZzFiN8IWTDkPNSUi7T4NdSpEdGI7U/s200/BlogIlus%232.bmp" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311739427453149778" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 139px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>when I got tubes put in my ears, but during Christmas vacation something funny happened. I was</i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i> laying in my mother's bed and I felt a big thing in my ear. I had told my mother, "Look!" I felt something in there, and I didn't know </i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>what it was. My mother said, "It's a tube." She said that the tube was to drain the water out. She told me that when I was little I used to get a lot of ear infections. When you get a ear infection there is a lot of water in your ear.<br /><br />I noticed that when I put my left ear on my pillow I didn't hear so well. My Mom told them at school that I had tubes in my ears.<br /><br />Before when I had a tube in my ear and I put my right ear down on the pillow, I could not hear too much out of my left ear. Now I don't have the tube in my ear and I can hear better than before.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><i>My advice for someone who doesn't hear the same in both their ears is to ask the teacher to repeat something if you don't hear it. Don't listen to loud music because it will affect your hearing. Write to me if u want to ask me some questions about hearing.</i> </span></span><br />
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