November 9, 2017 - 16:21
Something that stood out to me in the movie Deaf Jam was when Aneta was talking about her future and what she was going to do once she was done with school. This made me think about what jobs are accessible to deaf people, and it made me feel like the only options were becoming an educator for other deaf children, which obviously isn't true, but I can imagine how stressful and difficult it would be for someone who is deaf and doesn't speak orally, or read lips very well to get a job in the "real world" and support themselves. I am curious about what kinds of jobs people who graduate from schools like Lexington go into and whether they are accomidated in jobs or how successful they are with getting a job. One thing that stood out to me in the reading of Train Go Sorry was in chapter 11 when Sofia's mom was worried about Sofia leaving the house because she didn't know how she was going to be able to handle or interact with her younger daughter Irina. It made me sad to read that the parents don't really want to make an effort to better learn sign language or work with Irina on communicating, they just know she doesn't have as good oral skills and Sofia and aren't making as big of an effort to love and support their other daughter just because of the way her disability affects her.