Deaf Article

a) What is the primary argument of the students representing Deaf Culture?

They argue that deafness is not a disability but a culture of its own equal to any racial culture.

b) Why would the Deaf Culture students value a President of Gallaudet who spends more time in Eyeth over Earth? Shouldn't a President of a college represent all students?

They would value such a president because it would further isolate their Deaf community from the rest of the world to give them a feeling greater importance. A president should represent all students in the college but the radicals seem to believe that allowing this would cause them to lose importance and individuality in the world (though it is not specified whether they mean Eyeth or Earth)

.c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Deaf person spending too much time in either Eyeth or Earth?

Too much time on Eyeth will allow Deaf people to express their individuality but it will also isolate them from the rest of the world. Too much time on Earth will allow Deaf people to integrate into the society that dominates most of the world (the other society is Deaf people) but it will also cause them to lose the individuality which allows them to be different from the of humanity

.d) What is your opinion of the fight at Galludet? Should Jane K. Fernandes be President of Gallaudet?

Personally I do not fully understand why these radicalists seem to believe that they are so different from other humans. What makes their situation any different from that of a disabled person or a blind person? Are they suggesting that deafness is more important than blindness and should therefore be treated differently? Are we not all humans? Why would they purposely segregate themselves from the rest of humanity? To me that is a step backwards for a culture. And since that is what they claim to be then where on Eyeth do they think their culture is headed.