<div>I would completely agree with you there. I have seen the dramatic differences that cued speech has made for reading ability among the deaf, as the written word is based on the spoken word, and to have the written word in one's own language to me makes all the difference in the world.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles</div> <div><BR><BR><B><I>CWren@doe.k12.ga.us</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Deaf education is, except for a rare few, a failure. Deaf kids with fully normal intelligence are graduating High School with 3rd grade reading levels. I don't know where the quote is from, but "if you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you always got".Or was it Einstein's definition of insanity-- doing the same think over and over and expecting different results-- That is to say, if nothing
changes, and we continue the same methods as we use now, nothing will change. And that is unacceptable. Based on some of the research I've done, I think SignWriting may be one piece of the puzzle to solve this problem. In order for SW to have a place in Deaf Education, there needs to be stuff written in it. I just keep plugging away to make my contribution.... ::smile::</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>---------------------------------<BR>Cherie Wren<BR>GSD Staff Interpreter<BR>232 Perry Farm Rd<BR>Cave Spring, GA 30124<BR>706-777-2328<BR>706-766-0766 Cell<BR><BR>This message and any included attachments are from the Georgia School for the Deaf and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately, and delete it from your system.</FONT> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE
width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Ronald Dettloff" <signpreach@sbcglobal.net></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: owner-sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</FONT> <div><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>04/10/2007 03:36 PM</FONT> <TABLE border=1> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</FONT></DIV></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></div> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>[sw-l] Hi, Sign Writer</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
<TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Times size=3>Hi Cherie,<BR> <BR> Nice to see a real interpreter interested in Sign Writing. That tells me something more is going on with your perspectives on Deaf Education?</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Times size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Times size=3>Rev. Ronald H. Dettloff, 20880 Ten Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Times size=3>Other Web links: </FONT><A href="http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp" target=_blank><FONT face=Times color=blue size=3><U>http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp</U></FONT></A><FONT face=Times size=3> </FONT><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>