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MeredithW

Föderation EN Di 11.02.2025 05:47:12

TerpTheatre @TerpTheatre 
Event Organizer:
We're sorry, there won't be interpreters at the event where you are presenting about Deaf things, sign language, and interpreting.

Me:
No problem, I'll present in ASL without
interpretation. Hearing people will have
to get by.

EO:
Ummm ...

TerpTheatre @TerpTheatre - 
I presented for 25 minutes, and opened
with a couple of slides in written English 
that explained the situation. Told them 
to stay, so that they could “learn a lesson 
they didn't come here for." They all did.

(Medien: 1)

Godfrey642

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 17:10:11

@meredithw
Brilliant ๐Ÿ’•

Pandora

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 18:27:26

@meredithw This person is a true hero.

Kagan MacTane

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 19:01:19

@meredithw Boss move. I love it!

Jeanne (spellboundblog)

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 19:05:24

@meredithw I'd love to know where this was posted originally. Thanks!

MeredithW

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 19:10:47

@jkramersmyth I found it on FB. Don't know where it was posted originally. You might be able to find it by doing a search on TerpTheatre on various social media.

Mark Whybird

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 05:20:02

@meredithw @jkramersmyth This is allegedly a link to the original tweet, but it doesnโ€™t work for me (and I have no desire to figure out why Xitter doesnโ€™t work; happy to just not go there). x.com/TerpTheatre/status/11186

The OP might well be from this org: terptheatre.org

MeredithW

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 05:23:12

@whybird @jkramersmyth Yes, he's from that org, which sounds like a wonderful resource.

Baron Von J

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 20:08:19

@meredithw
meraviglioso

Miriam

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 20:36:59

@meredithw My new hero. Honest to goodness Hero.

Rob

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 22:11:20

@meredithw Okay totally the right response! I love it!

Henrý Ólson

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 22:29:46

@meredithw what an absolute madlad

Marc W. :sun:

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 22:51:28

@meredithw

Excellent.

Timothy Legge

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 23:01:47

@meredithw that's fantastic

Kevin Russell

Föderation EN Mi 26.02.2025 23:06:10

@meredithw

Bam! Adding the spice!

vksxypants

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 00:14:40

@meredithw incredible ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ

millennial falcon

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 00:27:35

@meredithw what a logical solution that maximises learning for every attendee. a exemplary instructor.

Al

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:00:19

@meredithw
I sure hope this story is true but these is no factual data presented.

Lets all work to up the quality of news articles.

MeredithW

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:19:52

@mral I saw verification elsewhere.

Al

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:32:14

@meredithw
lets pass that on here. Healthy inquiring minds what to know:-)

it needs to become a standard; news articles have footnotes that point to the referenced material.

It's common practice in academic circles and needs to become common practice in .

It also provides attribution to the original authors, a prime principle in the Free/Libre Open Source Software business model.


is more than voting.

MeredithW

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 02:34:39

@mral I wasn't reporting this as news. I was sharing something I thought other people might find of interest and worth considering in their own work.

Al

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 13:52:56

@meredithw
It is only interesting and worthy of sharing if it true and maybe in the past we could assume such but in todays world we need to see the facts otherwise it has to be treated as creative , a story with a moral.

It's sad that our world has de-evolved this way.The rise of fake-news is deceiving us instead of entertaining us but we all have to pay a price to fix it and the sooner we start the less the bill will be.

I am glad we can have this friendly discourse.

Alyn

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 18:44:18

@mral @meredithw Sorry I think that's overly simplistic. There's a reason "stories with a moral" are popular in both secular and spiritual circles.

Fact-check the hare and tortoise race?

Stories are useful learning tools for people to see a situation from another point of view - often one that doesn't threaten them in the same way as a more on-the-nose narrative involving them directly.

This might be a description of events that really happened, but it serves a useful purpose none-the-less.

arcayr

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:13:11

@meredithw based beyond belief.

ReverendRef

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:20:33

@meredithw
Thatโ€™s badass.

Teejay

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 01:21:29

@meredithw that's genius!

Niko :neofox_flag_nb_256: :neofox_flag_trans_256:

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 02:34:27

@meredithw as one should

MooMoo the Cat

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 03:01:31

@meredithw I love this. Thank you for sharing it.

karlexceed

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 03:59:47

@meredithw I'd stay for that lecture, it sounds like it was probably pretty good.

Saphire Lattice

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 05:07:06

@meredithw

"Call the interpreter... but not for me"? :D

Nice that people did stay for it though. But given the topic of the talk, it would have been weird if they did /not/. It just was slightly more on point than normal I guess~

elCelio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 07:38:28

@meredithw
Plot twist: the spectators were all deaf people, including a French guy who didn't understand a word because of the lack of an interpreter.

lp0 on fire :unverified:

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 13:51:35

@elCelio, hmm, interpretersโ€ฆ well, if that French person were instead British (I can only speak for British here; other nationalities may be relevant), it seems very likely to me that there'd be an issue of ASL vs. BSL there.

Faraiwe

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 14:02:43

@meredithw sublime.

svø

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 14:27:20

@meredithw I need to learn sign language just to do this. ๐Ÿคฉ

Charlie the Anti-Fascist Dog

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 15:51:30

@meredithw Can you imagine sitting there and having no idea what is being said?

This is brilliant. Thank you for sharing.

Snoopy

Föderation · Do 27.02.2025 16:15:03

@meredithw
That's horrible...He did the right thing.

Jordi (Angry Pronking)

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 16:34:58

@meredithw

Turnabout is fair play.

ScarletPhoenixCollective

Föderation EN Do 27.02.2025 18:01:38

@meredithw Holy wow. You talk about fucking soliderity.

Good on them for all staying. :)

Karen E. Lund ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

Föderation EN Fr 28.02.2025 02:22:32

@meredithw This is just perfect! And kudos to everyone who stayed.

By the bye, the first time I spoke in public, outside a classroom or small meeting with coworkers, someone requested an ASL interpreter.

Everything was going fine, and then about halfway through I caught a glimpse of the interpreter--signing MY words! I got totally distracted!

Had to pause, apologize, and double-check my slide to find my place again.

Totally worth it. The audience was cool.