Today, it's the last day of my sign language class. At the end of the class, my teacher surprised us by speaking for the first time, also surprising everyone that she wasn't actually deaf. It wouldn't have been so bad had I not just given someone an answer to the test, thinking she couldn't hear me. FML
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booboo300 15
Definitely not going to defend myself, it was a dumb thing to do. Although, I did whisper, not shout, an answer just to get my friend on the right track. I totally respect my teacher and it was the kind of whisper that probably would have been tried in any class with a hearing teacher as well. She was a great teacher and I think I learned better that way. There is a mix of deaf and hearing asl teachers at my school, though. It was amazing though, because she didn't respond to phones going off, people sneezing, people walking in late (until she saw them) and even the people bashing asl and deaf people in the hall one day.
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Ravenz_fml 10
Well that's awkward. YDI for cheating
MrDonSalvetti 27
You just went FULL Retard...
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Comments (127)
CurlyQute 17
NEVER assume anything
nkb94 18
YDI for cheating but I am getting so many ideas for when I am a teacher....
Pussycat86 18
How do I sign "you are ******* awesome" to your teacher?
Kirikoe 8
lol shouldn't have cheated YDI
ThomasBombadil 31
Sorta reminds me of the scene in the first Harry Potter movie where one of his professors was the cat sitting on the front desk.
Fuaaad1994 31
Reminds me more of game of thrones when Daenerys Targaryen pretended she couldn't speak Valyrian
izntdan 14
Not sure why you don't have more up votes, that's a great reference
tbro47 23
Well you know what happens when you ASS U ME something.
Lil_Red777 21
It's when you assume you make an ass out of you and me.
Jakob2255 12
she never said she assumed so it looks like your the ass lol
Kamon97 23
Wonder if she also takes acting lessons too :o
Kergami 18
I wonder how hard it must of been for her to not speak for the time period of that whole class.
Bibliovore 26
Not hard at all, for anyone fluent in sign, any more than it's hard to not accidentally break out in a given spoken language while you're speaking a different one. (It can be harder to suppress reactions to sudden sounds -- shouts in the hallway, a dropped book in the classroom, honks from outside, whatever. However, Deaf people often react to such things, too; they observe that people around them are looking in a particular direction, so they do, too, to see what's up.)
iloovveyyoouu 15
My class does that all the time but I'm pretty sure my teacher is deaf
Bibliovore 26
Shame on your class -- and the OP -- for trying to take advantage of people, especially over a perceived disability.
midgetism 9
I really feel bad for you, did she say anything?