Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Charles Wirick YouTube Video Response
Finally, Charles Wirick has something to say on YouTube video.
Previous blogs on Charles Wirick
Mystery of the missing BnB's Wirick article
The curious case of the Wirick case
Charles Wirick responds to charges in his blog
Poll: Was Charles Wirick bullied and targeted unfairly?
The Charles Wirick's Case: Part 3 of 3 - Ganged up?
The Charles Wirick's Case: Part 2 of 3 - Rumors
The Charles Wirick's Case: Part 1 of 3
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Strange.....The PKZ did not mention about the communication modes but they did talk about the human beings.
When Buff n Blue.net
(http://www.deafread.com/blogger/1506) first posted on October 27th about Charles Wirick's chaos, all of a sudden, PKZ ran into the Bison Center online to help them getting the promotion against the bullying? It was posted on November 1st. The Bison Center online posted it for PKZ. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSTcr9lWRxo
I cannot guarantee if it's part of Wirick's case. I thought it was pretty strange pattern.
White Ghost
WG, I see no connection about BnB and PKZ. PKZ happened to do their video presentation after BnB printed (now missing) an article on Wirick's suspension.
Looks like Wirick has dyslexia and he says he is being misunderstood to be of oral background when really he has dyslexia. Either way, he was assumed to be of an oral background and got insulted for that. So, he got picked on. It's a shame.
Wiricik's ASL shows a real beginning of fluency. He's got the concept, so given time and more interaction with Deaf people in his area and he'll be fine. I'm sorry that a few people gave him problems and the administration wasn't proactive enough in sorting it out.
Patience and ability to roll with the punches is an essential part of making things work, however. Whenever people of all types are thrown together, there are going to be difficulties when perceptions clash. It isn't unique to Deaf communities...it happens in Hearing colleges too.
Compassion is a two way street. While workshops on bullying and getting along with people would be a good idea, it has to come from both sides to be successful.
Young adults vary in growth necessary to get along with one other, so the situation could be different next year. Hopefully Wirick will give it another go when he is ready either at Gallaudet or another college.
Dianrez..
I don't think that's the issue. The issue here is something happened and Gallaudet is covering their tracks. I don't know if there's more to the story or not. But, if what Wirick says is true and that Sprouse was the one that started it all, someone is covering something up.
Gallaudet does not want nor need any more bad publicity, that's for sure... That could be one reason.
Look at the Wirick case, look at Ryan Commerson whining about Gallaudet Syndrome, look at Elena Ruiz whining and bitching about lack of deaf space. Seem to me, there's a few students making life miserable for people like Wirick who was assumed to be of an oral background when he isn't.
Also one more thing I want to make a point about Wirick, looking at him, he does NOT appear to be of an oral background. He is clearly DEAF, non-oral. It's interesting how he was accused of being of an oral background. I have seen all kinds of deaf people all my life.
Wirick explained that he is dyslexic which would explain how he does not compare to most deaf students.
I want to also bring up something..when I was working in D.C. years ago, I befriended a Gallaudet student who was interning at my place of employment. When she and I went out for lunch, as we both signed, a deaf individual came up to us and said Hi, I'm deaf. He saw us sign. Then he started a conversation. I immediately knew he wasn't that educated. I knew of people like him. I understood him. Then when he left, my co-worker looked at me with a shocked expression on her face. She asked me, what the hell was that?! I asked her, you have never met a person like him before? She said no. I was like, whoa, you got a lot of deaf people to get to know if you're going to be majoring in psychology.
It's sad when someone picks on another person based on assumptions. No one should be treated differently. A lot of times we don't know what it is that person has, may it be dyslexia or whatever, we shouldn't assume and we should respect differences.
So, Diane, you don't know what you're talking about when you said he shows real beginning of fluency. He seems fluent enough to me.
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