Real Time with Alex - The Deaf World

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world without sound? This podcast gives you an insight into the deaf world and their education. A real life interpreter is interviewed about her experiences.


REFLECTION:
In doing this project, I learned more about my mom's life and about deaf culture, and am thankful for that opportunity. To cross a boundary is to change, and to learn. When someone crosses a boundary they go through a transformation, something that can often destroy some social institutions or things they hold dear. Sacrifice results in rebirth, which is necessary in crossing boundaries. The experience of interviewing someone is a great one, and is something that allows a higher level of learning than out of normal conversation. You learn not only about others, but about yourself, and through asking questions you can realize the type of person you are. Are you bold, are you cold? Are you a hat, or a rat? Can you cross the boundary of secrecy into the realm of knowledge by interviewing? I can. I did it. During the editing process, things can get messy, and material you've grown to love must be cast into the shadows and darkness forever. It is a tragic time, but a necessary time, and can make men of boys. There will always be twists and turns when editing, and unexpected surprises, yet they are but boundaries that need crossing, and they will be crossed, and it will be good. Peers can be deadly forces of judgement, but more often than not, there are kernels of truth to be found in their crow-like-caws of reckoning. I have found, through this experience, my strengths, my weaknesses, and my both of those things. My strengths are bold, and they are stern. Stern and fortified are they and they have bore holes in my project. But these holes are good, and they have found light that allows this project to flourish in glory. My weaknesses have tried, they have squirmed up from the depths of shadow, and they have grabbed at the tails of my strengths, but they have not seen day. They have been kicked away, and pushed down, and fought and prevailed against. They are no more. Through this project, I have risen.
Real Time with Alex - Episode 1

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