Danielle's Argumentative Essay

When Danielle was in 1st grade, her elementary school chose a new method of teaching students how to read. Instead of the word “vase” being written on a flashcard, they wanted students to know what kind of A it was by writing “vās.” To her parents, it didn’t make sense. How would she would learn to spell if they spent the first two years of her education teaching her words spelled phonetically? As a result, her parents chose to homeschool. Because home schooling was so uncommon, the school didn’t know how to formally un-enroll her. After 60 days, they started getting voicemails about their truant daughter and paperwork declared that she was a 2nd grade drop-out!
Danielle had the freedom to start learning ASL as part of her curriculum at 11 years old because of her interest. Since parents didn’t know ASL, they found an interpreter and hired her for private lessons. In exchange, they tutored the interpreter’s son in math. By attending deaf social events, Danielle became immersed in their culture and visual humor at a young age. The language clicked for her, and in ninth grade, she began
Danielle told of a fellow interpreter who learned this lesson. They felt pity for a deaf individual in critical care with no local family who wanted to chat while the doctor was away. Any private conversation, unless it’s harm to another person, cannot be shared. The deaf person talked about the previous day and mentioned having a few beers with a friend, but when the doctor entered, he denied having alcohol. The interpreter had to repeat exactly what was signed. “As an interpreter, it’s outside of my role to to give personal opinions or information even though I know that that person DID drink alcohol, and that’s going to screw up a medication. Ethically the right thing to do is to answer with what they’re communicating which is no. That’s an area that’s what I stick with, but it kind of makes your stomach