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<blockquote data-quote="shootermcgavin" data-source="post: 1883808" data-attributes="member: 4527">I honestly understand the school&#039;s point of view.&nbsp; Not saying I agree, just understand.&nbsp; I am a teacher of deaf children actually, and can see how it could cause a stir, especially if the student goes to a regular school.&nbsp; If he is at Nebraska school for the deaf, it&#039;s a different story.&nbsp; If one of my kids were to have a name sign like that I could see multiple students going home to tell their parents some kid was pretending to shoot him or something and you&#039;d get some wack-a-doo parent complaining to the school all the time and it&#039;d be a big headache.&nbsp; Just easier to ask them to change his name sign (from the school&#039;s point of view).The flip side of the coin is society is so p.c. that we can&#039;t let boys play guns at school anymore or be boys.&nbsp; People need to get their panties out of a wad and relax some.&nbsp; But for the school system trying to protect themselves, I understand the reason behind asking.&nbsp; I think we are neutering society, and specifically boys and it is sickening.&nbsp; But ultimately, it is the kid&#039;s name is my thought.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is something uniquely his and I get him wanting to keep that, and the deaf society would definitely stand behind that.&nbsp; I think my name sign is pretty cool and wouldn&#039;t want to change it.&nbsp; I&#039;m just glad the parents are aware and involved.&nbsp; It is shocking how uninvolved many of the parents can be to their child who has special circumstances involving their education.... How many parents don&#039;t know sign language, let alone what a name sign is. I ask if their kid has a name sign already and they say, &quot;a name what?&nbsp; no, what is that&quot;..... &quot;oh!&nbsp; that&#039;s pretty cool!&quot;&nbsp; or &quot;no they don&#039;t have one.&nbsp; Where can I get one?&quot;&nbsp; (I&#039;ve always wanted to say, &quot;you can get one at the deaf counter in Wal-Mart.&nbsp; They are $12.95&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shootermcgavin, post: 1883808, member: 4527"] I honestly understand the school's point of view. Not saying I agree, just understand. I am a teacher of deaf children actually, and can see how it could cause a stir, especially if the student goes to a regular school. If he is at Nebraska school for the deaf, it's a different story. If one of my kids were to have a name sign like that I could see multiple students going home to tell their parents some kid was pretending to shoot him or something and you'd get some wack-a-doo parent complaining to the school all the time and it'd be a big headache. Just easier to ask them to change his name sign (from the school's point of view). The flip side of the coin is society is so p.c. that we can't let boys play guns at school anymore or be boys. People need to get their panties out of a wad and relax some. But for the school system trying to protect themselves, I understand the reason behind asking. I think we are neutering society, and specifically boys and it is sickening. But ultimately, it is the kid's name is my thought. It is something uniquely his and I get him wanting to keep that, and the deaf society would definitely stand behind that. I think my name sign is pretty cool and wouldn't want to change it. I'm just glad the parents are aware and involved. It is shocking how uninvolved many of the parents can be to their child who has special circumstances involving their education.... How many parents don't know sign language, let alone what a name sign is. I ask if their kid has a name sign already and they say, "a name what? no, what is that"..... "oh! that's pretty cool!" or "no they don't have one. Where can I get one?" (I've always wanted to say, "you can get one at the deaf counter in Wal-Mart. They are $12.95") [/QUOTE]

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