School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name - 3 views
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Bryan Pregon on 29 Aug 12Sometimes it seems when rules are too rigidly enforced, silly situations like this make me wonder, - maybe re-word the rule rather than asking a person to change their name...
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Alexis Theos on 30 Aug 12I agree with th Grand Island resident Fredda Bartenback,what little kid would think some harmless sign would be a gun?
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Jeremy Vogel on 30 Aug 12He uses the sign language sign for hunter, as in a person who goes out and hunts. He turned it into his name sign by crossing his fingers instead of leaving them flat. While I agree that the school over reacted and he shouldn't have to change it, I think the idea of him "Having to change his name," is a little bit of of a loaded statement. His name will still be Hunter if he changes his name sign it will just be expressed differently. Also according to my mom, who works very closely with many deaf people every day, he may choose to change it later in life once he gets older because this name sign was chosen by his parents and he might not like it.