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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dannie tolman on 29 Aug 12asking a little kid 2 change his name is ridiculous. the boy has a right 2 his own name just like any person does
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Katelyn Owen on 29 Aug 12I think asking a young child to change his name just because they think it looks like a gun when its simply his hand sign to represent his name is ridiculous. It is an actual sign to represent his name and is no way a threat to the other children or staff. Kids that little don't even think of things as weapons like that.
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Wesley Eledge on 29 Aug 12that is crazy that they would ask him to change his name just because of a school rule
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Jaacob Tatta on 29 Aug 12that is stupid that a school ask a family just to change the kids name just because of a rule, even though the sign is approved by the S.E.E. And the school also does not have the right to ask the parents to change the kids name when it is the parents right to name their own kid.
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Michaela Koopmeiners on 29 Aug 12I personally think the the school is being ridiculous. He's just a kid, he's not gonna know what a gun is.
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Holly Jensen on 30 Aug 12That's his name, his identity. They have no right to tell him to change it. He's a child and I see no problem with him and his name sign when it's registered and causing no legitimate harm.
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Victoria Holcomb on 30 Aug 12This rule seem very unfair. He has already been saying his name this way for three years. He has no other way to communicate, he can only use his hands. Which i think is ridiculous, they don't make hearing (i don't know how else you would describe them) people change how they say their name. It also doesn't seem to represent a gun in any way, in my thoughts, so it should be fine.
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Charlene Zimmerman on 30 Aug 12I also find it to be unfair because it's his name, so he shouldn't have to learn or make a new 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.