Crap...
Double and triple crap...
Just when I've been improving like I said in Post-surgery Knees - Part 8, something else comes up and it's a nice setback.
Seems I may need hip surgery since my left hip's giving me trouble. I'm figuring it's a fall I had in a parking lot that did it while going to an event in the early summer. I was doing good all through the summer up til a couple months ago. Then my ability to walk started getting worse, even using the cane. I just started using the walker for extra stability and it's paid off in less pain.
I had xrays done, and even a radiology friend doesn't like what he sees. I should know more soon with this doc appointment in a couple weeks.
And I was so looking forward to actually walking with the cane to get my degree...
And if this isn't bad enough, I need one more internship to graduate.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Growing Up Deaf - Update 6
Earlier in my Growing Up Deaf - Update 3 post, I talked about MSSD. I was out at MSSD all day during their academic bowl as I mentioned in the previous post, MSSD's Academic Bowl.
One of the first things I realized from back then while talking with a couple parents is that my signing skills weren't exactly that great. So if I had gone to MSSD:
- I'd be more oral than signing, but I'd still be learning sign.
- would I have fit in regardless of my signing ability?
- would I have a learning experience like I had with being mainstreamed?
- would I have had more of a social life than with the hearing school mainstreaming?
(Growing Up Deaf - parts 18, 19, 20, 21 - Teasing and Mistreatment and serial label)
- would I have had better friends than with the hearing school mainstreaming?
Even after considering all this, what was the best thing for me to do? Probably mainstreaming was the better choice.
One of the first things I realized from back then while talking with a couple parents is that my signing skills weren't exactly that great. So if I had gone to MSSD:
- I'd be more oral than signing, but I'd still be learning sign.
- would I have fit in regardless of my signing ability?
- would I have a learning experience like I had with being mainstreamed?
- would I have had more of a social life than with the hearing school mainstreaming?
(Growing Up Deaf - parts 18, 19, 20, 21 - Teasing and Mistreatment and serial label)
- would I have had better friends than with the hearing school mainstreaming?
Even after considering all this, what was the best thing for me to do? Probably mainstreaming was the better choice.
Friday, January 18, 2013
MSSD's Academic Bowl
On January 10-13, MSSD hosted an academic bowl. Jamie Berke and I went to the January 12 events.
http://www.gallaudet.edu/Academic_Bowl/2013_Regional_Academic_Bowl/Southeast_Region.html
It was quite an event. Her son's events with Woodson were done well and they managed to go pretty far. They had some good questions posed to the students.
I had the feeling after taking a look at the stats posted on the wall that it would be interesting if MSD and MSSD competed. Turns out they did and it was quite a competition.
MSD won 61-39.
Good job to all teams!
http://www.gallaudet.edu/Academic_Bowl/2013_Regional_Academic_Bowl/Southeast_Region.html
It was quite an event. Her son's events with Woodson were done well and they managed to go pretty far. They had some good questions posed to the students.
I had the feeling after taking a look at the stats posted on the wall that it would be interesting if MSD and MSSD competed. Turns out they did and it was quite a competition.
MSD won 61-39.
Good job to all teams!
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