Agatha Tiegel's quote

http://quicktimepc2.gallaudet.edu/samantha.groetken/SamanthaLeeAgath.mov

This is Tiegel's powerful quote stated in Chapter 7 The Women of Kendall Green: Coeducation at Gallaudet, 1860-1910 by Lindsey M. Parker.

"The apparent inferiority of woman's intellect is to be attributed to many restrictive circumstances. We are so accustomed to behold her in a stage of development so far below her powers that we do not apprehend the full evil of these circumstances."

I don't know what that quote exactly means, but I will try my best to analyze it. First of all, I will explain who Agatha Tiegel is. Tiegel is a strong woman who proved these men that women could graduate from college. Tieglel was the first woman to graduate from college with a bachelor's degree. She gave a presentation "The Intellect of Women."

Tiegel emphasized that the idea of women aren't smart is a myth. The body parts inside a female and a male is the same. She wanted to prove these men that women can graduate from college, because women were always oppressed by men for many years. Men would always pick on women and think women are not smart. Men would always take charge of everything.

When the men came home, they would tell the women what to do- since the men work- the women had to do all the work if they want money. But, today is better. Women are still oppressed in some ways, but we are able to prove them wrong by going to college and getting our degrees, etc. But, sometimes men still think they are in power.

Then two years later a woman name May Martin was the valedictorian of her graduating class. Many women today are becoming valedictorian of their graduating class. That is another way we prove we are smart like men.

Gallaudet University only accepted men back then. But then hearing and deaf women worked together to fight so the college would accept women. When women were accepted, they had that gender identity. After women entered Gallaudet, they were denied in equality with male students. Gender seemed to mark educational expectations and social boundaries more strongly than deafness.

I think that at Gallaudet today, men don’t look at gender as much. They look at women and know we can be smart like them. At Gallaudet, it seems deafness mark educational expectations and social boundaries more than gender now. I thought it was interesting, but I can’t imagine what I would have to go through if it was back in time where women couldn’t go to college. I couldn’t imagine not being allowed to go to college. I want college to be a part of my lifetime.

Gallaudet vs. Howard University Project

http://quicktimepc2.gallaudet.edu/samantha.groetken/Samantha4.mov


I am doing a group project where we have to compare Gallaudet vs. Howard University. My group members are: Georginia, Thy, Brook, Natalie, and Zsolt. I am not happy with some people that are in my group. As I know, I am a very serious student in school, while a few of the others don't seem serious or motivated to work on this project together as a group. But, there are a few of us who are willing to work well together, which I thank you guys for who cares.

We have to find out the history of both universities and see what the differences are and the similitaries between the two universities are. We have to do this by researching their history, and looking up for old maps compared to new. This is the idea dealing with our theme of our GSR 150 classroom, "The City as the Text." We have to try to apply the concept of a place between the two universities.

First of all, we worked on our proposal. We wrote an outline of questions on what we want to research for both universities. Zsolt wasn't there, so we went ahead without him. I want to say I had fun with Georginia and Thy about our brainstorming questions. Thy mentioned about what kind of people go to Howard University. Georginia said, of course common sense, black people! I sarcastically said, what about Gallaudet, what kind of people go to Gallaudet University? We had fun debating with each other while brainstorming our questions. Brook also came up with a few questions, while Natalie didn't have any idea of what type of questions we should ask.

We each have our own duties as an individual, Thy has provided the full information on her blog. Visit her blog for more information. I will do the researching questions, because I love to research, so I took that job. Our class went on a Gallaudet tour together, and I planned to write notes about the tour. But, Thy brought her camera, and we (Zsolt, Thy, Georginia, and I) took turns videotaping the woman. I thought that was a great idea that Thy brought up because we could refer back to it when we work on our project.

We will make more progress hopefully soon. And, we will also take a tour of Howard University, and I am looking forward to that!

Moving in Dorm Room

Publish Post

The summer of 2008, before I moved in my dorm room I e-mailed residence life- I was curious which dorm I was going to be put in- and what room- and who my roommate was. I also went on facebook.com and I added random people that were from Gallaudet in my class of 2012. I met this one girl name Kaitlin Hewlett on facebook. We chatted for a few days, and we both agreed that if we dislike our roommate- we will be roommates.

So, I got an e-mail back from residence housing. They said I was put in Ballard North with Kaitlin Hewlett (ironic, we wanted to be roommates but never requested each other) on 3rd floor. I forgot the room #. Since I was a MSSD student before, I could picture what my dorm looked like- whereas most other students wouldn't be able to picture what their dorm looks like. I knew where it was on campus before I came.

Again, since I was an MSSD student- I knew MSSDers lived in Ballard North. I did not want to be in a dorm with high school students. I wanted to feel different, feel like a college student. I wanted to be put in a dorm building full of college students. So, I emailed residence life again- and told them my situation. I told them I wanted to be put in West dorm with Kaitlin, she agreed with me; she didn't want to be with high school students either. Finally, they moved us to Ballard West- room #410.

When I arrived to West, I realized our dorm didn't have an elevator. I walked up the stairs many times with all my suitcases and bags, not fun. When I entered my room, I knew my roommate was already there because her bedding, clothes, everything was set out. The room was filthy and dirty. It wasn't vacummed. Gallaudet University don't know how to clean the rooms before new coming students arrive? I vacummed the room myself, and I made the room belong to my by cleaning it. I am a clean person (but can be a messy person, too- it just depends =D). I rearranged the room to make it look welcoming and feel like my home. I set up my Videophone to my roommate's TV. I put my laptop on my desk to make it feel like home. I set up my fan on my nightstand. I like the room cold, I often have my window open during the night. My room is a place for others too. My roommate and I got along, but we had our own different friends. All of our friends came in our room almost everyday to use our microwave, to chat, to do homework, etc.

Now that second semester came along so fast, I've decided to move to 1st floor because I was sick of the stairs everyday. My second semester is a whole different story- with a new room and a new roommate.

Ideal Campus

Here's the video in ASL web address if you don't want to read the English version.
http://myvideoviewer.gallaudet.edu/projects/thy.pham/SamIdealCampus.asx

I did my ideal campus map with Georginia Fitzpatrick and Jonathan Smoot. Our campus buildings are the same color because we wanted them to look organized and neat. My main focus of the campus is the dorm.

There are five different dorm buildings. They are right next to each other, which we felt like that was very important, so people can interact with each other. Social life is a very important role in a college life. I have no idea what I would be doing here at Gallaudet if I had no social life. I couldn't imagine being isolated. Also, if people wanted to visit their friends in another dorm to do homework or chat, they wouldn't have to walk all the way to the other side of campus to do that. When the weather is hot or cold- people don't have to worry about staying outside too long.

Dorm #1 is for Freshmen. Dorm #2 is for Sophomores. Dorm #3 is for Juniors. Dorm #4 is for Seniors, Graduate students, transfer students, etc. The reasons that we have four dorms include each class can be with their own classmate. They can mix if they want to. We believe in letting the upper classmen socialize with the freshmen. It is important for the freshmen to see what the upper classes are doing, so we can make sure we are on the right path like them.

Also, we have a Dorm #5- that is a "family dorm." Some people in today's society have kids and still want to go through college even if they have children. Our university is very open to having those kinds of brilliant people to come to our university. Dorm #5 has extra bedrooms in each dorm for their children. There is also a daycare in the basement. The daycare has free service for the parents with children. They can drop off their children down in the basement while they go to their classes.

The dorms have ramps for wheelchairs. For People who use wheelchairs, we recommend living on the first floor. Every dorm building has stairs and elevators. We think elevators are important for wheelchair accessible. Stairs are to be used if there is a fire. There are doors to open to use the stairs. Children would have a hard time opening the doors in the family dorm because the opening to the door is high, so that children can't get hurt on the stairs.

People are also welcome to live off campus but we recommend that they stay on-campus. It is very time consuming to live off campus.

We want people to feel at home when they go to college. It should be considered their "2nd home."

Introduction

Hello! (My words used here are the same as I used from my last semester course gsr 102- the url address for where I used my information is this... http://samanthagsr102.blogspot.com/)

My name is Samantha Lee. I am from Nebraska and came to Gallaudet via MSSD. I have two younger sisters I love. I wouldn't mind having another baby sister! They are now 11 and 12 years old. They both go to South Sioux City, Middle School.

I want to explain, I grew up in a mainstream program from Kindergarten all the way up till my junior year of high school. I grew up oral and Signing Exact English (SEE). When I enetered in the 7th grade, one of the interpreters told me there was a Deaf club in Iowa, which was near my home. I decided to go to Deaf club one night.Oh boy, the moment I entered the building into this room, I couldn't believe what I saw. I saw a room full of people communicating in American Sign Language (ASL). I was overwhelmed; I could not understand most of the stuff they were saying. I went home that night, and I cried to myself. I felt like I didn't fit in today's world. I didn't fit in the hearing world; the communication was hard. I didn't fit in the deaf world either; I didn't know ASL. But, then I decided about a month later, I will try to go to Deaf club again and learn ASL. I did go to Deaf club once a month, and I started picking up ASL quicker than I ever thought I would! And, during this time- I knew Gallaudet University was for me, but that's another story!

And, during my middle school and high school years- I've always wanted to go to a Deaf school. I was sick of being mainstream- and being the only "Deaf one" in my mainstream school. My dad wouldn't let me go to Iowa School for the Deaf because he said that school is really low education. I accepted that, until after my sophomore year. One summer, I met a girl in St. Louis, Missouri that went to Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD) in Washington, DC on Gallaudet's campus. She was in the same grade as me- and I asked my mother if I could please, please go to MSSD. My mother liked the idea of me going to MSSD because it would be a great opportunity for me that I can use before I enter Gallaudet University.After I left Missouri, I arrived home- I asked my father if I could go to MSSD. His immediate reaction was "NO." But, then after we discussed it for after an hour- after I explained to him- it would be a great experience before Gallaudet. He decided I could go to MSSD after my junior year, but I had to stick with the mainstream school during my junior year because my father wanted to visit Washington, DC before he lets me go. So, after my junior year, we went to Washington DC to visit MSSD. My father liked what he heard about MSSD during open house. He did let me go to MSSD for my senior year. For once in my lifetime, I was so happy I could experience a Deaf school! It was a hard year for me, but that's another story!

Now, I am here at Gallaudet for my second semester! I am hoping to get my MA in ASL/English Bilingual Deaf Education. I also want to minor in Linguistics. My prediction of why we will use blogs is so we can discuss about a topic and write about it! It is used to share opinions and learn from other people's perspective. =D