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PETITION: BSL for Mary Hare Schools


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1. ABOLITION OF ORALISM @ Mary Hare Schools
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1a. We call for Mary Hare Group (Mary Hare Secondary School, Mary Hare Primary School and Mary Hare Sixth Form College) to abolish oralism & auralism i.e. the cruel method of forcing spoken English only on Deaf children and children with hearing impairments and not using British Sign Language (BSL) in the classroom.

1b. Mary Hare should be a leading beacon in encouraging other schools not to use oralism/auralism alone. Speech training should only be accepted by the Deaf community and the BSL community as long as BSL is used to aid one's development in spoken English.


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2. NATURAL LANGUAGE APPROACH
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2a. At Mary Hare, the natural approach to education SHOULD be taught through BSL, the natural language of Deaf Children and children with hearing impairments.

2b. BSL should be used as a REAL language at Mary Hare. When Mary Hare converts to a bilingual school, educational interpreters will be provided (the Mary Hare Group should provide this) for teachers who are unable to learn BSL quickly.

2c. Mary Hare should be the centre of excellence in the development of BSL education in the UK and the world.

2d. Support should be provided for parents whose children are at Mary Hare in BSL training and acquistion and awareness on how using BSL improves their children's spoken English - and of course, their intelligence.


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3. DEAF EMPOWERMENT and DEAF INCLUSIVENESS
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3a. 51\% of the Board of Governors should be Deaf BSL Users.

3b. Upon conversion to the bilingual approach, the Mary Hare Group should set a target for 51\% of its workforce to be Deaf and fluent in BSL


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4. MARY HARE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE ACT
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4. Mary Hare should support future pro-BSL language legalisation.

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  • Alexander Kyle
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • oh yes!
  • S У hEorpa
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes - very important for BSL immersion education
    • Comments
    • there should be good BSL schools out there!
  • Martin Bowles
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Desmond Masterson
  • Helen Thew
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • I believe there should be legal protection for ANY language and BSL is a language.
    • Comments
    • Oralism is not the ONLY way for the Deaf people.
  • Mary
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • support legal recognition of BSL
  • Snowie
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes - that is why Mary Hare CANNOT continue being an Spoken English Only school - oralism is destroying our language and culture - Mary Hare has to respect deaf culture etc and our sign language!
    • Comments
    • DOWN WITH ORALISM! UP WITH SIGN LANGUAGE!
  • Joseph Gwynne-Jones
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Christopher Nelson
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • WESEMANN, Johan
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • RIGHT!
    • Comments
    • that is the surest way to better life of deaf people
  • Dan Brubaker
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Of course!
  • Amanda Everitt
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Without question
  • Judith Collins
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • Colette Hogan
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • MRSLI educational Interpreters and notetakers should be provided too, if teachers are unable to sign fluently at NVQ level 4 in BSL.
  • Dan Ozarow
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes!
  • Sarah Reed
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
    • Comments
    • had oral education myself and was underachieving in Mary Hare. After leaving school, I have achieved so much through BSL access to all learning.
  • Paula Clarke
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes I support for BSL in maryhare school! Its very important!!
  • Amanda McConkey
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • Mark Nelson
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • I remember the number of times i was punished and put on report and being last for lunch merely for signing to my deaf friends which is somthing that comes so naturally during break times! Crazy!!!
  • James Wright
  • Kathleen Heylen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Andrew Stibbs
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • It is important that deaf children have access to both the spoken language and sign language, and a child is free to have access to both in the world of education so he or she can be prepared for the real world
  • James Mclean
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Rachael Hayes
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Gavin Lilley
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • YES
    • Comments
    • BSL is the native language of 70,000 Deaf people all over the UK. Oral education does not prepare Deaf people for further education - i.e. working with BSL interpreters and being unable to follow lecturers with no knowledge of Deaf awareness.
  • Tuija Hallikainen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • YES!!!
    • Comments
    • BSL is the core of Deaf culture and identity. This should not be discouraged!
  • Outi Pippuri
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
    • Comments
    • If Sign Language is acquired at an earlier age, international communication within the Deaf community would be a lot easier.
  • Eeva Pasanen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • BSL should be the native language, this will serve as a platform to study several other languages.
  • heidi vaisanen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
    • Comments
    • Sign Language is important, emotionally and mentally.
  • Mitro Paavilainen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • YES!!!
    • Comments
    • Sign Language is the right and true way for Deaf people. Oralism is a waste.
  • Juha Keinaenen
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • YES!!!
    • Comments
    • Oral education is not worth it. In my experience communication between hearing and deaf people is more educational and interesting if speech is not used. The learning process is much quicker through Sign Language.
  • Ann Goldfinch
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • Time to move on
  • Kathryn Kennedy
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • Pauline Mardell
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Tart Dorian
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • Belgium's deaf community is backing you up !!
  • Claudia Matassa-Gray
  • Colum Coleman
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
    • Comments
    • I think that in this day and age, its completely horrific that people are being thought in a system, which defies logic. If you wanted to teach French Speakers English you wouldn't do it though Spanish lessons.
  • Donna Williams
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • A D Murray
  • Cheryl Richardson
  • Sara Bishop
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • JM Schuit
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
    • Comments
    • It's 2004 people! Move on!
  • Lucy Dunbar
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • Rosie Coomber
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • Yes
  • louise hackshaw
  • Jo Ling
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • Lara Southwell
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • yes
  • D Gentemann
    • you support legal protection for BSL rights?
    • of course - it is the natural language for so many people!
    • Comments
    • I am fascinated by how quickly sign language conveys meaning - so much more could be achieved if education in Deaf schools was through sign language than through a language which is poorly if at all understood.
  • helen parkes
  • Lucy Wigmore