Wednesday, May 4, 2011
This is it! Practicum
Wow, it does not seem possible, practicum is here & finals week is next week. 2 years have passed. It has been a crazy wild ride.
I went to Huntington and met Tracy Bryant, she is an interpreter that was granfathered in. She is one of the best interpreters I have ever met. She has been doing this on her own for 20 years. Her goal is to be NIC certified and there is no doubt in my mind that she will accomplish her goal. Her skills, intentions, compassion and knowledge were gained through her personal effort. I observed Tracy while she was teaching an ASL class at the local community college. It was a great experience, I got to review and watch the students. It is funny ASL students are the same everywhere a nervous wreck & they try so very hard. The dedication is something that I have not seen in any other discipline. Tracy made them have voice off, which was met w a moan, but she pointed out that I had a Deaf instructor from day one. Tracy is calm, it is more than her personality she is very confident in her ability. It was a 3 hour drive to Huntington and with the cost of gas & hotel it was cost prohibitive for me. We discussed this and decided to correspond via skype. She has given me assigments, videos I am to dissect for register, vocab, CL and expansions. I am sending her video's of my interpretations which she is going to critique. So I can view her interpreting, she is going to do a video for me. There is going to be a final as well. She has worked my butt off. This may not be the ideal practicum situation, but for me it has worked really well. I feel that I got behind during my bout of pneumonia. I did not go home & practice every day like I did last year. I couldn't. This way I get practice, encouragment and some time to hone my skills and get a little confidence back, I was ready to quit. All video's Tracy will have I have a folder w my homework in it. Like I told Tracy if I do nothing I cheat myself. After the past two years there is no way I would do that. I have kept track of the hours that I have done homework to count as practicum hours. Trying to get this mountain of homework done as well. My goal is to finish on a good note. That was my goal w my song, I wanted to do it and feel like I did the best job I could. It isn't about April, or Ruby or my classmates. It is about me wanting to finish something that I worked so hard for, struggled with, but I made it. This has to be on of the hardest things I have ever accomplished.
May 17, I get on an airplane and spend a month on vacation. I think when I get back I will have things in perspective and be ready to move on with my life and my career.
Thank you April & Ruby & Robyn you have been great instructors, role models and sometimes you frustrated the h*** out of us. This is not an easy subject to learn & I know it can't be easy to teach.
Good luck to you.
Karla K. Hickey
I went to Huntington and met Tracy Bryant, she is an interpreter that was granfathered in. She is one of the best interpreters I have ever met. She has been doing this on her own for 20 years. Her goal is to be NIC certified and there is no doubt in my mind that she will accomplish her goal. Her skills, intentions, compassion and knowledge were gained through her personal effort. I observed Tracy while she was teaching an ASL class at the local community college. It was a great experience, I got to review and watch the students. It is funny ASL students are the same everywhere a nervous wreck & they try so very hard. The dedication is something that I have not seen in any other discipline. Tracy made them have voice off, which was met w a moan, but she pointed out that I had a Deaf instructor from day one. Tracy is calm, it is more than her personality she is very confident in her ability. It was a 3 hour drive to Huntington and with the cost of gas & hotel it was cost prohibitive for me. We discussed this and decided to correspond via skype. She has given me assigments, videos I am to dissect for register, vocab, CL and expansions. I am sending her video's of my interpretations which she is going to critique. So I can view her interpreting, she is going to do a video for me. There is going to be a final as well. She has worked my butt off. This may not be the ideal practicum situation, but for me it has worked really well. I feel that I got behind during my bout of pneumonia. I did not go home & practice every day like I did last year. I couldn't. This way I get practice, encouragment and some time to hone my skills and get a little confidence back, I was ready to quit. All video's Tracy will have I have a folder w my homework in it. Like I told Tracy if I do nothing I cheat myself. After the past two years there is no way I would do that. I have kept track of the hours that I have done homework to count as practicum hours. Trying to get this mountain of homework done as well. My goal is to finish on a good note. That was my goal w my song, I wanted to do it and feel like I did the best job I could. It isn't about April, or Ruby or my classmates. It is about me wanting to finish something that I worked so hard for, struggled with, but I made it. This has to be on of the hardest things I have ever accomplished.
May 17, I get on an airplane and spend a month on vacation. I think when I get back I will have things in perspective and be ready to move on with my life and my career.
Thank you April & Ruby & Robyn you have been great instructors, role models and sometimes you frustrated the h*** out of us. This is not an easy subject to learn & I know it can't be easy to teach.
Good luck to you.
Karla K. Hickey
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