Personal Narrative: A Career In Deaf Education

Becca’s journey started with Spanish as the first language she studied. She didn’t enjoy Spanish, and decided it didn’t fit for her due to the grades she recieved in class. She wanted to study German as she believed her parents and grandparents could her learn, however, she found out that the dialect of German taught in the classroom is different than the dialect of German her parents and grandparents knew. She then decided to try ASL, and by her senior year she knew ASL was right for her. She knew she wanted to do something involving ASL for a career, and decided to try out Deaf education. Once she was in the Deaf education major she decided that education did not fit her personality. Her teacher told her she would be well suited for interpreting, …show more content…
One question was asked about where to start in the interpreting field, and Becca answered that she thought it was best to start at a staff position. She thought it was important to have a network of people that you can rely on to improve your skills. I thought this was interesting because it contradicts where Megan and Anna said to start, freelance. I can attribute this to differences in personalities and what an individual finds important. Megan and Anna said experiences are important to become aware of your limits, and to understand what opportunities are out there. The best beginning point seems to rely on each person’s beliefs, and how best each person can improve.
I found the ethical dilemma to be interesting as well. I did not realize I may face these kind of ethical dilemmas, and it is not clear how I would react to that. Hopefully, I will have better insight once I learn the code of ethics for interpreting and can know what ways I may react if these kinds of situations arise. Even though an understanding of the code of ethics doesn’t imply I will choose the correct decision, or have an easier time with it, having that background knowledge should assist me when those situations