School Wants Deaf Boy, 3, To Change Name Sign...

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(NEWSER) – Hunter Spanjer is deaf, so the Nebraska 3-year-old says his name by signing with a hand gesture—a hand gesture that his school doesn't like. Grand Island Public Schools prohibits "any instrument … that looks like a weapon" from being on campus, and apparently the school thinks Hunter's hands fit the bill. He signs his name by waving his hands with crossed, pointed fingers; in a video on 1011now.com, you can see it does look very slightly he's pointing a fake finger-gun.

But it's not: "It's a symbol. It's an actual sign, a registered sign, through SEE," says Hunter's father, Brian. That's Signing Exact English, the sign language Hunter uses. The crossed-fingers detail is a modification to the name sign to make it unique for Hunter. The family has the National Association of the Deaf behind them, but all a school spokesperson will say is that officials "are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child."

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Seriously...?

 

[The Squirrel]

I've heard of ESL and ASL. SEE is knew to me. This school is dumb though.

 

[Destructus86]

hahah American schools are idiotic.

 

[Cunning Stunts]

hahah American schools are idiotic.

Is someone gonna ban this guy, already?

Anyway, this is pretty ridiculous. I just watched the video, and the sign doesn't even remotely look like anything related to "gun", or for that matter, "weapon".

If I were the kid's dad, I'd say fine, as long as every other student and teacher chose a different name to go by.



Na, I'd tell them to eat ****, and that my son isn't changing a damned thing.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Why is everyone these days making a big deal out of dumb ****

 

[hopefuldreamer]

^ this.

Stories like this baffle me, because the teachers have to be completely nuts to think they will get there way in something like that.

 

[Duke]

The school is just being stupid.

 

[Lighthouse]

Satire is dead in America.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I've got a hand-sign of my own for this school district, but I'll only need one finger for that.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

I've got a hand-sign of my own for this school district, but I'll only need one finger for that.

Oh snap!