Difficult Quote by Alexander Graham Bell

“The oralists believe in speaking and lipreading without ever signing; and the manualists are pro-signing in American Sign Language (ASL).”

— Lou Ann Walker

In outstanding classrooms, teachers do more listening than talking, and students do more talking than listening. Terrific teachers often have teeth marks on their…

— Alfie Kohn

Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the life of a student.

— Paulo Freire

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids…

— Marlee Matlin

I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In…

— Zach LaVine

In the deaf community, there are different types of people who have different philosophies. Some believe that they should only sign. Some believe they…

— Marlee Matlin

The more people that learn sign language, the better. This is part of my life, but it's not part of everybody's life, so it's…

— Sean Berdy

“If the students didn’t understand the charade, I’d turn and write on the blackboard, but I tried to avoid even that. I didn’t want…

— Lou Ann Walker

“Sign language is full of stutters.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

I'm a first-time father, and it was amazing to me to learn that my son could actually use sign language before the spoken word.…

— Matt Reeves

In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

Conversations I have had with school principals and students lead me to the same conclusion-that...there is an evil and growing habit of profanity and…

— Gordon B. Hinckley