I'm not sure I understand what you mean? Are you saying the report by the news site is biased? It seemed like a fairly straightforward feature piece and the 1011 news site linked above seems legitimate - it looks like the CBS affiliate for Lincoln NE (KOLN/KGIN).tallmike wrote:This story is being reported by 1 radio station and it is about a small town of less than 50,000 people in the middle of Nebraska. We all look at this story and think "that sounds crazy" are folks who run schools in small town Nebraska any different than we are? Probably not.
My guess is this story is nothing like this report is making it out to be.
I don't think there's any question the folks in rural Nebraska are truly representative of the average American; but I think there's 10% of the population that's "off the deep end" in one respect or another - and they live everywhere.
From the article
S.E.E. stands for Signing Exact English, Hunter's sign language. Hunter's name gesture is modified with crossed-fingers to show it is uniquely his own.
"We are working with the parents to come to the best solution we can for the child," said Jack Sheard, Grand Island Public Schools spokesperson.
That's just about all GIPS officials will say for now.
Meantime, Hunter's parents say that by Monday, lawyers from the National Association of the Deaf are likely to weigh in for Hunter's right to sign his own name.