School Experiences: Al-Sayyed and Al-Hassan of Alexandria تجارب مدرسية في الاسكندرية : السيد والحسن - English Captions
00:09
Hang on-- it's AL-Hassan with alif-laam.
00:21
My name is Al-Sayyed
00:34
Al-Sayyed.
00:36
The reason this is my name sign is that I have three deaf siblings so since I'm the first this is my name sign.
01:12
You know where I'm from? From the farmland, I am.
01:17
I was born precisely there in Al-Qobari.
01:22
Yes, I grew up staying there the whole time.
02:21
I was born Deaf just as I am now.
02:40
Me, my parents-- my distant relative, he got married and had three Deaf kids.
02:49
And then he had three hearing kids, altogether 6.
02:55
So the siblings are 6-- 3 and 3 Deaf.
03:02
My mother and father? No, they're both hearing.
03:39
I was born in Al-Qorabi.
03:40
When I first entered the Deaf school it was new, the one in Gianaclis- the Al-Amal School for the Deaf as it is now.
03:45
And then, after the third year of secondary school, my class, we weren't satisfied with just a high school degree, we wanted to go to college! That was our idea at first.
03:57
But the school said no to the idea of college out in that rural area. There is a university out there, it's successful.
04:03
Then, Egypt decreed that they had to open up college for us so I was so happy, so I got placed and graduated secondary school, and it's been open ever since.
04:27
I was with him too. We're the same.
04:56
Right, right. My teachers were really difficult, I was afraid of them. But it was because she wanted us to succeed. His teacher, well he wasn't so great.
06:00
Is the camera working?
07:30
Wait so at school-- he and I were in separate classes. My teacher was difficult, we would be punished. And a second point: writing-
07:49
Was it a man? No the teacher was a woman. She was strong!
07:55
The reason for the punishment was because we would be stubborn, that's all.
08:05
We had to really pass the tests, it wasn't like we could just coast through, we were made to write correctly and also to oralize correctly.
08:25
Our group which had rules and consequences, we were together every year and group up together.
08:35
After I graduated, I realized that I understood things well, and it's thanks to that teacher.
08:57
What was the goal of the punishment?
10:25
No, for example, my family uses the same signs. Go ahead.
11:11
My family signs the same yes, but girls sign a little bit differently. I know both ways so I can sign one way in one situation and another way in another.
11:27
It's because girls are at the school in Hadra, we're at the school in Gianaclis.
11:39
I know how to sign both ways.
Al-Sayyed and Al-Hassan
00:09 - 00:12
Hang on-- it's AL-Hassan with alif-laam.
00:21 - 00:33
My name is Al-Sayyed
00:34 - 00:35
Al-Sayyed.
00:36 - 00:41
The reason this is my name sign is that I have three deaf siblings so since I'm the first this is my name sign.
01:12 - 01:16
You know where I'm from? From the farmland, I am.
01:17 - 01:22
I was born precisely there in Al-Qobari.
01:22 - 01:27
Yes, I grew up staying there the whole time.
02:21 - 02:23
I was born Deaf just as I am now.
02:40 - 02:48
Me, my parents-- my distant relative, he got married and had three Deaf kids.
02:49 - 02:53
And then he had three hearing kids, altogether 6.
02:55 - 02:58
So the siblings are 6-- 3 and 3 Deaf.
03:02 - 03:06
My mother and father? No, they're both hearing.
03:39 - 03:40
I was born in Al-Qorabi.
03:40 - 03:45
When I first entered the Deaf school it was new, the one in Gianaclis- the Al-Amal School for the Deaf as it is now.
03:45 - 03:57
And then, after the third year of secondary school, my class, we weren't satisfied with just a high school degree, we wanted to go to college! That was our idea at first.
03:57 - 04:03
But the school said no to the idea of college out in that rural area. There is a university out there, it's successful.
04:03 - 04:12
Then, Egypt decreed that they had to open up college for us so I was so happy, so I got placed and graduated secondary school, and it's been open ever since.
04:27 - 04:30
I was with him too. We're the same.
04:56 - 05:10
Right, right. My teachers were really difficult, I was afraid of them. But it was because she wanted us to succeed. His teacher, well he wasn't so great.
06:00 - 06:03
Is the camera working?
07:30 - 07:43
Wait so at school-- he and I were in separate classes. My teacher was difficult, we would be punished. And a second point: writing-
07:49 - 07:53
Was it a man? No the teacher was a woman. She was strong!
07:55 - 08:05
The reason for the punishment was because we would be stubborn, that's all.
08:05 - 08:14
We had to really pass the tests, it wasn't like we could just coast through, we were made to write correctly and also to oralize correctly.
08:25 - 08:31
Our group which had rules and consequences, we were together every year and group up together.
08:35 - 08:43
After I graduated, I realized that I understood things well, and it's thanks to that teacher.
08:57 - 09:00
What was the goal of the punishment?
10:25 - 10:27
No, for example, my family uses the same signs. Go ahead.
11:11 - 11:26
My family signs the same yes, but girls sign a little bit differently. I know both ways so I can sign one way in one situation and another way in another.
11:27 - 11:32
It's because girls are at the school in Hadra, we're at the school in Gianaclis.
11:39 - 11:43
I know how to sign both ways.