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Hello and welcome to episode four
of Deaf Poynters, where the sun is
getting on my nerves.
And I'm wearing sunglasses because
I look very tired.
My schedule's all wonky because of
Daylight Saving Time and the sun
will not stop trying to say, "Hi."
Then I realize, you know,
in Deaf Poynters I take you for a drive,
except I'm parked.
So, in real life this is what it would look like.
So, welcome to the video, sun,
welcome to my channel.
So, let's jump into this episode.
Dear Rikki, I'm a huge fan of your channel
and I love your videos.
I was wondering about what to do
if my teachers don't listen to my requests.
I have sonophobia, the fear of loud noises.
And I'm partially blind, so I need glasses.
I tell my teachers that they need to be wary
about the volume, and that I need
to be put into the front so I can see,
but they do the exact opposite.
Do you have any advice?
First of all, thank you for enjoying my videos.
I appreciate that very, very much.
Okay, so here's where I'm a little confused.
I don't know if phobias fall under any
ADA, sort of, thing so, lock my doors.
If it was me, I know that I would
like for my teachers to try to be
as considerate as possible,
if I were to have sonophobia.
My question is, are they purposely
ignoring what their volume is like?
Or is it just, kind of, an accident thing?
Because I know some people can't really
control how loud they are.
So that was, kind of, a tough question, because I...
Let's move on to, the, you are partially blind, okay.
So that is something that would fall under ADA,
if I'm not mistaken.
At least in some sort of way.
So, if you are being put in the back,
I would, if it was me, honestly,
I would just sit in the front.
I would just say, "I do not care, Mr. Frank.
"I'm going to sit at the front
"because I need to, in order to see properly,
I need to sit in the front.
"You want me to do my work.
"I cannot do my work, if I am not in the front,
"so I know what's going on."
Do you have assigned seating?
If you don't, then I would just move to the front.
I think all in all, if you requested it,
how many times?
How many?
If you told your teachers only once
and then, they kind of forgot that, tell them again.
But if this is something, which,
I'm sure you've done it multiple times.
So if they're still not trying to cooperate
with you, so that way you could both try
to come up with a solution,
I would take it to a higher up.
I would take it to your principal, really, cause...
I mean when everything else fails,
when your teachers don't listen to you,
take it up with the principal
and see what happens.
Because the principal is their boss, I think.
Is that how that works?
Or is there's something even higher
in the chain of education?
I'm sorry I can't really say much on the phobia part.
Because I'm not really knowledgeable
in the phobia side of things.
But as far as you know, being partially blind,
you need to sit in the front,
in order to see everything.
And get your education.
So sit in the front.
And go away, freeze warning notifications!
I know there's a freeze warning.
It is cold outside.
Hopefully, that helps out a little bit.
If you do go to your principal,
let me know what they said.
I'm very, very curious to know.
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