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Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Ambitious Achievers (Sean Kelly, Shipwright)

6 minutes 23 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English)

In this segment, Sean Kelly discusses the skills needed to build ships. As a shipwright, Sean gets to combine his love for woodworking and boating. He shares his story and educational path that led him to the career of building ships. Part of the "Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Ambitious Achievers (Vol. 5)" series.

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Runtime: 6 minutes 23 seconds

Topic: Careers, Deaf Life
Subtopic: Deaf - General, Job Skills
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Pepnet-Northeast/NTID
Series: Achieving Goals! Career Stories of Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
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Woman wears scrubs, cap, mask, and surgical gloves and holds a surgical tool. Caption. You think of the extra work she's done to come where she is.

An optometrist uses a phoropter during a child's eye exam. Caption. Seeing children who have auditory problems.

Closeup of child with mouth wide open for a medical exam, eyes looking down their nose at a person shining a light in their mouth. Caption. I would like to consider myself as a caring person.

A person holding a dog on a leash while someone in a lab coat examines the dog. The dog's ears are back, and the dog looks nervous. Caption: I pay attention quite a bit to how the animals behave.

2 men wearing disposable hair caps talk over a large industrial-sized mixer on floor. Caption. He tested his family recipes by opening his own business.

Baseball player runs to first base as first baseman holds up his mitt. Coach and umpire watch base. Caption. And they helped me become the person that I am today.

Classroom of teenagers looks at man talking next to a woman using sign language. Curtis as narrator. Caption. I had a lot of people that doubted my ability.

Man using sign language while looking at a seated man facing him. Caption. Brian conducts presentations on being deaf in the workplace.