Gallaudet on his way to England to go to the School of the Deaf. (Inside the boat)
Yes, i hope you have safe travels
I'm very proud of what you are doing and hope it continues when i return to France
Gallaudet watching people teach the deaf children to speak instead of signing
Meets Laurent Clerc and asks him to accompany him back to America to teach. Laurent's friend did not like that and thought he was betraying his country.
ASL LESSON 1-
The first Deaf school/Asylum opens in 1817. Laurent and Thomas go on teaching teachers to help students get an education. 3 years later Laurent goes back to France.
13 years later Gallaudet is married to a deaf woman and they have multiple kids. None of them wanting to do the family business. There last son Eddie wants to work in Business school. So he goes.
In 1885 Eddie was done with business. He wanted to do something else. He decided to start working as a teacher at the deaf school his Father and Laurent made.