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Teacher For The Deaf Explains To Students That People Can Hear Them Fart

January 24, 2020

A teacher for the deaf was forced to break the news to her class that people can hear farts after a student loudly passed gas during class.

Photo credit: Kevin Gutting (not actual deaf students)

Anna Trupiano, a teacher at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School in Washington DC, explained the hilarious story in a Facebook post.

This is what she wrote:

"Today in 1st grade one of my Deaf students farted loudly in class and other students turned to look at them. The following is a snippet of a 15 minute conversation that happened entirely in American Sign Language among the group of Deaf students and I.

Kid 1: Why are they looking at me?

Me: Because they heard you fart.

Kid 1: Whhhhat do you mean?!?!

Me: Hearing people can hear farts.

Kid 2: *Totally horrified* Wait, they can hear all farts?!?!

Me: Well no. Not all farts but some of them yes.

Kid 3: How do you know which farts they can hear and which farts they can't?

Me: Hmmm....you know how sometimes you can feel your butt move when you fart? A lot of those they can hear. But if your butt doesn't move it's more likely they didn't hear it.

Kid 1: TELL THEM TO STOP LISTENING TO MY FARTS! THAT IS NOT NICE!

Me: Hearing kids can't stop hearing farts, it just happens.

Kid 2: I just will stop farting then.

Me: Everyone farts, it is healthy. You can't stop.

Kid 3: Wait. Everyone? Even my mom?

Me: Yep.

Kid 2: My dad?

Me: Yep.

Kid 1: ......You?

Me: Yep.

Kids: *Laugh hysterically*

Kid 1: ...So you can hear and smell all the farts?

Me: Some of the farts yes. Not all of them.

Kid 2: Can hearing people see farts?

Kid 3: Yeah. Green smoke comes out of their butt, I saw it on TV.

Me: That doesn't happen in real life.

Kid 1: What?! Ugh. I don't understand farts.

......I went to college for 8 years to have these conversations."