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e · 06-22-2003, 11:48 AM

Hi Shaunin!
It's good to see ya in here. I'm glad you asked about people's own experiences. It's a right place to ask!

I attended a school for the deaf in my sophomore year. Stayed there for a year and I'll tell you what I saw happened at the school. I didn't like it at all. Their education system was much different than my public school's. It was a lot slower, even worse when a math teacher absent for a week and we had to learn 2nd grade level works from a subtitute. No, I'm not extaggerating at all. It was very embarassing for me, and I was VERY upset about this. I was disappointed that the school won't provide SAT and ACT examinations I requested. The counselor was like, you don't need to do these at all, you need to take Gallaudet's special examination. I was like WTF? I was never ever interest in Gallaudet. Deaf students never heard of SAT and ACT exams. So, most of them graduated and ended up at either Gallaudet, NTID and or at work.
The school never give plenty opportunities for students to check out other colleges. I never see a courage come from teachers or counselors when a student wanted to check out other colleges besides Gally/NTID. That's really terrible....
I want to give every education opportunities to students, and let them see how BIG is real world out there. Let them have open options in majors and jobs. I want to give them courages and positive attitudes toward whatever they want to do and where ever they wish to go in the future.

I hope my answer to your question is important part to fill out in a report for your class! I'll be more than happy to answer to any of your questions, that if you have any questions!

06-22-2003, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
e AD First Lady Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Neeewwwww Yawk! Posts: 1,138	Hi Shaunin! It's good to see ya in here. I'm glad you asked about people's own experiences. It's a right place to ask! I attended a school for the deaf in my sophomore year. Stayed there for a year and I'll tell you what I saw happened at the school. I didn't like it at all. Their education system was much different than my public school's. It was a lot slower, even worse when a math teacher absent for a week and we had to learn 2nd grade level works from a subtitute. No, I'm not extaggerating at all. It was very embarassing for me, and I was VERY upset about this. I was disappointed that the school won't provide SAT and ACT examinations I requested. The counselor was like, you don't need to do these at all, you need to take Gallaudet's special examination. I was like WTF? I was never ever interest in Gallaudet. Deaf students never heard of SAT and ACT exams. So, most of them graduated and ended up at either Gallaudet, NTID and or at work. The school never give plenty opportunities for students to check out other colleges. I never see a courage come from teachers or counselors when a student wanted to check out other colleges besides Gally/NTID. That's really terrible.... I want to give every education opportunities to students, and let them see how BIG is real world out there. Let them have open options in majors and jobs. I want to give them courages and positive attitudes toward whatever they want to do and where ever they wish to go in the future. I hope my answer to your question is important part to fill out in a report for your class! I'll be more than happy to answer to any of your questions, that if you have any questions!