Originally Posted by Miss*Pinocchio

Why would anybody want to be deaf... when there is no opportunties
to do so? People might try to get SSI by pretending to be deaf.
It ain't fun wearing stupid hearing aids, I hate that when cruel children
pointed their fingers at me and stare at me and asked me what is that!?!!?!

If I can hear and can talk, then I wouldn't be here. I would have
never gone to Gallaudet. My grammars would be so much better than this.
I would do so much better at hearing college... I would have a master degree by now... and I would even write a book about my Treacher Collins Syndrome and my life... And I would be a film director by now... and
not depend on interpreters and tty and everything else.
I would be able to socialize easily with people and talk talk talk, I would
love to talk on the phone.

But why would anybody want to be deaf? Can't even get a better job.
I tried to get into military in 1994... but I couldn't.

Only reason why I won't wear my hearing aids at CSUN, is because
I didn't want a boyfriend... I don't want a hearing boyfriend.
And I knew there aren't many deaf boys at CSUN, and I won't see
them everyday... cause I don't want them flirting with me.
I don't want a boyfriend, I just wanted to concentrate on my study at
CSUN.