Deaf schools are NOT for every Deaf students !!
Mainstream schools are NOT for every Deaf students !!
I attended both Deaf schools and Pre-Mainstream school
I had an enriched & good experience at Deaf Schools
I actually had lots of respect and LOVE from School headmaster,
teachers and students. Very laid back and easy going
environment like a family. I loved it !
I also attended Pre-mainstream "Hearing" school
before ADA & these interpreters
were NOT existed during that time.
It was alright and challenging, but
I would NOT do it ever again. However,
I had a good time with 3 hearing girlfriends from
our hearing school. They all HATE each other, but I befriend
with each one of them one to one at a time keep myself
very busy during that time. They all have three different
worlds !! 1) Jennifer: creative arts/cooking
2) Susie: Sports such as Rollerskating, tennis & archery
3) Cathy: acrylic oil painting and horseback riding way out
in the country where she and her family owned 2 horses.
During that time, I had a Deaf Boyfriend from
deaf school many miles away. A Beautiful ASL signer
Which one do you think is more suitable for me ?
Since I have a number of Deaf brothers and sisters,
I realize that is very individual matter because
some of my deaf brothers/sisters SHOULD have stayed at
Deaf School and one of them SHOULD have
stayed at mainstream school.