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When I attended Gallaudet, my experience has always been positive. I remembered when I first arrived, I was in a culture shock. It's funny because I attended and graduated from a deaf school. I thought I was totally prepared for Gallaudet. Boy, I was totally wrong. Part of the shock was seeing ASL in use 24/7/365 at Gallaudet. Even though ASL was around at the deaf school, I was accustomed to having some barriers to deal with some staffs that had limited knowledge of ASL/Deaf Culture. I was in awe and it was overwhelming because I had never been in such environment where signing was in constant use.
But, Anyway, There will always be cliches at every school and certainly, there were cliches at Gallaudet. There are people who does not agree with one wearing cochlear implant, there will be some people who are not in favor to be friends with oralists, there will be some who are into deaf pride, so and on. The list goes on.
I'm sorry you had to experience that kind of treatment while you were at Gallaudet. Not every place is fit for everyone. You can look into different options and see which place is fit for you.
I believe in equal treatment. It's all about respecting one and other. Treat others as you wish to be treated to.
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