Am I the only one? - Page 2

deafdyke · 12-04-2005, 10:17 PM

Greg, the last question you asked......It varies tremedously. There are some kids who only Sign, but they only make up about 1% of the total Deaf population. Most kids are taught TC, that is both speech and Sign.

vfr · 12-04-2005, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RebelGirl

high school at 27? or you're speaking of college?

i finished high school at 14....had a good streak in the bicycling world...then went to 2 schools full time at the same time.ASU during the day and MMI every night.. now i go to gally to learn sign.

CatoCooper13 · 12-05-2005, 10:07 PM

I mainstreamed for the first 4 years then went to a deaf school for the last 8, whilst my boyfriend mainstreamed all his life, then attended RIT to get involved in the deaf community and expose himself to it and learn from it, etc.

DefLord · 12-06-2005, 05:08 PM

Actually I was mainstreamed all my life until I went to Gallaudet to get exposed to the deaf culture. Went there for 4 years and then graduated and now I have that piece of paper and a job. Honestly partying is EVERYWHERE! It happens with hearing people too! Just that the deaf community is smaller is it is easier to pinpoint and analyze it than hearing people.

DeafMommy0407 · 12-06-2005, 05:17 PM

I went to mainstreamed school all my life. Pre-K thru 12th grade. I had 2 intrepreters and I loved it. I never regreted about it. I am glad that I didnt go to the deaf school because I would miss alots about my hearing culture. I finally went into the deaf culture in 2001, ever since I have been making alots more friends. I am not sorry about it and I am glad that my parents made the right decision about it. If I was in their shoes, I would do the same thing. So that is that.

rjr2006 · 12-21-2005, 08:21 PM

you're not the only person. I have been in mainstreamed schools for 17 years, and I am finishing high school. I had a very few dhh friends but my school system got rid of them due to insufficient services, so I became the only deaf student in whole hs. I just recently applied to NTID/RIT because it is my dream college and I want to "balance" both deaf and hearing worlds since I am profoundly deaf.

Teresh · 12-22-2005, 11:03 AM

I wasn't really 'mainstreamed' per se as that implies that there was conscious acknowledgement of the state of my hearing (or lack thereof, as the case may be), the guiding notion being not separating the dhh child from the hearing world but rather encouraging him or her to embrace it.

While my hearing loss has probably existed since birth (as the issues I have have existed for as long as I can remember), it was not identified until I was 17, and as a result of that up until that point I was being raised as if I were hearing. I was not being 'mainstreamed' in the sense of a typical dhh child as the common understanding (true or not) was that I was hearing.

That said, I did attend hearing schools the entire time, and while I still technically attend a hearing school now (RIT), it's a school with a sizable deaf population, so there's something important to me at RIT that I've never had before and probably would not have access to anywhere else; that is, people who are aware of lack of hearing and are OK with it, which makes me feel better and more confident about myself in addition to opening doors and helping me make new friends.

I really didn't have any proficiency signing before coming to RIT (I'd now say that I'm a high-beginner in terms of vocabulary, beginner in terms of grammar), relying mostly on what hearing I do have (never had a hearing aid until this year) and some limited lip reading ability, so it's a learning process too along with my own growing acceptance of myself.

***VamPyroX*** · 12-23-2005, 04:13 AM

I grew up in mainstream school through elementary school, junior high school, and high school.

blueray · 12-24-2005, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Greg23

who went to mainstream school and high school? (well I'm still a junior in high school) I've considered going to a deaf school but it didn't seem to be a necessity. I've lost about 50 percent, maybe a bit more of my hearing but the mainstream schools I went to was easy to adjust to. Anyone else the same?

You are not the only one. First, I went to a deaf school from Pre-K to 2nd grade and transfer to mainstream school for the rest of my life, 2nd grade to 12th grade. I have no problem with mainstream and met some cool hearing friends. They enjoyed and amazed by ASL. Is it true that mainstream school has a better system than deaf school's system? That’s one of the reason my parents transferred me to a mainstream school.

RaeRae · 02-03-2006, 09:52 PM

Hey! I'm a junior at a mainstream high school too!
I did go to a deaf school before but, just too eaasy for me, so I quit.

I have deaf parents and I was born deaf, I have only about 20% of my hearing left. Mainstream was a hard choice for me, I wanted harder classes, but with that, I have no friends.

Seems like you're doing well in mainstream though!

Sylentman · 02-11-2006, 07:28 PM

Grew up in a mainstream school and graduated from it. I took a few tests at ASD before I made a final decision and the tests were too easy for me. I was very glad that I made a right decision.

Dannie · 02-20-2006, 08:27 PM

I've been mainstreamed my whole life. In Kindergarden I was forced to have this ugly weird looking brown thing with a wire in my ear and pocket, but nowadays that's a regular thing with the telephones and ipods only they don't look so hot even now.

When I was 4/5 I wore the regular BTE and always shoved it in my pocket and was occasionally peskered into a dark large room where they old lady was showing me how to speak the ABC's, and I didn't have a single clue why and once in High School she came by when I was in Grade 13, and I hadn't seen her in eons and was surprised to be called down to the Principals Office and saw that cranky old bat strolling behind the counter and I just batted out of there and was furious!

I attended two colleges went in for Accounting and 80% ended up going into another program after taking Intermediate Accounting, my high school accounting teacher didn't blame me! I went into Business Management and couldn't get a job without experience, then about 11/2 years later I got tired of temp. jobs and went back for 6 months and picked up a Honors Diploma in Medical Adm. Assistance but people in Toronto get very scared about taking a chance on someone who's HOH, acutally the first doctor I did work for (who was nuts) got mad at me because I brought in my own phone for volume control because he wouldn't put it in.

Now I'am in my late 30's with a 65% hearing loss, and only able to wear one hearing aid because I have extreme sensitivity to harsh, sharp loud noises including when people talk loud or sharply mention letters which hurts my ear (that's called hyperacusis and recruitment) but I would really really really really love to go to a Deaf University and I barely know ASL, but nowadays people are taking it in High School and it's becoming the most popular 2nd Foreign Language (all we had back then was French).

If you can get a chance to go to a Deaf School I highly highly highly recommend it because you'll get the opportunity to not only really be involved in the Deaf Culture for eons but you'll get some great connections for life. And that's way better that what a mainstream school can offer you, and when your older you'll probably wish you had that chance! For me back then it wasn't even anything I considered but I wish every single HOH person would take one summer at a Deaf Camp to see the world of the Deaf Culture because far far too many HOH people don't know about other HOH people and the disconnections even with the Hearing and the Deaf are the same.

12-05-2005, 10:07 PM	#33 (permalink)
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DefLord Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 181	Actually I was mainstreamed all my life until I went to Gallaudet to get exposed to the deaf culture. Went there for 4 years and then graduated and now I have that piece of paper and a job. Honestly partying is EVERYWHERE! It happens with hearing people too! Just that the deaf community is smaller is it is easier to pinpoint and analyze it than hearing people. __________________ Billy

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12-04-2005, 10:17 PM	#31 (permalink)
deafdyke So NOT a Princess! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Trebekistan Posts: 6,684	Greg, the last question you asked......It varies tremedously. There are some kids who only Sign, but they only make up about 1% of the total Deaf population. Most kids are taught TC, that is both speech and Sign.

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12-06-2005, 05:17 PM	#35 (permalink)
DeafMommy0407 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,659	I went to mainstreamed school all my life. Pre-K thru 12th grade. I had 2 intrepreters and I loved it. I never regreted about it. I am glad that I didnt go to the deaf school because I would miss alots about my hearing culture. I finally went into the deaf culture in 2001, ever since I have been making alots more friends. I am not sorry about it and I am glad that my parents made the right decision about it. If I was in their shoes, I would do the same thing. So that is that.

12-21-2005, 08:21 PM	#36 (permalink)
rjr2006 RJR2K6 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon moving to Rochy Posts: 1,821	you're not the only person. I have been in mainstreamed schools for 17 years, and I am finishing high school. I had a very few dhh friends but my school system got rid of them due to insufficient services, so I became the only deaf student in whole hs. I just recently applied to NTID/RIT because it is my dream college and I want to "balance" both deaf and hearing worlds since I am profoundly deaf.

12-22-2005, 11:03 AM	#37 (permalink)
Teresh Search for Truth Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,078	I wasn't really 'mainstreamed' per se as that implies that there was conscious acknowledgement of the state of my hearing (or lack thereof, as the case may be), the guiding notion being not separating the dhh child from the hearing world but rather encouraging him or her to embrace it. While my hearing loss has probably existed since birth (as the issues I have have existed for as long as I can remember), it was not identified until I was 17, and as a result of that up until that point I was being raised as if I were hearing. I was not being 'mainstreamed' in the sense of a typical dhh child as the common understanding (true or not) was that I was hearing. That said, I did attend hearing schools the entire time, and while I still technically attend a hearing school now (RIT), it's a school with a sizable deaf population, so there's something important to me at RIT that I've never had before and probably would not have access to anywhere else; that is, people who are aware of lack of hearing and are OK with it, which makes me feel better and more confident about myself in addition to opening doors and helping me make new friends. I really didn't have any proficiency signing before coming to RIT (I'd now say that I'm a high-beginner in terms of vocabulary, beginner in terms of grammar), relying mostly on what hearing I do have (never had a hearing aid until this year) and some limited lip reading ability, so it's a learning process too along with my own growing acceptance of myself.

02-03-2006, 09:52 PM	#40 (permalink)
RaeRae Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: why do you want to know Posts: 20	Hey! I'm a junior at a mainstream high school too! I did go to a deaf school before but, just too eaasy for me, so I quit. I have deaf parents and I was born deaf, I have only about 20% of my hearing left. Mainstream was a hard choice for me, I wanted harder classes, but with that, I have no friends. Seems like you're doing well in mainstream though!

02-11-2006, 07:28 PM	#41 (permalink)
Sylentman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Here at this site Posts: 147	Grew up in a mainstream school and graduated from it. I took a few tests at ASD before I made a final decision and the tests were too easy for me. I was very glad that I made a right decision.

02-20-2006, 08:27 PM	#42 (permalink)
Dannie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto, ON Canada Posts: 459	I've been mainstreamed my whole life. In Kindergarden I was forced to have this ugly weird looking brown thing with a wire in my ear and pocket, but nowadays that's a regular thing with the telephones and ipods only they don't look so hot even now. When I was 4/5 I wore the regular BTE and always shoved it in my pocket and was occasionally peskered into a dark large room where they old lady was showing me how to speak the ABC's, and I didn't have a single clue why and once in High School she came by when I was in Grade 13, and I hadn't seen her in eons and was surprised to be called down to the Principals Office and saw that cranky old bat strolling behind the counter and I just batted out of there and was furious! I attended two colleges went in for Accounting and 80% ended up going into another program after taking Intermediate Accounting, my high school accounting teacher didn't blame me! I went into Business Management and couldn't get a job without experience, then about 11/2 years later I got tired of temp. jobs and went back for 6 months and picked up a Honors Diploma in Medical Adm. Assistance but people in Toronto get very scared about taking a chance on someone who's HOH, acutally the first doctor I did work for (who was nuts) got mad at me because I brought in my own phone for volume control because he wouldn't put it in. Now I'am in my late 30's with a 65% hearing loss, and only able to wear one hearing aid because I have extreme sensitivity to harsh, sharp loud noises including when people talk loud or sharply mention letters which hurts my ear (that's called hyperacusis and recruitment) but I would really really really really love to go to a Deaf University and I barely know ASL, but nowadays people are taking it in High School and it's becoming the most popular 2nd Foreign Language (all we had back then was French). If you can get a chance to go to a Deaf School I highly highly highly recommend it because you'll get the opportunity to not only really be involved in the Deaf Culture for eons but you'll get some great connections for life. And that's way better that what a mainstream school can offer you, and when your older you'll probably wish you had that chance! For me back then it wasn't even anything I considered but I wish every single HOH person would take one summer at a Deaf Camp to see the world of the Deaf Culture because far far too many HOH people don't know about other HOH people and the disconnections even with the Hearing and the Deaf are the same.