I just wanted to reply because the thread looked lonely and empty.... 
I am from Florida, sorry.I just wanted to reply because the thread looked lonely and empty....
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i have a few family members that live in Florida!
And super hot.... 
Georgia has a nice climate... haven't been to Georgia to visit ever, just to pass through on the way out. :P
But I try to make it a point on the weekends to take my motorcycle and go on random trips to places. Though it was so hot yesterday I think I'll be putting that on hold for a month or two! Good grief! 
( Other than Atlanta, I'm safe in Atlanta because they just don't care there. :P )
I'm referring to the outer lands outside of the city where the cows roam and the billboard signs advertise things we can't speak of in the forum...
Yeah.... I stopped for gas in Georgia once ( BFE ), it didn't go well... ( Covered in tattoos and piercings ) 
I refuse to let my Deafness, tattoos, piercings, Ethnicity or whatever let people make me feel uncomfortable. I will sit there and stare right back at them!
Sometimes until they feel uncomfortable and leave.... Bullies! I refuse to let people like that get away with stuff... no way. Atlanta is pretty uncomfortable... driving through it made me want to die.... 
Emma, did you go to the Atlanta Area School For The Deaf all your life? Can you share some of your experiences going to a School for the Deaf?
started going there in 94 or 95 at 5 years old and been there for about twelve years left the end of my freshman year in highschool to transfer to another schoolm so yeah pretty much my whole life almost. its a preschool through 12th grade school and i had alot of experiences going there.
the teachers were great and i loved it couldnt complain at all. i pretty much learned how to do everything there from learning how to sign in pre-k to speech therapy it was great, it was like my second home. alot of the kids i knew i grew up with. it was the one thing i was very comfortable at doing. get to learn something new everyday had alot of fieldtrips growing up did alot of events, school plays proms, there wasnt anything i could change about it.
That's great to hear you had a great experience going to a School for the Deaf. One big advantage for Deaf people in attending a School for the Deaf from an early age is that they can make friends that they will continue to be around from elementary school to high school. This is not really that common in the hearing world because some students in an elementary school may be sent to a different middle school than others due to where they live. This is not the case for Deaf people.