I'm not here to "trash talk" about GU. I went there for a semester in fall of 2001. I had a hard time deciding rather to go to RIT/NTID or Gallaudet. I decided on Gallaudet. I don't regret my experience and my time there. I made a great friend who I can relate to. She is still there and she is happy there. But unfortuanly, I didn't find my cliche' there. Even though my friend and I could relate and have similiar feelings and experiencing a lot same stuff at Gallaudet and anywhere in the deaf community. The difference between us, she has found her cliche' there.
It's a great school but not for me. I was "shouldin'" on myself big time. I haven't tried NTID yet, not sure if I ever will but I have always wondered would the education there would be better for me. Would I get a taste of both hearing/deaf worlds? Instead, like Gallaudet, its strictly "deaf world only"! While I was there, I got questions like "Why don't don't take have you hearing aid?" Blah blah. I was scared. I got pretty mean looks. I thought someone was going to grab my aid and break it in half!
I was there to study American Sign Language and learn more about the deaf culture and community. At the time, I wanted to be a sign language interpreter. I went there to really get a good feel. I thought it would be the best place in the world to study ASL/Deaf Culture! Great place to do that, you know?
But don't you kinda need your hearing aid to hear what people are saying so you can interpret for them, so deaf people know what's going on? I guess not, some students at Gallaudet are strictly in the "deaf world". "We don't need any connection to the hearing world", coming from a stubborn student. It's all about them, they don't consider you!
All deaf at Gallaudet, no half way, even HOH is not good enough! Maybe it will be different at RIT/NTID? I have wondered.
It's a great school but not for me. I was "shouldin'" on myself big time. I haven't tried NTID yet, not sure if I ever will but I have always wondered would the education there would be better for me. Would I get a taste of both hearing/deaf worlds? Instead, like Gallaudet, its strictly "deaf world only"! While I was there, I got questions like "Why don't don't take have you hearing aid?" Blah blah. I was scared. I got pretty mean looks. I thought someone was going to grab my aid and break it in half!
I was there to study American Sign Language and learn more about the deaf culture and community. At the time, I wanted to be a sign language interpreter. I went there to really get a good feel. I thought it would be the best place in the world to study ASL/Deaf Culture! Great place to do that, you know?
But don't you kinda need your hearing aid to hear what people are saying so you can interpret for them, so deaf people know what's going on? I guess not, some students at Gallaudet are strictly in the "deaf world". "We don't need any connection to the hearing world", coming from a stubborn student. It's all about them, they don't consider you!
All deaf at Gallaudet, no half way, even HOH is not good enough! Maybe it will be different at RIT/NTID? I have wondered.