Some of those deafies are such fanatics I wouldn’t be surprised if a careful medical examination of all “deaf-children-of-deaf-parents” would reveal a monstrous conspiracy on the part of deaf parents to make damn sure their children were “born” deaf.
They are an awful tribe. Recall the New York Times Magazine article a few years back about the two deaf lesbians who wanted to find a sperm donor who was genetically deaf so their child could be one of them.
I also recall the way actress Marlee Matlin and former Miss Deaf U.S.A. Heather Whitestone were persecuted and cast out for marrying hearing men.
Oh, yes. There were students that were a bit radical and “anti-hearing”. They would make me take a piece of paper and write out what I wanted to say to them, and then they would write back their answer. Even those who could partially hear me and lip read would try this if they were radical in their beliefs.
MOST of the students that I lived with in the dorms were friendly and accepting of the hearing. We got along well and there was no animosity.
I do remember learning the etiquette of using a TTY machine. That was interesting.
And I remember going on a long weekend trip with one deaf male student who just wanted the attention of the girls... we could all hear. He could partially hear, and lip-read everything we said. We got harassed at the Canadian border because the customs agent had never met a deaf person before. They thought he was drunk.
I don’t know if Madonna University is a “good” school or not anymore. But I do know that for the majority of the Canadian deaf students, it was their only chance to get a good education. There wasn’t a better option in Ontario.
As a deaf person myself, I agree with you that there are extremists in the deaf community. However, I take offense at your words for saying that we are an "awful tribe".
That's just plain ignorance. Have you ever heard of National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York? Do me a favor and look that up. Maybe you'll realize that there are deaf individuals who are actually productive and contribute to our society.