For Better or Worse Deaf
Sometimes it’s unfortunate to be different. Then at other times being differentmakes you special, unique. I see being deaf as being as much of a blessing as a curse. You would have completely different out looks on life. I presume that it would be more difficult for the children who are born deaf, to not understand what’s going on around them. But on a slightly higher note they don’t know what there missing. Parents who give birth to deaf children, face a difficult choice. Do they decide to put them into a residential school or do they try to “main stream” them? Life is about over coming problems or at least learning to accept them. These distinctive families, though their road will have more bumps, will become stronger and hopefully more united in the I once heard a saying “one persons trash is another persons treasure.” In a twisted way this is an example of that. To me it is unimaginable to not be able to hear what’s going on around me. There would be no alarm clock to wake you up, no radio to sing with in the shower, no talking on the phone after a hard day of work. I would be completely cut off from what was going on around me. I can not fathom being deaf and there for will not try. Many deaf people,
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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