I wrote this for a class... my dad is hard-of-hearing and I was studying ASL/Deaf culture at the time... When my dad lost his hearing at the age of 4, the doctors told his mom never to let him learn sign language... because he wouldn't be as successful in life if he did... well my dad grew up very alone.. he didn't fit in with the Deaf community since he couldn't sign, and he didn't fit in with the hearing society, since he could not hear... Thinking about that just angers me... I wish I had grown up signing with my dad... Things might have been alot different...
