I'm just saying that people feel like they have to change themselves to be more accepted by the hearing mainstream society after all of the ridiculing and poking fun of their deafness.
They should love and accept themselves for whom they are and realize how enriched the deaf culture truly is.
Teenagers can tend be cruel to the "uncool" crowd. Like they get jeered at for the way they dress, hairstyle, not getting with the fads, the choice music they listen to, how they act, walk, & talk, etc.
That includes seeing deaf teenagers signing to each other and they get mocked at by mimicking their signs and such.
Sometimes it still happens even unto adulthood.
I have no problem with those that chooses CI (but only until they turned 18 and are well informed of the pros and cons as well as counseling prior to making a final decision), but not for the reasons if they feel the stress and pressure from the mainstream hearing society that they'll be accepted if they take CI and learn to talk.
I hate it when the hearing society puts a deaf individual on the spot to feel embarrassed and ashamed of themselves. Especially when it comes from their parents that refuses to accept what they are born with "naturally" and treat them like they are broken and needs to be "fixed" as well as treating them as if they are property rather than human beings with feelings.
Yiz
