if i go mainstream school, will i have lots hearing friend?

Agreed that the OP may discuss friendship with the hearing. I don't think that the OP should use stereotypes of the deaf without being called on it. Responding to post #5.
 
havardgirl06 said:
Umm...No. If you go mainstream, you will instantly become schizopernic and make no friends at all.

That's what you said here, what do you think now? :hmm:
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I think it is really strange to me...I never heard until you told me. often, why did deaf students are happy at prestigious schools where hearing peeps go? they said they happy with friends ever parents friends where meet at club or school?

can you explain of this why it is true and no friends?
 
shel90 said:
What's up with all the shallowness?


I guess deaf girls are chopped liver? :roll:

FYI, I was mainstreamed all of my life and HATEd it.....Deaf schools wins out!
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In bold, I totally agree with that. Deaf schools wins miles ahead than mainstream. I been mainstreamed all my primary years and only for Art and PE in my secondary years and they ALL sucks real bad. I have been to 4 different mainstreams and they ALL sucks real bad and they are all same even they aren't even near each other, at least 30 minutes away each of those mainstreams. Got very bad experience being mainstreamed.

Also in Deaf schools you are very likely have them as friend for life.
 
matajan said:
I think it is really strange to me...I never heard until you told me. often, why did deaf students are happy at prestigious schools where hearing peeps go? they said they happy with friends ever parents friends where meet at club or school?

can you explain of this why it is true and no friends?
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well - you are talking about yourself so why are you unhappy?
 
Don't be down like this guy:

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Stop giving a damn about what other people think or what things could had been and let the sun shines down right on you. :)
 
If those "hot" girls are nice and not the type who laugh at your face.

as far as making friends in mainstreamed school, it depends on the school. Some schools like to make deaf people the butt of their jokes because they want to find someone to pick on.

But if you are snob, you fit right at home with suburb public schools, just prepare for them to put you down, view you as handicapped and making you feel incapable.
 
Honestly, school is school. People get picked on for a plethora of different things that make them different. For the most part, it is what you make it. There was a deaf guy in the grade above me in high school and he was really popular. He was on the hockey team and just very well liked by everyone.

I could have had a miserable high school career but I didn't. You'd think being as visibly gay as I am and dressing the way I dress that I would have had the crap kicked out of me daily. Nope. I'm not trying to toot my own horn but I was very popular in high school. People would say stupid things about me or have their assumptions, until they talk to me and get to know me. It's still like that now for me. High school was one of the best times of my life. You make friends based on who you are.

At the same time, I understand high school in the states might be a little different than up here. Obviously going to a deaf school would be better because of all the accommodations and such. Of course, the common ground with your peers would be greater than just sharing deafness. I'm sure that if you are deaf you are not insta-pals with every other deaf person.

Of course this post is for everyone else in this thread and not really for MataSPAM because that's just talking to a brick wall.
 
deafskeptic said:
Yeah and what was wrong with that? It seems a very sensible post considering the context of Matajan's posts.
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So you're saying if a deaf person asks "can I make hearing friends if I were to take the mainstreaming route?", he or she should automatically be asked "what's wrong with making deaf friends?"?
 
HHIssues said:
So you're saying if a deaf person asks "can I make hearing friends if I were to take the mainstreaming route?", he or she should automatically be asked "what's wrong with making deaf friends?"?
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Normally I wouldn't say that though I'd mention the pitlfalls of going mainstream but if you had read some of Matajan's other posts you might find it easier to understand why Shel said that. His posts in various threads implied that anything hearing > than deaf and that only the very best will do. That is why that question was asked.

I see nothing wrong with making hearing friends but I do see something wrong with seeing hearing as better than deaf.
 
No, I'm saying that if a person stereotypes deaf people as uneducated and unmotivated, it is appropriate to correct that person. You seem to have some HH issues.

The OP wants us all to be handsome Ivy League grads. :lol:
 
sallylou said:
No, I'm saying that if a person stereotypes deaf people as uneducated and unmotivated, it is appropriate to correct that person. You seem to have some HH issues.

The OP wants us all to be handsome Ivy League grads. :lol:
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But some wouldn't still know that from reading the first post in this thread.
 
deafskeptic said:
Normally I wouldn't say that though I'd mention the pitlfalls of going mainstream but if you had read some of Matajan's other posts you might find it easier to understand why Shel said that. His posts in various threads implied that anything hearing > than deaf and that only the very best will do. That is why that question was asked.

I see nothing wrong with making hearing friends but I do see something wrong with seeing hearing as better than deaf.
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Ok, I didn't know that and didn't see some of his posts from the other threads.
 
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