You are making a generalization about Deaf schools that simply cannot hold up to scrutiny. And, we are not so much discussing the issue of education, but the issue of hearing families being willing to interact with and socialize with deaf/Deaf individuals for the purpose of providing their deaf child with exposure to Deaf Culture. The educational environment is only one way this is accomplished, and the educational environment exposes only the deaf child. What about the parents and the siblings? When we place all the impetus on the Deaf School to provide social and cultural exposure for the deaf child of hearing parents, we take away some of the time that could well be spent in classroom instruction. I continue to hear parents say, and some teachers on this forum, that the parent is the child''s first teacher. Whyt is it that parents are not making the effort to learn and teach their deaf children about deaf history? Why is it that parents are not making the effort to develop social contact with deaf families?
