Sorry got distracted for some yummy ice cream.
Here I go...I am going to summerize for now though but I will try my best.
It was only 8 years ago when I stepped into high school, you know the worlds has changed me completely on what I am today. I have been mostly in the hearing world since I was in elementary years, I only had 1 or 2 deaf friends until 2000, after being refused entry into catholic college to continue my high school education. Sued them for the breach of the DDA law (info can be found [URL="Http://www.ncylc.org.au/publicat/ebulletin2/clarke.html]here[/URL]
I went to a public mainstreamed high school with a very small group of deaf students, 3 students to start with. I didn't know them, only one girl I knew from preschool that I haven't seen in 9 and half years. I was inbalanced within two worlds. U know my parents considered me to go to the deaf school, but that time I didn't understand what that was for ( I might have thought of as a "special school" but I did the stupid choice to refuse as that school was located in sydney and they eventually changed minds and I didn't go at all, due to moving interstate costs and all.
But during my high school years, it was bad experience, I have to say, like what deafjagabal said. But I was fully educated by a auslan interpreter ( similar to asl structure) but when I entered to that school I was educated by signed english = "total communication" (I think similar to SEE perhaps?) but friendship with these two worlds was the worst incident I have ever experienced, I cause a lot of bad times, like no friends, and all these shit.
Once, I was told that my parents would send me to boarding school (I hated the sound of that) in melbourne (that's the VCD deaf college) when I was a troublemaker (when I was down with friendship trouble)
In other hands, when I was entering the deaf world, like attending deaf events with other students from different schools, it was complete fun and interesting to see, that's how I became good friends with one I am still friends (10 years this year) and this continued when I graduated. Forgot to add, I also went "deaf camp"s when was the best time I have ever had, where I made few deaf friends
I graduated with excellent grades and I was very well edcuated (which u might can tell) and I am now working ina very good professional job. Still socialising sometimes with the deaf world and I am balancing with the hearing world too but sometimes I get issues with in the worlds I have.
Sorry this is not clear enough, but I might type it out properly later, this is just my summrized story.