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clearly only when looking straight ahead. In all honesty, I have struggled to accept
my disabilities.
When I was in school, I missed a lot of important information the teachers
gave in classes. I had a hard time keeping up, and was upset in my heart about it. I
tried to ask my friends to repeat, but they often tended to say, "Oh, I forgot." I lost
many friends. The discovery of my disease changed my life forever.
I remember coming home from school one day and crying in frustration. I told
my parents I wanted to move to a public school from the small deaf school. They
were hesitant, thinking public school might not fit me because of my disabilities. My
counselor and teachers at AASD advised me not to get transferred there because
public school might overwhelm me because of my disabilities. "I want to scale the
mountain beyond my ability," I informed them confidently.
I transferred to Kennesaw Mountain High School (KMHS) from AASD.
Because of my perseverance, I was able to successfully study at KMHS, and I now
know better than a deaf or a normal child, how the deaf and hearing cultures and
worlds differ from each other. I have adapted to the hearing world's rapid social
changes. I have experienced, understood, and am living by the maxim "Nothing
ventured, nothing gained."
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