Janet Sharik

I came home after working part-time at Equifax, Inc, plopped down on my couch and started flipping through the channels on the TV. I came across "Deaf Mosaic" and saw there was a protest going on at Gallaudet. It showed a group of deaf students yelling in sign language, "Deaf President Now!" I was thinking, "Well, it's about time that the Deaf are taking charge of the deaf community rather than allowing the hearing to take over!" I thought I saw someone I knew on the TV. Turns out I did! Stephen Hlibok's brother, Greg! And Tim Rarus! and a few of my old sweethearts.

It brought back a lot of old feelings and memories. I grew up in mainstreamed schools and Gallaudet was the first DEAF school and DEAF world I have ever experienced! For the first time in my life, I experienced something that you only dream about: a deaf person in a totally deaf world, no communication barriers, no interpreters in the classroom, TTYs everywhere!

Janet Sharik
Downers Grove, Illinois

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