weeping_holly

My bf's brother and his brother's wife are both deaf. When I found out I was kind of excited. I wanted to learn some SL so I could be polite and communicate with them. However my bf doesn't have the same feeling.

He says growing up with his brother, and interacting with others in the deaf community, deaf people tend to be very prideful/narcissistic. That they actually hate people who can hear because "they think that because we can hear, we think we're better than them."

And that some deaf people hate those who can hear and try to learn SL. As if they should remain in separate worlds.

How true do you feel this is within the deaf community?

Is there any age limit to this program? Looking into it I'm really interested in participating in it, but there isn't one in my college toen. But there is one in the city where I used to live, which I plan to go back to upon graduation.

So I'll be about ~22 - 23 around then, would I be too old to be a big sister?