My goals are somewhat different than most people. When I tell people what I want to do down the road, I hear, "Make way for Mother Teressa!" It's a good feeling, don't get me wrong. Having a hearing loss made me appreciate even more what my teachers have done for me growing up. If it weren't for them, I don't think I would be the person who I am today. If my family hadn't encouraged me to do the things that I love, I wouldn't have made it this far. So I want to give back which is why I want, someday, to become a Writing teacher for the Deaf. At this point, I'm thinking high school but, many people have told me it can be quite difficult. I have tried teaching elementary and it was terrible. So maybe I will shoot for the middle. The couple of times I was able to be an assistant to 5-6th graders, I really liked it. Sometimes they were hard to control, but they listened a lot better than the elementary.
In the meantime, I want to write about deafness and Deaf culture. I recently wrote a novella which I hope to publish someday. I still have some things I want to work out in the last few chapters, but other than that I think it is ready to be viewed by a publisher. I do hope it becomes a book or maybe put into a magazine in parts. Who knows, but I do know that I will keep on writing and submitting until my dreams come true.
