From Hand to Hand, and Heart to Heart
As you approach my standard American home, everything seems normal until you press the doorbell, and, rather than hear the chimes through the hallway, you see flashing lights in various rooms around the house. In my home, we speak with our hands, hearts, and facial expressions. I am [...]
Posts under ‘Scholarship Essay’
Lisa Blanks – 2009
James Wilson Jr. – 2009
Immeasurable Love
I have been called unique pretty often by those who know me. I am the proud son of two deaf parents. So many people I have met seem to be astounded of the probability of a perfectly hearing person born to two deaf parents. Not a week of my life goes by that I [...]
Michael Mohammed – 2002
At Her Side
The contents of the bookshelf in my room range from the utilitarian to the eclectic. I’ve got pulp-fiction novels, classics from Moby Dick to A Clockwork Orange, college guides, AP Course study books, and a full collection of Calvin and Hobbes books. It’s pretty much a typical lineup for the [...]
