(Little disclaimer: English is not my native language so if something is spelled wrong feel free to correct me in the comments. Also I am not deaf so if I describe something a bit strange sorry. I don't want to offend anyone.)
Sound [1]
vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.
If the ear works at least, because sometimes it's broken. For some people it is only broken when they don't want to hear a sound, but that's not my case. My ears are broken for life, forever and ever and ever. Nobody can fix them. I know it sounds dramatic, but you need to think about it. You never hear anything, not even leaves blowing up in the wind, no water flowing, no music, no talking.
It didn't last long for the doctors to find out that I was deaf. When I was two minutes on this earth they already found out. After a lot of investigation as I like to call it, it became clear that there was no fixing for me. So as expected I joined the deaf children's community and learnt the sign language.
It was not hard to fit in there, but somehow, I manged to be the outsider. My whole childhood I had no friends, just my mom and dad. It was fun to play with them until I reached puberty. The bullying stared around that time and of course that didn't help at all.
Slowly I stared to get into a depression, the hardest time of my short life. But my mom stared to home school me and I've got out of it. Eventually I graduated and that brings me right here. Sarah Harrison, the 21-year-old deaf girl, on the couch at home reading a book.
Books are the only thing that make me feel normal. I think it's because you don't need sound to understand any of those powerful letters. That's I guess one of the main reasons why I want to study Literature.
There is a 98% chance that I will fail for the study, because of all the self-study I need to do but I risk it all. In about 10 minutes I am going to pick up my books and begin my school year. I very exited but even more nervous. I've never been to a real school before.
I have the luck that my parents got me an apartment close to the college, so I don't have to interact with most other students. All the professors know I am deaf, so they will not bother me with questions.
I put my book away and start to tie my shoes, I am in love with these new boots I've bought with my mom last week. Since it's summer I don't take a jacket or something and just walk to the campus. It doesn't take long before I see an enormous building.
When I see people with big boxes, I walk towards them. As soon as I come a little closer it becomes clear that this is the point where you can pick up your books. I join one of the lines with a big sign "Literature Year 1".
As soon as a person hands me a heavy box I walk away. Now just my schedule, my mom said I had to pick it up in building C. Fast I spot the building and start walking towards the main entrance. When I'm inside there is a long list on de wall with thousands of names. I search for my name and after a few minutes I found it. My schedule is a paper with the code 5786.
There are some more students here and I follow them to a table with plastic boxes. There I search for my schedule code, as soon as I found it, I walk with my new schedule and books to the exit of the campus.
When I am home, I wished that I had taken the bus or let my mom drive, because these books are almost to heavy to carry. Even I very tired from this short walk I clean up the apartment and give all my new books a place.
When I am done, I check my phone, since I can't hear the notification I don't know if someone wants to reach out to me. My Dad texted my if I want him and mom over for dinner. I answer that I will survive and wish them a good night, I just want a night alone.
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It's handy that I always wake up at 5:30 because I can't use a normal alarm, but mostly it's just very annoying. But in the fear of falling back to sleep I just come out of bed an put on some clothes. According to my schedule my school day starts at 9:30 so I have some time.
As soon as I had some breakfast I pick a book and begin reading. It's a lovely novel about a girl vampire and for now it is one of my favourites. After five chapters I stand up and put on my boots on. Let my first day of college start.
