Gallaudet University for the deaf is not beneficial to the deaf.

Firstly, I would like to dispel how you claim deaf people are like aliens to our society. They can interact with other people just like everyone else and I have seen deaf people everywhere in society. Deaf schools provide good environments for learning for the deaf/hearing impaired and give them good opportunities to succeed in the world. Also, you claim that gong to universities like Gallaudet isolate the deaf students from the "real world" (which I take to mean as the hearing world), but what it does is teach the skills all hearing people learn in a matter that is catered to the deaf, all they are doing is preparing the students to take careers in the so called "real world. " And as the deaf are not forced to attend universities like Gallaudet they can choose to attend a normal university where they would not learn as easily and not be prepared as well to enter the career world. You said, that deaf people prefer public education over special treatment, well if that is the case they are not forced to go to schools for the deaf, they can attend a normal university if they like. And Gallaudet University provides the same options as most of the other colleges/universities in the United States. For example, their major and minor list is quite extensive and advanced: Accounting, American Sign Language, Art History, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Chemistry: Chemical Technology Specialization, Communication Studies, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Criminology, Deaf Studies, Digital Media, Economics, Education, English, Family and Child Studies, Finance, Foreign Languages, French, Government, Government: International Concentration, Graphic Design, History, Interpretation, Mathematics, Philosophy, Photography, Physical Education, Psychology, Recreation & Leisure Studies, Self-Directed Major, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Studio Art, Theatre Arts: Educational Drama, Theatre Arts: Production/Performance (Source: . http://www.gallaudet.edu...) Besides giving education in many different topics ranging from Spanish to Photography to Chemistry and beyond, the university also offers courses that specialize for the deaf, such has American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. As for deaf people liking public education more, based off some accounts of deaf veterans of public and deaf schools on the internet it seems that the social and learning environments were better at deaf schools than at public schools. (Sources: . http://deafsims.blogspot.com..., . http://deafness.about.com...) Finally, by building social ties with other deaf people and building self-esteem and knowledge through learning deaf students make great progress as learners and as human beings. Although my opponent says that there are no life skills classes at Gallaudet University, students learn life skills as they progress through the learning system there over time from the academic and non-academic sides of schools like Gallaudet University. In conclusion, based off the definition of beneficial, Gallaudet University and other schools like it confer benefits that provide academic, social, and personal growth that is particularly catered to deaf people.