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Audrey M. Garvin, a counselor at the AmericanSchool for the Deaf (ASD), which is the oldestU.S. school for deaf students, says that schoolsthat cater specifically to deaf students are ableto offer a sense of community and provide betterservices than public schools do on an individualbasis...
...acknowledges that ASD may not be thebest place for strong students, as many of theschool's enrollees are placed there after failingto succeed in public schools. In such cases,Garvin says the goal of correcting those student's"phenomenal gaps" in education is the school'smost pressing concern...
Garvin says that ASD is sometimes unable toprovide all of the educational opportunities thata potential Harvard student might expect...
Garvin cites a deaf student at ASD (who isconsidering applying to Harvard) who decided totake an AP English course at a local high schoolbecause ASD does not offer AP courses...
...ASD Librarian Roselle Weiner agreed withHoffmeister. She says that a deaf person whoprimarily uses sign language often misses out onthe intricacies of the English language...