Sound and Fury

In the documentary "Sound and Fury" the deaf people didn't want their deaf child to get a cochlear implant so they could hear. Their reasoning being, they wanted their child to be a part of deaf culture, and if the child could hear they would no longer be a part of deaf culture. This makes no sense to me, why on earth would they not be a part of deaf culture anymore? The child is 5, so she's been deaf and signing for about 4 years, she wants to hear other children, she can almost speak plain english. If I learn a new language I don't suddenly forget I've learned english. Even more so, the parents are afraid she won't sign, but they are deaf!!! She will talk with her friends and sign with her parents! what is the problem with that? I don't understand how illogically they were thinking, just because your child speaks doesn't mean they aren't deaf. Those parents were irresponsable and frankly quite stupid for not expanding their child's horizons.

Fear (ooooh scary...)

Have you ever been in an unusual location, you don't know the terrain/layout, and you find yourself facing a dark expance of room? I hope I'm not with you... I might be a little on the freaked out side.
   
I am afeared (making up words?) of extremely dark locations that I have no previous experiance with. My imagination fills these expances with horrible, horrible things that I'd rather never encounter.
It's not that I'm afraid of every little thing, it's just that if it's dark and creepy looking, I'm gonna be a little creeped out and I won't wanna enter the room.