Summary of Leah Hager Cohen's Train Go Sorry

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#1 Our family lived at the school because our parents worked there. Our mother taught nursery school, and our father was the director of child care. They knew every inch of Lexington, and they seemed to have a deep connection with it.

#2 My family lived at the school for seven years, from when I was a baby until I graduated high school. I grew up knowing only two types of people: deaf or hearing. I was used to cultural differences, even within my own family.

#3 My father’s family is from Lexington, and I have many memories of going to events there as a child. The last prolonged moments by the door grew out of a hunger for connection.

#4 I grew up thinking that I was deaf, and that Lexington School for the Deaf was my home. I took it for granted that Lexington was a special place, set apart from what lay beyond.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543126

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Insights on Leah Hager Cohen's Train Go Sorry

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Our family lived at the school because our parents worked there. Our mother taught nursery school, and our father was the director of child care. They knew every inch of Lexington, and they seemed to have a deep connection with it.

#2

My family lived at the school for seven years, from when I was a baby until I graduated high school. I grew up knowing only two types of people: deaf or hearing. I was used to cultural differences, even within my own family.

#3

My father’s family is from Lexington, and I have many memories of going to events there as a child. The last prolonged moments by the door grew out of a hunger for connection.

#4

I grew up thinking that I was deaf, and that Lexington School for the Deaf was my home. I took it for granted that Lexington was a special place, set apart from what lay beyond.

#5

Lexington, a cultural community in its own right, is a visible presence in the area. The deaf remain as culturally distinct as any newly arrived immigrant population.

#6

When I was four and five years old, I was one of a few hearing children who attended Lexington’s preschool as part of an experiment with integration. I seemed no different from any of my classmates, but I was not the same.

#7

I was extremely alienated as a student at Lexington, because I was the only one in my class who could hear. I envied my classmates their speech lessons, because I wanted to be able to hear. The ability to hear was a symptom of my ability to hear, and I felt that it was a mean gift.

#8

The messages my classmates received from hearing adults were different than mine. They did not