In fifteen years, meeting my old classmates again, not one of them will be surprised by me. I will tell them that I have accomplished the world. When asked to explain, they will be disappointed when I tell them stories that appear minuscule in the scheme of things. I will have touched lives. It is my altruism that will define who I become. Throughout my high school career, I have invested myself in the Deaf community. In my career past high school and college I will still be there and in the hearing community. I started a program to teach others American Sign Language. A girl came in and I started talking with her, she had an ASL background and knew enough signs to make conversation. We just talked the entire time. I learned that