I am sure you have been heard about prize jobs.  I am here to speak of my view and aware about it.

One of my friend who is deaf and played tennis for deaf Olympics in 1985, that is what I believe she won the bronze medal.   She been work at church as Youth Director for more than 15 years and now she is Bus Driver for the deaf school.

My former boyfriend won many trophies for bowling in his 10 years sport when he was kid but grown out after teen years.  He wanted to be engineer in the future but he is current working at UPS (Untied Poral Service) as data entry operator.  He is also Deaf and still bowls.

I met one guy who work for Home Depot and skated for the Olympics in 1994, won the gold medal.  Yes he is hearing and not hear from him after won the medal.  He still go back to work at Home Depot?

Oh I have two MVPs and medals in softball for more than 30 years.  Victory team for Track and Swimming in high school and was captain for girls swim team in middle school.  I won All Star in volleyball and won champion twice at bowling as adult.   I am deaf and had low income career.  That means it is not worth for me?  I know I have guts that I have been successes with my life, not know about others.

All Olympics athletes got the medals and ended up as career as professional.   Some does gone to old job or gone to study for whatever careers they choose.   That does mean they had good, better or best job in the future or current?

Questions:

•  Medals or Trophies?
•  Should take career as old or new after won?
•  Study new careers?
•  Growing up career?
•  Professional able to go back to job as before?
•  What is different between deaf and hearing athletes?

-DW