[Tozzie]

Sams a nice young man, maybe a tad immature and I'm not quite sure I would use the term role model but he's certainly not a bad lad. I think the not so nice comments on here about Sam are probably coming from people who are worried he is going to win over their favourite hm.

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Originally Posted by anne666

I believe that most people with a hearing impairment are doing normal things. leading normal lives, without being patronised by a fairly ignorant man/boy. He is NOT an inspiration in any way IMO .Role model (doing what exactly)is just a tag to hang on to himself as he has nothing else to offer.

Ok, this is the thing, yes, most deaf people do lead normal lives.
However it is a large amount of people who have normal hearing that do not realise this.
My husband is deaf and I can assure you he does not think Sam is in any way patronising. Quite the opposite.
It is the strangers who first meet him and think because he is deaf that he can't function like the rest of us that are patronising.
This is where I think Sam is a good role model, to show that being deaf does not mean you come from a different planet or that they are stupid.

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Originally Posted by Tozzie

Sams a nice young man, maybe a tad immature and I'm not quite sure I would use the term role model but he's certainly not a bad lad. I think the not so nice comments on here about Sam are probably coming from people who are worried he is going to win over their favourite hm.

You could be correct.