Learn ASL

i’ve known some sign language for almost all my life, and i have some deaf family members. but when i got into high school i actually took sign language as my foreign language. i’m fluent in asl, and i know a lot of SEE as well. it helps a lot. it helps with any job, and is a great life experience. it can be so emotional and beautiful, and just casual too. work in retail right now, and we get deaf shoppers often. and when we do, it’s nice to know how to handle situations. signing is amazing and it’s actually a passion of mine.

I am fascinated by expressing thoughts and ideas with my hands and face, instead of just my mouth.

I think ASL should be taught in all schools. I’d really love to learn. When I used to work in fast food places, I always felt bad when a deaf person would come in and I couldn’t communicate very well with them.

but I have done as well as I could, given the limitations of my time this past winter. I certainly know a lot more ASL than I did when I put this goal on my list.

I’m going to put this goal to bed for now, although I may revisit it in future.

Over the past year I have amassed a base of about 150 useable signs and use them with friends at church as well as with my two year old “niece and nephew”. I am getting more comfortable with using the signs that I do know and it is great having so many wonderful people as resources for more signing. I like signing along to songs at church and I feel wonderful when I can converse with others in thier “first language”.
It’s a lot of fun too!

I have joined the local Community College program for Deaf Interpreting and am going back to school to learn sign!

well, i’m in my second semester at flo valley for deaf comm studies. and i can’t say i’m fluent, by any means, but i can hold a conversation in sign, and that’s good enough for me. i’m not 100% sure what i want to do with it, though—maybe become an interpreter, maybe do social work with it. we’ll see!

i am going to take classes this summer. im super excited!!

quickly on a few phrases tomorrow morning. I’ve another hospital visit, and this time I want to be able to be a bit more communicative.

I think I’ve got most of it down, but I need to be sure I can say the prayers for the sick.

I’ve been praticing signs with Atticus and have probably 20 new ones that I can use in conversation.