So, for American Sign Language 1 and 2 I was required to attend Deaf
Events as part of learning about Deaf Culture and understanding the
people that I would be likely be working with
in some capacity as a translator. I attended several but only have
photos from the two at the mall, and the event where we learned to sign
some Christmas Carols. It was fun but mostly silly songs, which was kind
of disappointing for me. I was hoping to see and sign some of the songs
I've seen Mom sign over the years.
Anyway I haven't posted
photos anywhere except to my assignment journals and submissions
because... schoolwork. I only have three I am comfortable sharing but I had
a really fun time. Early on there was some embarrassment when I hadn't
quite learned enough signs to communicate but we had some friendly and
helpful guys who like to help out the ASL students and hang out.
This is a mix of ASL 1, 2, and 3 students as well as some friendly local Deaf guys who were teaching us some basic signs.
This
is Andrew who had a gorgeous Zelda themed tattoo which I expressed
jealousy of, and had learned enough to converse. He was super cool, and
friendly, and was apparently hard of hearing because later on he
startled the heck out of some of the ASL students and laughed really
loudly because he was fully capable of hearing the noise and knew
exactly how loud it was going to be.
This was from the Christmas Carol event which was at the ASL club
at the TCC Chesapeake Campus. On the far left is Kelley, my classmate,
and in the middle is my teacher Ms Gilstrap, who is a fantastic teacher.
You can't tell from this photo but I am actually taller than Kelsey,
our teacher, she is a tiny pixie of a woman.
I
have had so much fun with ASL, and while my hands are screaming
thinking of all the frantic signing practice, and I am really looking
forward to picking it back up when I get to Texas. I will need to
PRACTICE so that I don't have to start back over. I didn't get A's to start back over in ASL 1 thank you very much. :P
That's it!
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