ASL Inspiration

  This weekend I took a break from learning Hallelujah to try and memorize signs that would help in conversation. Surprisingly the lyrics from the song made learning basic conversation signs a lot easier! Even though I won't use all the signs from Hallelujah in a conversation some connecting and describing words could be useful.

  Recently I've been thinking about ways I could make my project more meaningful. Even though I haven't met the new student yet, eventually I think it would be like to teach some people that he might run into a few signs to make him feel more comfortable in a new school! I watched a video where a hearing-impared man's entire town learned ASL to give him a perfect day. He was moved to tears. It was so beautiful and inspiring. It was a video by Samsung to promote their new call center for the hearing-impaired. They want to "create a world without barriers".

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2988285/Deaf-man-moved-tears-discovering-entire-neighbourhood-learned-sign-language-talk-Turkey.html

  If I could do something even remotely close to this for the new student, I think it would be a great welcome to UEHS! It would show how amazing our school can be! I'm really excited about this and I think after Monday when I meet the new student I'll know more and be able to further my idea's and see where I will be able to take it, if it's possible. I would love for more people to be interested in ASL and making a student feel welcome in the process would be amazing.