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Thanks! I have learned so much already, and I have been signing along when I speak to practice. It's SO easy. I wish I had learned years ago.

I will be in one next semester. I have been learning slowly for the past few months online and with my interpreter. I can make myself understood, and I am an excellent finger speller. I love ASL so far. It's SO much easier than speaking.

Thank you for posting those facts. That was very helpful to read through. I have decided to postpone speech therapy for now and invest that time in becoming proficient in ASL. Once I can communicate effectively via sign language, I'll reevaluate and see whether or not more speech therapy seems...

Huh, interesting. Which type do you work for?

Please don't fight. I don't like negativity and I think you all have really relevant, valuable points. :) (Is it hard to tell I was a camp counselor? ;) ) Alley- Graphic design is so cool! One of my close friends is about to graduate with her degree in graphic design and I'm going to her senior...

That's really cool of her! I HATE being left out of gossip. I'm nosy. Do you mind if I ask what sort of work you do?

Ah, okay. Thank you for clarifying. :) I think it depends mainly on what sort of work you want to go into. Do you engage in office chit-chat? If not, do you feel like you miss anything by not participating?

Do you think that being non-verbal had any effect on your finding a job? This is a genuine question, not meant to be rhetorical or condescending.

Exactly! Except that everyone else in the class is hearing, so they can't be foiled by his clever plan! I'm pretty sure the lecture is on carp, because he's shown about a billion pictures of carp so far. Good thing I just don't care. :cool2: Too cool for school. Edit: There's a picture of a...

Laura, I am in a lecture right now, and the speaker turned all the lights off so I can't see his face. I just took that to mean I was supposed to go on AllDeaf and Facebook...

I simply do not believe that any teacher outside of Nazi Germany in the 30's would really pose this question, let alone a Deaf studies/ASL teacher. I think this is a self-led project gone awry or a troll. I have a lot of thoughts and feelings right now, so I apologize in advance if this is just...

I totally get what you're saying. :) I think that I will continue, but definitely way less than I was doing before, as somebody else suggested. Laura, do you mind if I ask what it is you do?

My writing is fine, and I have no doubt that my speech will remain intelligible with or without speech therapy. I guess what I'm looking for is opinions on whether or not it is worth the hassle, time, and frustration to "pass" as hearing. I was thinking mostly about in my personal life, but...

That is what makes me want to stop. My speech is almost perfect; most people can't even tell I have a hearing loss just by listening to me. While that is nice sometimes, it's an incredible amount of pressure and I have to work very hard to maintain it. I'm not sure what you mean by people...

There are no deaf clubs in my area, and I only know one other deaf person in my school.

Good points. I like that I can make myself understood, but it is very stressful to struggle through conversations and therapy. Maybe I should just continue on my break and see how it goes!

Owls are solitary animals, they don't really like people. I like working with them though! Here are some pictures of me with owls. http://www.alldeaf.com/our-pets/107845-owls.html I don't really like turtles, but they don't seem to mind people. They get excited when they see me because they...

I think I am! Horses and dogs really like me, and snakes, spiders, lizards, etc., seem to tolerate me. :) Owls are not so sure about me, but they hate everyone.

Yeah. It bothers me a little now, but I don't know if that's because of me or how I feel about my hearing loss.

I was raised hearing, and I did 5-10 hours a week of speech therapy for 15 or so years. I haven't done any since I started college last year, and I have noticed (and my friends have noticed) my speech declining. I didn't know ASL so speech was my primary means of communication, but now that I'm...