Sympathetic...?
and I don't recollect that any of my dinners was a hassle ...
I don't know if because I am Deaf but I feel a bit offended that your professor wants you to feel sorry that it is a hassle to not able to speak at all.
Some professors are just off-the-wall.
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We don't exactly have "Silent Dinners"... we do have DPHH (Deaf Professionals Happy Hour) which is for Deaf adults who will just chat and chat until the resturant has to kick us out. RARE to see ASL students there (thank goodness) because the level of ASL is too high for the novices to come in.
The ASL students around here usually attend Deaf Coffee Chat nights or Deaf Bowling where there are various levels of signers (Deaf/Hearing) for the ASL students to mingle with.
