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That is very strange. In my state, FL it is recognized as a foriegn language and you get credit for it in all of the colleges. I know because i am taking ASL currently. The US does not have an official language but english is the most common although french and spanish have always been spoken here. Not to mention the native languages. I don't think that is right...... Me being me i would do some digging. I would try to find a discrimination attorney to see if your state recognizes ASL as a language. Maybe the ACLU? If your state does recognize it check to see if a school can deny ASL like that. Although if you go to a private school they fall under different rules than the state colleges do.

As to Deaf people having a culture. I am southern and VERY proud of that fact. I am also American. Southerners have our own culture and if you try and tell a southener we aren't different from the rest of the country look out! Deaf people have their very specific cultural norms which i am learning being with my Deaf friends. I would have to say that the professor who told you that is a VERY ignorant person. And me being me i would question that persons credentials of teaching. When the majority of the nation recognizes ASL as a foriegn language and Deaf culture as a distinct culture your school i am sorry to say seems very backwards and left behind the rest. Maybe change schools??? just a thought.


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