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<blockquote data-quote="Jazzberry" data-source="post: 1953152" data-attributes="member: 53190">Its nice that your class is small, you and your wife should get plenty of attention!I've only gone to two ASL meetups, and so far I've met about 8 other people of which only 1 is deaf.&nbsp; Their stories are interesting:* The deaf person is hoping to become a teacher of the deaf.&nbsp; * One of the others mother was a teacher of the deaf and she had learned ASL from her.&nbsp; She enjoys it so goes to the meetups so she won't forget how to sign.&nbsp; * One has a deaf sister and they both know the sign language used in the Dominican Republic and want to learn the one used in this country. * Another one enjoys learning foreign languages and knows a handful including Mandarin!&nbsp; He just met someone who knows ASL recently, so decided to pick up ASL also.&nbsp; It seemed that he had spent very little time learning ASL so far, but he had almost as much vocabulary as everyone else in the group.&nbsp; He appears to just be able to pick up languages very quickly. I'm trying hard not to be jealous! <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />I haven't gotten the other people's story yet, but I will!&nbsp; So far it seems like a good crowd.&nbsp; I'm a little disappointed that I haven't met more d/hh people who want to learn sign -- but at least so far I haven't met anyone who has a deaf fetish! <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; (I'm still hoping that I will meet some of the NYC people who post at AD at the NYC ASL meetups. )I hope the same will be true for your class! <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jazzberry, post: 1953152, member: 53190"] Its nice that your class is small, you and your wife should get plenty of attention! I've only gone to two ASL meetups, and so far I've met about 8 other people of which only 1 is deaf. Their stories are interesting: * The deaf person is hoping to become a teacher of the deaf. * One of the others mother was a teacher of the deaf and she had learned ASL from her. She enjoys it so goes to the meetups so she won't forget how to sign. * One has a deaf sister and they both know the sign language used in the Dominican Republic and want to learn the one used in this country. * Another one enjoys learning foreign languages and knows a handful including Mandarin! He just met someone who knows ASL recently, so decided to pick up ASL also. It seemed that he had spent very little time learning ASL so far, but he had almost as much vocabulary as everyone else in the group. He appears to just be able to pick up languages very quickly. I'm trying hard not to be jealous! :) I haven't gotten the other people's story yet, but I will! So far it seems like a good crowd. I'm a little disappointed that I haven't met more d/hh people who want to learn sign -- but at least so far I haven't met anyone who has a deaf fetish! :D (I'm still hoping that I will meet some of the NYC people who post at AD at the NYC ASL meetups. ) I hope the same will be true for your class! :) [/QUOTE]

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