meganv218
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Hello, My name is Megan and I'm from Texas. I'm a junior in high school.
My school offers an ASL program and the teacher has been amazing, I've only learned about 50-100 signs so far, but I'm in LOVE with ASL and the Deaf Culture in general.
I've had a lot of issues with "mean girls" in school and I haven't found that with any of the deafies I've met. I've recently looked into potential colleges/majors and I came across something - Deaf Studies/American Sign Language as a major?
Heres some questions I had!
Is there a good job outlook for translators/interpreters?
What kinds of careers can you go into with a Deaf Studies degree?
How do you feel about CSUN, SFA, TCU, or Baylor? Do you recommend any other schools? I do know about Gally and RIT, but RIT is way out of budget and I do not think Gally would accept me, since I'm not fluent.
Is the Deaf culture accepting of hearing people? Am I going to come across opposition going into this area of study?
I just love the concepts of ASL, of the amount of expression in it with everything from facial expressions and slight movements and whatnot. It really has become a passion for me.
Some other notes - I'm in my third year of Spanish and would be interested in that, too. Can I combine ASL and this in an interpreter program? hmmmm...
Other interests: I nanny and love kids. hmm, I'm good at soccer
So nice meeting all of you, in advance!
My school offers an ASL program and the teacher has been amazing, I've only learned about 50-100 signs so far, but I'm in LOVE with ASL and the Deaf Culture in general.
I've had a lot of issues with "mean girls" in school and I haven't found that with any of the deafies I've met. I've recently looked into potential colleges/majors and I came across something - Deaf Studies/American Sign Language as a major?
Heres some questions I had!
Is there a good job outlook for translators/interpreters?
What kinds of careers can you go into with a Deaf Studies degree?
How do you feel about CSUN, SFA, TCU, or Baylor? Do you recommend any other schools? I do know about Gally and RIT, but RIT is way out of budget and I do not think Gally would accept me, since I'm not fluent.
Is the Deaf culture accepting of hearing people? Am I going to come across opposition going into this area of study?
I just love the concepts of ASL, of the amount of expression in it with everything from facial expressions and slight movements and whatnot. It really has become a passion for me.
Some other notes - I'm in my third year of Spanish and would be interested in that, too. Can I combine ASL and this in an interpreter program? hmmmm...
Other interests: I nanny and love kids. hmm, I'm good at soccer
So nice meeting all of you, in advance!