sign writing AMAZING!!

[Adam Frost]

Welcome to the list, Theresa. I also saw your message to the TEACHASL list. I'm glad to see more ASL teachers here. ;-) I am in San Diego California teaching at UCSD and Mesa College. Where are you?

Adam

On Mar 27, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Theresa Durham wrote:

> This is pretty amazing!! I had no idea that it is all over the world!  I first learn 
> about the sign writing through the Deaf artist and then through Master ASL.   
> I am a Deaf ASL Teacher at high school full time for a long time...  
> 
> When I look/read the sign writing first time, I understand right away.  I was 
> real surprised at how much I understood sign writing since ASL is part of me 
> for who I am.    I thought that it would be too hard for me but it is not!!!  I 
> was shocked and happy at the same time that I finally fit in that "sign writing" 
> language...
> 
> I showed it to my students and they seemed really fascinating and real 
> surprised that ASL is actually a language.  It seems like "notarized" seal it for 
> real...   I see their face "drop to the floor"    Now they know that ASL is for 
> real and it is equal to any written language.  Just unique.
>