This first week of class has been very intense. I am glad that I was exposed to sign language before I came. I have thanked my friend Brian again and again. I am excited and very nervous, I want to do well. I want to go back to Deaf Club with Brian and be able to sign with the people that I met there.

I have learned a lot of Deaf culture and etiquette. This makes me much more comfortable. I would not want to be rude.

I am getting more comfortable asking questions in class and I am starting to understand. Learning the signs is easy, recognizing the signs is much more difficult.

I have to say that I now know how a Deaf person must feel in a hearing world sometimes. When I came to class I felt so lost and confused, even though I had tried to learn sign on my own and learn as much as I could before I came.

This was a big step in my life. I moved my business to Bridgeport, I left my home and my husband lives and works in Baltimore. I am basically on my own for the first time. My room mate is Autumn Summers, I do NOT know what I would do without her.

I would like for my friend Brian to come to class and meet you Ruby, so that he can see that he does have possibilities.