A Deaf Event
I took an American Sign Language class last semester, Fall2014 at San Bernardino Valley College. The teacher had us choose an event to attend for a quiz grade. She had given us many events to choose from. The one I chose was Barnes and Noble “ASL story signing.” I had chosen this event because it was the only one that worked with my schedule and also because the story signing was being told by deaf/hearing impaired children. I ended up going with my sister in-law and my 1-year- old daughter. This plan worked out great because I had someone to watch my daughter while I paid attention to the story telling. My daughter enjoyed all the books and kids at the event. The event was being held on a Wednesday and it was dark and decent …show more content…
The corner was made to hold other reading events that were for a small crowd. The corner was surrounded by bookshelves’, which were field with books of many kinds and many kind of sizes. People leaning on the bookshelves looked like they were going to fall on top of them. There were many adults with their family and kids. The event already had started which I was disappointed because I assumed that I would make it on time. Any ways it was very hard for me to see what was going on with all those people there not only that but you would think it would have been quite. It was very odd that there was so much noise at a signing story telling and not from the customers in the store but mostly from the people who were there for the event. There were kids running around and adults trying to find their children. Kids pulling on there parents arm to see if their parent could buy them something in the bookstore. There were some adults signing to each other and some that were talking. It was like a circus or carnival to me. For me the hard part was viewing the event because I am not a very tall person and in a majority of tall people trying to see what was going on was very hard. Then I ended up watching through some peoples cell phones that were recording the event. It seemed very interesting seeing young kids who were in first or second …show more content…
I found the event to be amazing because of all the kids who were deaf, hearing impaired and hearing were acting like kids and they also had this spark in their eyes. All the kids were as equal and everyone was playing/signing to each other. Just by watching people communicate with their hands instead of words was something new to me. Every one knows that there are many different languages spoken through out the world. There also are many different sign languages used throughout the world. I have heard of deaf culture and seen people hand sign but never understood their signing. Not being a deaf person makes it a little harder to learn sign language. All you want to do is talk to the person when they don’t understand your sign language. I myself was also trying to see if I could ketch on what some of the deaf people were signing. It was hard because they signed fast and some looked at me like why is she starring at us. This “ASL story signing” at Barnes and Noble is being held every first Wednesday of the month just go to their website and under stores and event you can see which location the event will be held. Everyone should go and attend the event and see for
I took an American Sign Language class last semester, Fall2014 at San Bernardino Valley College. The teacher had us choose an event to attend for a quiz grade. She had given us many events to choose from. The one I chose was Barnes and Noble “ASL story signing.” I had chosen this event because it was the only one that worked with my schedule and also because the story signing was being told by deaf/hearing impaired children. I ended up going with my sister in-law and my 1-year- old daughter. This plan worked out great because I had someone to watch my daughter while I paid attention to the story telling. My daughter enjoyed all the books and kids at the event. The event was being held on a Wednesday and it was dark and decent …show more content…
The corner was made to hold other reading events that were for a small crowd. The corner was surrounded by bookshelves’, which were field with books of many kinds and many kind of sizes. People leaning on the bookshelves looked like they were going to fall on top of them. There were many adults with their family and kids. The event already had started which I was disappointed because I assumed that I would make it on time. Any ways it was very hard for me to see what was going on with all those people there not only that but you would think it would have been quite. It was very odd that there was so much noise at a signing story telling and not from the customers in the store but mostly from the people who were there for the event. There were kids running around and adults trying to find their children. Kids pulling on there parents arm to see if their parent could buy them something in the bookstore. There were some adults signing to each other and some that were talking. It was like a circus or carnival to me. For me the hard part was viewing the event because I am not a very tall person and in a majority of tall people trying to see what was going on was very hard. Then I ended up watching through some peoples cell phones that were recording the event. It seemed very interesting seeing young kids who were in first or second …show more content…
I found the event to be amazing because of all the kids who were deaf, hearing impaired and hearing were acting like kids and they also had this spark in their eyes. All the kids were as equal and everyone was playing/signing to each other. Just by watching people communicate with their hands instead of words was something new to me. Every one knows that there are many different languages spoken through out the world. There also are many different sign languages used throughout the world. I have heard of deaf culture and seen people hand sign but never understood their signing. Not being a deaf person makes it a little harder to learn sign language. All you want to do is talk to the person when they don’t understand your sign language. I myself was also trying to see if I could ketch on what some of the deaf people were signing. It was hard because they signed fast and some looked at me like why is she starring at us. This “ASL story signing” at Barnes and Noble is being held every first Wednesday of the month just go to their website and under stores and event you can see which location the event will be held. Everyone should go and attend the event and see for