Reflective Essay: The Acquisition Of Sign Language

The summer of my senior year I made the courageous decision to begin the first steps in my future career and give my time to a local hospital. Like any other day, I walked in to this sterile smelling hospital and sat at the front desk patiently waiting to greet new visitors. All throughout the hospital there were little kids yelling, elderly people holding hands, and families talking about their loved ones. It was around 7:00 pm when my partner and I were just about done delivering gifts to patients rooms. This was the last delivery of the night. A man from the Serenity Gift Shop walked up and said, “this is for Max in room 435.” The arrangement was breathtaking. The delivery had deep blue roses with a white baby’s breath accent. I picked up the cold vase and headed for the elevator. We pressed …show more content…
It’s great that high schools have classes like that. Why did you decide to take sign language, out of all of the languages they teach?’ I said, ‘I had always been highly involved in special needs kids lives at my school. When I was a freshman I saw ASL was an option, and I wanted to be able to not only communicate with those kids who were hearing, but also those who were hard of hearing and deaf. I also want to be a nurse when I’m older and I can be more successful in my job because ASL has given me the ability to communicate with anyone with a hearing loss.’ He looked at me surprisingly with a smile and said “well, good luck to you!” We waved goodbye as we walked out and went back down to the front desk. This was my last shift before I got promoted to volunteer on the orthopedic floor, but my first time getting to use ASL outside of