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ASL Class Reflection Essay
The older I get the more I’ve come to realize when you find a passion for something, you just go for it. In the fall of 2015 I chose to take an ASL class (American Sign Language) and the class became more than just a class to me it became something that has greatly impacted me. I found a love for the Deaf community and the language. All too often they are looked past and dealt an unfair hand at life, for example in Broward County School the creator of the program for the Deaf has decided that it would be better for students to learn to sign exact English which is not the way ASL is spoken among members of the Deaf community and that is something that has not only impacted me greatly it has also motivated me to make a difference and help the
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