ASL class started tonight!

I was really happy to see so many people in the class tonight--I think 16 total. Teacher seems very nice, with a good sense of humor. My penchant for learning ASL over the past couple months made tonight basically one big review, but I am very sure I will be much more challenged in the coming weeks. I was happy to see that she incorporated signs that were not in the text and then found ways to explain them--after all, this is what a class is all about.

So fun, so exciting! Cheers!

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