Silent Dinner at Culver’s

Silent Dinner at Culver’s

On March 3, 2015 I attended the Silent dinner Deaf event at Culver’s in Michigan City. At this event, I signed with my friends; Lindsey, Cheyenne, Heather and a new girl I met from our class; Jayde. We took turns and signed everything on the worksheet describing our workplace, what our majors in college were and if we were doing anything for spring break. After that we reviewed some vocabulary from units 13 and 14 together and ate some dinner. I then went to sat with a man I know from work, his name is James. James goes to the day services at OW, where he works and is provided supported living. While I have never given any direct care to James I have seen him at work when I’ve picked up and dropped off my clients. James and I signed for a bit, I asked him if he still goes to OW since I haven’t been there for awhile and he said yes, he also asked me if I would ever work with him, because he likes the fact that I know sign language and I said possibly, I’d have to ask my supervisor. I then tried to explain to him that since he isn’t a “24 hour” participant that it is hard for my supervisor to place me at his site, since there are other “24 hour” participants that need care at all times. He was disappointed, but agreed.

I then talked with Professor M and his wife for a while. His wife explained to me that she is a Sign Language interpreter and told me how to obtain such a license. I was interested and then told both Professor Maloney and his wife how I applied to Indiana Deaf camp to work as a counselor this summer with Deaf children. I feel like this will allow me to immerse myself completely in the culture, and force me to use and learn Sign Language. Hopefully they accept my application!