I had been told the evaluations from the class I taught this weekend were good, but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to read them. Fortunately one of the students posted some thoughts - thanks, Kit!

The first class I attended was the ASL class. I was very impressed with this class, because the presenter didn’t show, and they asked the interpreter to do the class - and out of no where, she managed to pull together a rather sucessful class (in my opinion it was pretty sucessful - especially for having been told that morning she was doing the class). I really enjoyed this class - we learned a couple of kink-related signs, as well as a couple basic signs I already knew. The presenter also talked a bit about the deaf community, and the difference between ASL and signed English. One thing I think is really interesting is how the sign for cochlear implant is the same as for vampire, it’s just behind the ear instead of on the neck (I think that might say something about someone’s opinion of cochlear implants…). Anyway, I enjoyed the class, and despite the presenter not showing up, still managed to get a lot out of it. The one thing that sucked was about half-way through the class, one of the deaf attendees at LLC came into the presentation looking for the interpreter - there was a class he wanted to see, and there wasn’t any other interpreters. Luckily, he was very gracious, and sat down in the class with us and shared some of his experiences with us. It was mildly confusing to have a voice interpreter, but he signed far too fast for me to understand most of what he was signing - I did get a couple words here and there. But he did say this was one example of the hardships he faced - and that kinda sucked.