{"id":6213,"date":"2009-04-20T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2009-04-20T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T01:44:11","slug":"finding-new-friends-and-learning-more-asl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/finding-new-friends-and-learning-more-asl\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding new Friends and learning more ASL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding new Friends and learning more ASL<\/p>\n<p>When I was 14-16yrs old, I made friends with a deaf man at church and<br \/>\nhe taught me ASL (I wasn&#8217;t fluent but could have a short<br \/>\nconversation). I decided I wanted to be an interpreter. Long story,<br \/>\nshort&#8230;I haven&#8217;t persued this career and have forgotten a lot of the<br \/>\nASL I learned. I now am very determined to become an interpreter and<br \/>\nalso wanting to meet more friends in Texas (moved here from San Diego,<br \/>\nCA).<\/p>\n<p>I would like to find some friends (deaf or hearing) that are close to<br \/>\nme. I would like to go out and have fun while also learning and<br \/>\npracticing my ASL. If anyone lives near Terrell, Forney,<br \/>\nMesquite&#8230;etc., please let me know.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!!<\/p>\n<p>Meagan <\/p>\n<p>Email: meagangregory@anbtx.com <mailto :meagangregory@anbtx.com><\/p>\n<p>Phone: (619) 792-5112 (cell w\/ text)<\/mailto><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding new Friends and learning more ASL When I was 14-16yrs old, I made friends with a deaf man at church and he taught me ASL (I wasn&#8217;t fluent but could have a short conversation). I decided I wanted to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/finding-new-friends-and-learning-more-asl\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-1Cd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10235,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/04\/26\/interpreter-workshop-idiomatic-expressions-of-asl-corpus-christi\/","url_meta":{"origin":6213,"position":0},"title":"Interpreter Workshop: Idiomatic Expressions of ASL &#8211; Corpus Christi","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"April 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Interpreter Workshop DATE: May 8, 2010 TIME: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm ADDRESS: 5151 McArdle Road Corpus Christi, Texas http:\/\/www.deaf-hh.org IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS OF ASL Presented by: Susie Grona This workshop will focus on learning to use English idioms when translating ASL sign and phrases and expand vocabulary knowledge, register, facial\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10767,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/06\/03\/faculty-aslinterpreter-training-houston\/","url_meta":{"origin":6213,"position":1},"title":"Faculty, ASL\/Interpreter Training &#8211; Houston","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"June 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Lone Star College-CyFair Faculty, ASL\/Interpreter Training # 80647 Hiring Range: Starting salary is commensurate with educational qualifications and experience. 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