I had always wanted to learn more about sign language, so this event was a great opportunity for me. I had fun learning how to say the alphabet, introductions, majors, and other random words. It was really interesting to learn little bits of information like how facial expressions are part of the grammar of ASL or how Harvard, Yale, and Princeton based their signs off of the signs for “king,” “queen,” and “prince.” I liked how some of the signs are based on real-world actions, like how the sign for science looks like pouring chemicals out of two beakers. I also think it’s cool how sign language takes advantage of spatial relations. For example, I would gesture to you, then to me, if I wanted to ask “Can you help me?” Learning ASL made me admire the language more. For example, we talked about how some people have their own sign to represent their name versus spelling their name out letter by letter. However, in order to get this sign, it has to be given to you by a member of the deaf community; you can’t just make it up yourself. This helped solidify American Sign Language in my mind as not just a language, but part of a whole culture. In general, learning ASL made me appreciate the deaf community more.