Thursday, November 12, 2009

Talks with her hands

I am an educational interpreter which is a big word for someone who does sign language.
I had my first student for 2 years before he voluntarily signed to me that I was Fat and he knew I was fat because I ate too much because he also signed that.
My newest student (I am on 3 years with him) does not sign much either. (Their parents did not think this is a skill they need to learn for their children.I could rant on that one forever but I won't) Anyway, my latest boy seen me doing "the shuffle" to fix my undies and looked at me and I explained my panties were in a bunch... 3 years of hard work and he has to spend the whole day asking people if their panties are in a bunch. And I know for a fact most were lying when they signed "no" to him.
People ask me how I do my job all the time becasue I am in a Life Skills class with challenged kids but there are days that I laugh until I cry. (And some days I just cry) I hope when I am in heaven I can look them all up and see how they turned out because this world often does not recognize how incredible they really are.