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Title: Not based on deaf culture
Review: This book was used in my first asl class, which was offered by a community college. It's easy and I loved it. However, when I got into more advanced, for-credit classes, I realized that much of what I had learned was obsolete or just plain unusual. I had to stop using it as a refrence because I was doing poorly on tests and my new teacher (who was deaf) had trouble understanding me. Even the number signs in this book are not the common ones used. I was frustrated that I had spent so much time memorizing these signs, and now had to not only learn new ones, but unlearn the old ones. I actually had a harder time in 101 than people who had never signed. I showed the book to my deaf teacher and she signed back "Not deaf culture." Enough said.
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