abstract: Throughout my life, I have always been different.I found connecting with people to be extremely difficult, as if I were always on the other side of a glass wall.Then in high school, I found my way into an American Sign Language (ASL) classroom and my world changed forever.Not only had I found people, like my teacher Ms. VanTrease, who understood and made an effort to connect with me, I found an amazing language that made more sense to me than spoken words.As a first-generation college student, I
journal: Global Insight A Journal of Critical Human Science and Culture