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Hey everyone,

I just wanted to give a introduction to my blog. With this blog I want to just describe my experiences as being a student learning to become an Interpreter. There are so hard times but all the good times I think will out way the hard.

Before this semester I had thought about changing my major and not do the interpreting program anymore. Let me give a little history to why I thought about that. I have been learning sign language since I was in the 5th grade. I was on a sign language praise team at my High School for 5 years. I loved it and wanted to pursue it as a career. I went to college to study Interpreting. Well I started off great! I was passing all the classes easy, but then I got to a class that I had to pass in order to move on. I got told that I didn't have enough non-manuals(face expressions) That just really got me. Then I didn't do so great on test we also had to take. Those two failures just it me really hard. I thought because I was told that. That I could never be good enough to be an Interpreter. But back to this semester. I have had some great people supporting me this semester. One of them was one of my professors, She helped me all the way. She told me that she wants to see me become more assertive and try to put my shyness away a little. That was a great task for me but I do believe that I have began my way of completing the task. I have gained more confidence in myself and also in what I want to do as a career. I went to Deaf-Blind camp this semester and just had a blast. Camp helped me in many ways. It sustained in my head that this is what God wants me to do with my life and this is what I want to do with my life I love interpreting and I love learning more and more about it. I have already seen myself grow so much from were I first began.

I also had another professor believe in me. She asked me if I would like to start interpreting for a young deaf child. I was really hesitant at first because I didn't think I was good enough. Someone once told me that I need to get out of my mind that I wasn't going to be perfect at interpreting. Ever since I stopped trying to be. I have realized its okay to make mistakes just make sure you learn from them. So back to interpreting for the young child. I was hesitant but after Deaf-blind camp I went to meet the family and see how the Sunday school setting was and I have been doing it when I can ever since. I love doing it! It shows me how far I have come and were I still need to learn. As a Interpreter you will never know everything, it is always a learning process.
I am now sure this is what I want to do. Thanks to all those who encourage me!