Hearing kids think sign language is cool because they can fingerspell secrets during class, so they wouldn't mind learning it.

They should learn english because they live in an english speaking country. ASL and Spanish should be taught in our schools as mandatory.

But hey Bilingual is a cool thing because in our country so many diffferent languages are spoken. SEE matches our linear thinking the same way ASL matches true deaf conceptual thinking. SEE is still word signs so it is much easier. Us hearies have a difficult time with ASL vs SEE why? Because we are thinking in words vs concepts so we struggle too with ASL. I think if they have the capacity to learn words vs concepts, then help them. Ok, now they have hearing friends, and maybe want to be involved in the hearing world, start teaching them spoken language. ASL fits conceptual learning which is how deaf think. Lets fill their basic need to communicate the easiest way they know how. I think due the fact true deaf have never heard speech, therefore they think in concepts versus words, that ASL should be their first language.

If hearies could take the time to learn even the basics of ASL, they would then be convinced that ASL is a real language of it's own and not connected to english at all. It's clear and simple yet grammatically intricate and very beautiful. I loved SEE but now I am learning ASL and really superduper love ASL!! If I could communicate in ASL, and never needed english, I'd gladly switch. After all, I love and I mean love sign language.

Superduper love