Personal Narrative: My Deaf Event

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For my Deaf Event, I went to the Spaghetti Dinner at Metro Deaf School. Before the event, I was really nervous. I didn't know what to talk about, I didn't want to mess up, and I didn't want to sign the wrong thing. On the car ride there, I was searching up some last minute signs to remember. I didn't know what to expect. Would it be easy? Would it be completely silent? As I nervously walked up to the deaf event, I got my stamp and headed for the dinner upstairs. With a pencil and paper in my hand I looked around and saw lots of signing, lots of little kids running all over the place, and I heard lots of talking. I wasn't expecting it to be that loud in a gym with deaf and speaking people. I got my spaghetti, salad, cookie, and

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