Relating how I became an interpreter in 18 months to the chapter “The 10,000 Hour Rule” from the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. What is your “10,000 Hour” story?
ASL video Re: The 10,000 Hour Rule
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3 responses to “ASL video Re: The 10,000 Hour Rule”
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Daniel,
That was not my thinking…I was thinking what do you call a child who is learning spoken English?“Bob, is speaking in Baby English” or do we say “Bob, is learning to speak English”
Pondering….
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I wonder if it is politically correct to sign “Baby Signs” I agree with the 10,000 hour rule. It applies to me as ASL Instructor.
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Hm… I’ve been telling this story since 1990, and it never occurred to me to connect “baby signs” with the company “Baby Signs.” Interesting. I can see where “Baby Signs” would be a sore spot for deaf people, because I don’t know the statistics, but it would be a sad irony if a disproportionate number of parents taught hearing babies “Baby Signs” while parents of deaf babies discouraged signing. I never meant to connect my description of my early signing with the company (I don’t think I had ever heard of them until the past 10 or 15 years), but I’ll keep that in mind.
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Daniel Greene 
Comments welcome