hohDougRN, your post got me think of something. Perhaps this explain why many people who are familiar with deaf culture one way or other are impressed with me. They were surprised at how patient I was with hearing folks that I was teaching sign language to. I always wondered why they reacted like this. Now I sort of understand how those hearing folks must have felt.
It make me wonder how many deaf folks (or even hearing folks) in my area are actually patient or kind toward people who wanted to learn their culture and language. :/ I get a feel that's it is not very many.
