i agree-if you are going to learn how to write, at least learn how to write it properly. i use asl everyday, i communicate in asl, my life revolves around asl, yet you do not see me writing in asl. i just really think that its the parents fault that a lot of the deaf people nowadays write the way they do. i've worked at the elementary school through a work experience program in school for 3 years, and i've seen the difference between those whose parents sign and encourage them to sign and write and those whose parents do not sign.