Six Flags-Personal Narrative

Six Flags Last year I decided to go to Mozzeria for my deaf event, and this year I knew that I wanted to do something different. When I heard that Six Flags was devoting a day for the deaf, I marked my calendar because I figured it would be different than the typical restaurant scene. The only problem was that I didn’t want to go alone, and I knew that my mom and sister wouldn’t want to go. I asked Alex if he wanted to go with me and he said he would have to see, he texted me later and said that he would love to go and that his mom could drive us both there. I was excited to go and on the way there we decided that we were going to pretend we were deaf; meaning that we would sign the entire time. Right as we set foot outside the car the silence began, even Alex’s mom mentioned how she had never chaperoned for kids that were this quiet. We talked a few times before our way in, like when the girl behind me asked me where I got my backpack, I didn't want to say that I couldn't hear so I told her anyways. Once we stepped foot in the park, we were really good at not breaking “character”. Not only was it a cool way to interact during the day, but it helped us emerge into the deaf culture and learn sign language better because we had to keep up with each others’ signs and fingerspelling. When we got in, we grabbed a map and noticed that there were booths set up around the main entrance. We spotted a booth that said North Cal, there was a woman signing and a hired Six Flags interpreter for …show more content…
I felt that by signing we were immersed into the deaf culture and we learned how to read each other's’ signs very well and I noticed how much better I was at communicating with a deaf person than I was last year. I had so much fun and would love to do it again...even if I tell someone I’m deaf when I can obviously