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I'm Kouhei Sugihara, and I'm a tutor and student at Recollé U. I mostly offer tutoring for basic subjects, but lately, a few of my friends have been asking me to teach them sign language. I don't use it much in my daily life, but since I've had hearing problems since I was young, I'm fluent in Japanese sign language and pretty comfortable with American sign language. I don't mind teaching it, since it's something I know a lot about, and everyone keeps telling me that other people might be interested too. So...

Just in case, if I offered sign language tutoring, would anyone be interested? I don't really have a way to get the word out aside from Retrospec, and I'd feel more comfortable offering it to a smaller number of people first. I've been thinking of going for my ASL teaching certification anyway, so... If you want to learn anything, whether it's fingerspelling (letters) or basic signs or something else, I can help you.

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this or something. Thanks.

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Yeah, of course. Anyone on Retrospec, though I wouldn't say no if someone wanted to bring along a friend not on the app or something.

then count me in ♪
it might be useful to learn it so i can sing that way too. i've seen some videos with interpreters in them and i really like the look of it, so if there's a way i can connect to people who are hard of hearing or can't at all then that'd be cool

I've never seen it in person, but it's pretty fascinating to watch, so I can see why you'd want to do it.

Are you a singer? Even though I'm hard of hearing, I've started listening to music through my hearing aids more often than I used to, so I can see the appeal. That, and totally deaf people can feel the vibrations of music and enjoy that in addition to the signing, so you'd have an audience for sure.

i am!!! and that's really cool, the vibrations thing, you're like bats
except you don't scream to see
wanna feel me play sometime? i'm gonna hold a little thing this month to stretch my chords and it's be cool to see what you think of it

It's not like deaf people can feel vibrations any better than anyone else, but I'll take it.

And sure, I'd love to go. I used to love singing, so I still have an interest in watching people perform and things like that. To be honest with you, though, I'm going to be able to hear it more than feel it, unless you let me put my hand on a speaker. Sorry to disappoint you.

that's fine, i don't have a speaker for you to put a hand on anyway
can you still sing now? would you like to try? what's your fave genre?

Well, yeah... I can still sing, but I haven't done it in front of anyone, so I have no idea if I'm any good anymore. I usually just do it on my own, so I'd much rather hear you instead.

But I'm really average, so I listen to whatever's on the radio, I guess. And even then, I went a long time not listening to much music at all. What do you sing?

whatever i feel like ♪
but usually it's on the punk side of the tracks
i do covers of songs too though, those are fun

It sounds like you have a passion for it, so I'm sure you're good at what you do. My hobbies aren't very interesting, so I admire people with a creative drive like you.

don't say that~
anything done with passion can be interesting!!!!
so what do you like to do, cutie

Me? No, that's...

I like reading, but I'm not so sure it's something you can do with passion. Cooking for others is also nice, and I've been thinking of picking up gardening or something...

i like hearing people read out loud. and just sitting with someone who's reading can be nice too
but cooking can be passionate, that's for sure ♪
gardening sounds nice too, what would you grow? flowers? food?

Really? I always read alone, since I wouldn't want to bore anyone. And I don't think I've read out loud since I was young.

My Mom's a chef, so I know that firsthand. I'm more casual about it. But with gardening, I have a few herbs growing by my window and could probably try some indoor flowers.

They aren't bad hobbies to have, but I still admire people dedicated to something like you.

really really!!! my little brother is a big reader, and he used to do it all the time for me when he was a kid since he could pronounce even the hardest words
it was one of my favorite things..♪

thanks! it's something i've focused on for a lot of time now because it's my freedom
it's something only i can do
well, anyone can do music, but it's more like

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it's mine because it's mine!

How cute. I can see how that would influence you even now. My voice is pretty nasally, though, and I'm not used to speaking too loudly, so...

Oh, sorry... I should be more positive and open minded.

In any case, the more you talk about it, the more I'm looking forward to hearing you sing. Even if some of the frequencies are lost on me, singing still sounds nice to my ears. It'll be fun.

Just let me know when you perform and I'll be there.

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