10,000 Hours
Proficiency
Requires Practice
Ten Thousand
60,000 Minutes
360,000 Seconds
416 & 2/3 Days
625 (16-Hour) Days
1250 (8-Hour) Days
2500 (4-Hour) Days
6.85 Years (no vacation)
50 weeks * 5 days = 250
Ten Years
How Long Until I'm "SAFE"?
BC estimate = 1,000 hours
or One Year of Four-Hour Workdays
Can I become "SAFE" before I graduate?
YES
1,000 Hours / Three Years
333.3 Hours per Year
(let's call it 345)
345 / 2 Semesters = 172.5
So you need to PRACTICE
172.5 hours of interpreting work
Each semester in order to become
"SAFE" by the time you graduate
Semesters are fifteen weeks
(not counting Final Exams)
So YOU need to PRACTICE
INTERPRETING *stuff*
for about 12 hours every week!
12 / 6 (not counting the Sabbath)
= 2 Hours every day
2 Hours = 
120 Minutes
120 Minutes =
7,200 Seconds
English Reception & Comprehension
English Production
ASL Reception & Comprehension
ASL Production
Translation ASL to English
Translation English to ASL
Consecutive Interpreting ASL to English
Consecutive Interpreting English to ASL
Simultaneous Interpreting ASL to English
Simultaneous Interpreting English to ASL