Silence is never awkward unless someone makes it awkward. On the first day of sociology the teacher sat in front of the class in silence. It was awkward because everyone was staring (others were giggling) at each other, not having anything to say because usually on the first day the teacher offers an icebreaker. At the beginning of the school day we have a moment of reflection in which nobody speaks for about ten seconds. This is not awkward because you are supposed to be quiet. Others can create an awkward silence when they tell a not so funny joke, and nobody laughs. The air will be filled with silence. All in all, silence is not awkward, if anything, it’s golden.
I agree! Yea, I don't understand why unless you're told to be silent, then it's not awkward. More people need to be in the mind-set that silence is golden. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. Silence isn't awkward until you make it awkward. I said the same exact thing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that science is awkward but he did it to teach us a lesson on how things might not turn out the way that we always expected it to be. (:
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ReplyDeleteI also agree that silence is not awkward, in fact it is a good way to calm yourself down from the noise of the day. It is only awkward because people say it is.
ReplyDeleteI've heard the saying that it's only awkward if you make it awkward, and it's so true. If you try to find something to talk about with someone then it fills up the silence and makes is so much less awkward.
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