Awkward Silence...?

Yes, starting off first class for second semester in silence was different from what I am used to, but was it awkward? I don't believe so. I thought it was sort of  funny at first, but I knew Sal wanted us to start off the class and I fell that I understood the point of the silence. To me the silence gives us, the students, a chance to get out of our shells and out of what we have been trained to do for most of our lives, when the teacher teaches and we sit and listen. It explained to me that different is a good thing for us and allows anyone to take a chance. Change is good. Having silence in our lives gives us a chance or time to have reflection, time for ourselves, and thought. Silence is good to have once in while to gather up either what you just heard or thoughts that you've been having. People usually avoid silence by having the need to do something 24/7 like watching television or listening music or just socializing in general. Some are scared that once they have silence they will have a need to fill it and have a hard time to think about questions in life. You need to have silence in life and less technology that revolves around your life all day every day to have time for yourself. Just the other night I asked for some quiet for homework in my house while the T.V. was on. No one ended up turning off the T.V.  and still stood talking around me. Just to fill the silence in the room they were talking and watching T.V. I understand that football is very important to you, but so is me getting into college. By having noise, we drown out the important and now are brainwashed with not just having the teacher starting the class but now having noise and technology around us all the time.