Silence is Golden

I am a firm believer in silence. Whether it be awkward or not- keep the silence going.

"Awkward silence" is just a ridiculous term. You can't characterize the lack of noise as anything but a lack of noise. Going along with the whole idea that this is a Sociology class i'm going to say that silences only seem awkward when they occur in situations that we don't find to be normally silent in our societies. Of course complete silence on the first day of a class seems strange because we've been trained to think that a situation like that requires some kind of verbalizing.

So, silence isn't anything but silence...the awkwardness is all in the mood that the lack of noise creates-- not in the noise itself.

In my opinion silence is golden, and sometimes it's just better when people don't speak; the constant need to talk can create a mood much worse than awkwardness, and excess noise can bring forth the following: extreme headaches, waves of nausea, and pure unadulterated annoyance.

Keep yourself and your classmates educated,
Embrace the "sound of silence."

Straight Blogging

It's the computer age so blogging seems logical in and out of the classroom. I'm not sure how much i'm going to be willing to say for thirty kids I don't really know, but what the hell. I'm rewriting this whole entry at 5:53 P.M, and i've only got about seven more minutes before I disengage from the computer to enjoy some television. I'm sure that in the years to come things will be even easier for me--i'm talking comcast internet TV.

It's 5:55 P.M and i'm ready to check my email, my facebook, and get out of here.

Yeah technology...!