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THISFIRE(ColorStorm) wrote:
one more question, why exactly did you do it today instead of tommorrow? wouldnt it have made just as much sense to have waited?

“The reason I did it today was because the high school (I’m only in middle) was organizing it to be today, as tomorrow is the last day before vacation, and it would be inconvenient for everyone who’s leaving for a vacation early or needs to talk to teachers last minute. I too decided to do it today.”
Quoted from my post, luv.

kimb wrote:

kimb wrote:
I’m going to do it tomorrow.

I had everything planned to.I forgot the date was coming up, though.Thanks for reminding me! :]

No problem. :)

erinum wrote:
I will definitely remember that as I go to school tomorrow.

Thank you.

One more thing: do you think it shouldn’t've counted that I did it today?
I think the fact that I did it today, in my school, speaks more than all the false silence that’s going to be heard tomorrow.

THISFIRE(ColorStorm) wrote:
im just wondering what LGBT stands for… why didnt you use the full words?… anyways… i think the idea is good and all… (even if i dont agree with lesbian and gays, im not going to harass anyone about it, i think thats just wrong. you can live how you want… no matter what i think.)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual.
We’ll agree to disagree on the second part then, but the whole point of this day is to stop the bullying and the harassment. So in that case, thank you for your silence as well.

I thought so too, Erinum, but I heard so many “the Day of Silence is tomorrow!”s today I began to second guess myself.

I don’t want to be silent tomorrow. I had no plans to be silent tomorrow. And I think the fact that I talk tomorrow will say just as much as my silence did today. I’m not doing it because everyone else is doing it. I’m doing it for me. I’m doing it to raise awareness. And I’m doing it to stop what so many kids (and even adults) have to go through.

Being silent may not be enough, but it’s a start, and it does raise awareness. I know it did in my school, maybe not in a positive way, but it did.
http://dayofsilence.org/downloads/r11…
Those are speaking cards. (if the link works.) Where are you going to be tomorrow? Print some of those out and hand them to anyone who asks you why you’re silent.

erinum wrote:
I will definitely remember that as I go to school tomorrow.

Never mind to my “where are you going to be?” question :P

You’re welcome :) Yeah, sorry, I guess I didn’t reread the post carefully enough :P

PersonalPandaParty wrote:
I’ve never heard of that…Me and my boyfriend are going to do it!

Awesome :) I’m glad.

PersonalPandaParty wrote:
Muhhaha. I wrote a petition to the principal to end gay-hate in my school, but she said there was nothing she could do.

Well that’s a great principal. At least she can punish the people who harass and bully.

I’m still a bit uneasy on what people (mainly my English teacher) are going to say tomorrow when I speak.

That’s cool. Yeah… don’t get in trouble. The whole point is to be peaceful about it.

http://dayofsilence.org/downloads/r11… Again, maybe that’ll help.

My teachers have heard of it, only because it’d been heavily publicized in my town. I should type up a letter a pastor from my town wrote to the newspaper; many made fun of his ignorance, and many replied defending the school.
However, most likely, you will be made fun of. I wasn’t made fun of that badly, but I got a lot of disgust on what should’ve been a peaceful thing.

Lady mou wrote:
I couldn’t go the whole day without talking tomorrow because, believe it or not, that is the day of a speech contest. I do respect and support what it stands for, though.

It’s actually not a whole day without speaking. It’s without speaking in social situations, not in things like class where the teacher really needs you to speak or anything specifically aimed at speech.
However, it’s not just about being silent, but about respect and support as well. So thank you, you’re contributing. :)

hahaha thank you both!

:)

This is what I’m going to give to one of my teachers tomorrow:
I sincerely hope my silence yesterday spoke the message I was hoping to convey. In the bit of confusion (at least on what people thought of what I was doing), I think it got lost.

I know the real Day of Silence is today. I’ve known that all along, and I made the decision to not speak yesterday instead. The main reason was because the high school was planning it yesterday, and after I talked it over with my sister, I established I would stay silent yesterday with them. I honestly didn’t realize it would become such a big deal at the middle school. I figured the day before vacation wouldn’t be the best time to be silent because communications with teachers is usually more important before a break and I know I need to talk with a few friends about plans.
Today, I am not going to join those who aren’t speaking.
Assuming that there are still people who want to join in the silence today, that is.
I spoke with all of the teachers the day or two days before I was going to stay silent, informing them of my decision and making sure I wasn’t required to talk in class (which I would have, given it be necessary.) I did this to make sure there wouldn’t be problems. I never said I was going to back down on my word, and I didn’t all school day (except one instance, where it was necessary to say something.) I had planned to stay silent on April 24, 2008, ever since I talked over the Day of Silence with my sister and the high school’s plans for it. I didn’t say much about it at school because I knew there would be immaturity about it. Although there’s immaturity at the high school as well, it was well-organized and thought out in that school. Here it wasn’t, and knowing my peers, I knew it might turn into a joke or become out of control.
Today I will speak. I will speak for the same reason I was silent yesterday. I will speak in support of the Day of Silence and LGBT. I will speak for Lawrence King, the fifteen year old boy whose life was lost because he was gay. I will speak for every insulting word I’ve heard in the hallways between classes, and I will speak for every time someone got hurt because of bullying or harassment about their sexual orientation. I will speak for myself and I will speak for everyone who needs to be spoken up for.
My silence yesterday said all the words that needed to be said. Today, I’m going to break the silence.