This Day
I like this day because it's the
one day when, between
8:15 and
3:00, I am
guaranteed to not say
anything
stupid since it's the
one day when I
can't say
anything at all.
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Day-o-Silence?
Day-o-Silence?
Yup.
Yup.
Was yours today? Ours was
Was yours today?
Ours was yesterday.
It was a bit
of a flop, honestly,
because people kept
ripping the posters
off the walls and
gay jokes were
told more frequently
than ever before.
But no, I'm
not bitter...
I do enjoy
this poem
though.
:)
Goddess. This makes me
Goddess.
This makes me want
to scream.
Ours is happening
after vacation, I think.
Ours was the 16th. So
Ours was the 16th.
So yesterday.
Wednesday.
Wow.
That's awful.
I can't believe that.
That sucks.
Thanks. :)
Day of Silence was so
Day of Silence was so inspiring for me.
I thought my school was going to have a
tough time handling it, but really,
almost everybody partook in it.
There were no jokes made,
and it just truly seemed to bring everyone together.
This poem expresses that complex day
in so few words.
Great job.
That's really cool. I'm glad
That's really cool.
I'm glad it was such a
positive experience for you.
And thanks.
I'm glad you liked it.
That's really awesome. I'm
That's really
awesome. I'm always
glad when it
has an effect
on people.
Question
I feel very ignorant to be asking this question, but what is the Day of Silence?
It's a day when those who
It's a day when those who chose to participate are silent for the entire school day, and it's to respect the gay/lesbian/bi students who "never had a voice," so to say.
Its a day where you can sign
Its a day where you can sign up to remain silent for a day to show that violece, harrasment and bullying need to end against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transsexual people. This year's is in honor of a student who was killed in school because he was gay.
~Shannon
^ ^
(' ')
( )~
Don't feel bad, I was just
Don't feel bad, I was just as lost at first...
---------
You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall. ~Self Quoted
I think that a better way to
I think that a better way to take a stand on gay rights would be to actually GIVE gays a voice, not to remove everyone else's.
The latter might be more practicably applied in a school, but in the long run, the former makes more sense.
This has been a long-running
This has been a long-running controversy over the Day of Silence. However, it is true that because of what we can and cannot do in schools when it comes to demonstrations (the Supreme Court has ruled on this), a silent protest is the way to go. It is also an incredible impact--seeing a large number of students being silent for a day. Students who would normally have a voice, would normally speak up in class, chat with friends, ask questions and provide answers all silenced for the same cause. It is a statement about the number of members of the LGBTQQIA(etc.) community who are (possibly forcibly) silenced/closeted on a day-to-day basis for various reasons.
However, to recognize that the point is really to break this silence, at the end of the day, CVU did a Breaking the Silence event and Outright had its first annual Night of Noise. These two events recognized the Day of Silence as a way to simulate the actual silence faced by many members of the LGBTQQIA(etc.) community and as something that must be broken by speaking up.
On the flip side, I understand where you're coming from, which is why there are many other things the queer community participates in. For example, Saturday was Outright's ninth annual Youth Pride/Queer Prom and their second annual GSA Conference. This, like Pride in July, was a chance for Youth to speak up about being queer in Vermont, in a rural state, what's great about it, what's not-so-great about it, and celebrate (and SPEAK!).
So there you are. You probably didn't expect such a long, possibly rambling response, but there it is. I just felt I should try to explain it a little bit better because I realize it's kind of a strange demonstration because of what it's trying to say, but I promise, it really does make sense.
-Obscure
(♥) I was going to
(♥)
I was going to say
the same thing,
had to go to
dinner, came back,
forgot, saw Obscure's comment,
and realized she's
done it better than I
could have anyway.
I bet you could have done
I bet you could have done it
just as
well as I did.
Probably even
better...
Bologna.
Bologna.
Haha. At first I was
Haha.
At first I was like,
"WTF does that have to do with
ANYthing!?" because I had
no idea what comment-strand this
was...and then I
looked up and was like,
"Ooohhh... I understand now..."
ahahahahahaha It's fun to
ahahahahahaha
It's fun to write
bologna at times
like that.
It's kind of just fun to
It's kind of just fun to write
bologna in general.
It really is. And it's
It really is.
And it's not
nearly as much fun
to say it.
Not at all. Unless you
Not at all.
Unless you say
"bol-own-ya" and
exaggerate it a whole lot.
Oooh. I'm totally doing that
Oooh.
I'm totally doing
that to Ace
tomorrow.
Unfortunately, he's
so used to my
antics he might
just tune me out.
You totally
You totally should!
Damn.
Hmm...
You should pick a really
weird moment to
do so so he's
forced to pay
attention.
And then let me
know what he does!
Hmm, okay. He's been in
Hmm,
okay. He's
been in a
wretched mood
for the past
couples months, so
he might just stare
at me. But even
that's still
kind of fun...
Yeah I
really do torture
him sometimes.
Do you know why he's been in
Do you know
why he's been in a
wretched mood?
That sucks.
I hope everything's
okay with him...
Ah well.
That's what he
kind of signed
up for a little bit when he
decided to be a
teacher.
Nope. It just sort
Nope.
It just sort of
happened and
now he's getting all
stressed because
of senior soloist music
we have to learn.
That sucks. Well, it's that
That sucks.
Well, it's that time of the
year for everyone.