Friday. Had two days off that week for snowdays and it was almost the weekend, but I was still dreading it Thursday night. I knew the next morning I would have to wake up and the moment I walked into school, I had to be completely silent all day long. To be honest, it was awful. I couldn't get any point across in any class. One unusual experience I had was that there were only three people in my whole entire Spanish class that were able to talk. Everyone else, including me, were silent. Mrs. Remy was trying to talk to us and get understand us, but it was impossible. We ended up taking notes silently from the over-head. It was an awful experience to not be able to talk all day and I did try really hard. Even though i put in a lot of effort to stay quiet, there were multiple times that I slipped up and talked. This task and experience was really hard, but after it was all over, it made me really think. There was no way, in our society, that we could get our points across that way. Talking has helped us develop thoughts and without it, our culture would be very different. It was a good experience after, but while it was happening, it was like torture.
I agree with Lyndsey because it's almost as if we take speech for granted. Without it, the society as a whole would be lost in translation.
ReplyDeleteI think the point that Lyndsey brings up when she talks of the voice of the minority taking precedence due to the restricted communication gives interesting implications.
ReplyDeleteDoes the impaired communication of technology give the real voice/influence to a minority, or does it empower the majority?
I agree, Lyndsey, when you you say that the society would be lost because they wouldn't be able to get their point across. I was also in your Spanish class and, yes, it was very strange having like two or three people answer questions.
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