I’ll have you for supper
They’re afraid of me, the other students in my classes. They won’t voice their opinions if I voice my opinion concerning a statement that they made. They say it too, “I’m not going to say anything”. They’re spineless, they can’t stand up for what they said because they can’t support it. I only speak out when I can support what I’m going to say, when I have data to back me up, and I may not always be right, but I have an opinion, and I wish people would challenge it, that’s how we learn.
Maybe you say something, that I retort (and I back my retort up with very good reasoning supported by data) but you don’t think it’s right, don’t not say anything because I was the last person to speak. Pull your thoughts together, make sure you have the data and SAY SOMETHING!!!
There is nothing more disturbing than to be in class and just have everyone fear you. To have everyone silenced because you voiced an opinion. It’s lame and it depresses me. Unless, they can’t back up what they have to say and then they’re right for keeping their mouth’s shut because I would have them for supper. You say something that’s not supported and I have something to support the reverse of what you’ve said, you better count on me voicing my opinion. This is school, professors want us to speak. It’ll be interesting to see some of these people in the real world, are they spineless, will they not stand up for what they believe in?
I think for some people, it’s just a normal human reaction or they understand that they would need the data to back up their opinion and they simply don’t have it.
I think that’s why they have like ‘Debate’ classes and clubs in High School, to try and get kids to learn how to effectively voice their opinion and challenge others, too bad those clubs wern’t more popular…