Silence

The first day of class when Mr. Sal sat in the back of the class and it was just silent it was confusing and awkward. As students, we have been trained to come into the first day of class and expect that the teacher will take charge and fill the silence. We don't even realize that we all go into certain social situations with certain expectations. And, in this case the expectation was that the first day of a class the teacher would stand in the front of the room and talk. I have experienced a lot of awkward silences, but for me silence does not always have to be awkward. Silence isn't awkward between me and my best friends. Its fine if we're driving in the car and not talking. When you get to know someone, and you get comfortable around them, there is no longer a need to fill every time you spend with them with words. You can just enjoy each others' company, whether that means talking or not. On the other hand, it's awkward when you first meet someone and its silent. I feel like when you first meet someone you have to talk to fill the air with words, because you are expected to introduce yourself and get to know each other. For every social situation we face we use our past experiences and form expectations, and sometimes we don't even know it.