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| Author: | Shmee [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:12 pm ] |
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I dunno that many of you guys will participate or anything, but me and several of my friends are. I thought I'd spread it around. It seems like a really cool idea to me, and something I strongly support. http://www.dayofsilence.org |
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| Author: | Nikblade [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:18 pm ] |
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I've read through almost that entire site, but I've yet to discover what the participants will actually be DOING on that day, other than "observing and shedding light onto" the "problem." So what's up? Everyone not gonna talk for a whole day? :3 |
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| Author: | D_Black [ Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:52 pm ] |
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Nikblade wrote: I've read through almost that entire site, but I've yet to discover what the participants will actually be DOING on that day, other than "observing and shedding light onto" the "problem." So what's up? Everyone not gonna talk for a whole day? :3 http://www.dayofsilence.org/content/getinformation.html Quote: How do the Day of Silence activities affect the school day?
GLSEN encourages students to participate in the Day of Silence in cooperation with their schools. We encourage students to get support from their principals and other school staff. While some students choose to be silent for the day, some participants are simply silent for part of the day, during lunch, or at community events. Students may also participate in “Breaking the Silence” rallies, events at which students come together at the day’s end to express themselves and share their experiences with members of their local communities. From this paragraph that I found on this page it appears that everyone wont speak for a duration for the day. There's more info and such at that link. |
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| Author: | Shmee [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:05 am ] |
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Basically, you try to go the day without speaking, yes. If you have classes that you can't not talk in, then you can talk in them, but in free time and stuff, not talking. *Shrugs* |
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| Author: | Professor Chaos [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:30 am ] |
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Thats prtty much my life... on weekends at college. |
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| Author: | adam_lister [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:26 pm ] |
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Sounds totally pointless. If there's anythign I've learned over the years, it's that events to raise awareness don't acheive anything >.< |
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| Author: | JBMT [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:47 pm ] |
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I totally disagree, Adam. As a matter of fact, I'd like to call for our own little event. For the next five minutes, let's all observe a silence on these forums in an effort to raise awareness about "i before e, except after c." Thank you, thank you. Good luck, everyone! |
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| Author: | Sagira [ Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:56 pm ] |
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Can I counter-observe that on behalf of all of the dyslexics? (whether alphabetical or numerical...) Though I can still be an Ally anyway. 
More seriously though... I think it's a great idea - and a lot of people need to read that pamphlet they have put together for educators. Unfortunately, I'm not in school anymore and not talking at my workplace is a really bad idea.... (yay service industry) I don't think we're even allowed to wear yellow ribbons to support troops overseas. |
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| Author: | DarthRobot [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:16 am ] |
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JBMT wrote: I totally disagree, Adam. As a matter of fact, I'd like to call for our own little event. For the next five minutes, let's all observe a silence on these forums in an effort to raise awareness about "i before e, except after c." Thank you, thank you. Good luck, everyone!
But...but... Science! Your law is wrong, tyrant! |
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| Author: | JBMT [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:04 pm ] |
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Ha HA! But that is a stealth ninja C! And you forgot the pirates: neighbor, freight, beige, sleigh, weight, vein, and weigh; the cowboys: either, neither, feint, foreign, forfeit, height, leisure, weird, seize, and seizure; and of course those lovable pandas: feisty, conscience, prescient, and society. And Adam probably invented all of those words just to undermine us! |
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| Author: | D_Black [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:29 pm ] |
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Callie wrote: Unfortunately, I'm not in school anymore and not talking at my workplace is a really bad idea.... (yay service industry) I don't think we're even allowed to wear yellow ribbons to support troops overseas.
Sometimes neutrality looks like a [censored] move. |
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| Author: | adam_lister [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:37 pm ] |
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I'm glad to see you've cottoned on to my villainous plot, JB. Sadly, I will now have to devise an elaborate and overly complicated wya to kill you now. Though, I will leave you with atleast 400 possible means of escape as is the tradition with such things. On another note, is anyone selling a giant pool of boiling acid, a death ray and a hollowed out volcano? I wouldn't ask but my land lord kicked me out of my old villainous lair because I wouldn't give him some of the rent early. Blasted crack addict |
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| Author: | ChanceFerrin [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:59 pm ] |
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Why are you supposed to be silent? 
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| Author: | D_Black [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:00 pm ] |
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ChanceFerrin wrote: Why are you supposed to be silent?
*facepalm* |
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| Author: | ChanceFerrin [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:04 pm ] |
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D_Black wrote: ChanceFerrin wrote: Why are you supposed to be silent? *facepalm* What?
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