<p>Yea i thought it was kinda weird, something about gay rights and taking a vow of silence or sumthing. just wondering if ne other ppl had this at their schools.</p>
<p>yea, its at my school.</p>
<p>haha, what's going on now?</p>
<p>The National Day of Silence April 13, 2005
A day to protest and to honor those who have been victim of :</p>
<p>injustice
violence
hate crimes
intolerance
homophobia</p>
<p>The Day of Silence, a project of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in collaboration with the United States Student Association (USSA), is a student-led day of action where those who support making anti-LGBT bias unacceptable in schools take a day-long vow of silence to recognize and protest the discrimination and harassment -- in effect, the silencing -- experienced by LGBT students and their allies.</p>
<p>The Day of Silence takes place April 13, 2005</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dayofsilence.org%5B/url%5D">www.dayofsilence.org</a></p>
<p>A friend emailed this to me. He partcipated today.</p>
<p>I broke my silence too soon...:(
btw, the day started as an effort to end verbal abuse against the gay.</p>
<p>Last year I went to this college prep high school and I did it. :] It was fun writing instead of talking. But anyhoo this year I didn't do it because I transferred to a different college prep high school heh...it's Catholic like.</p>
<p>Nope. I'll do that when me ***** turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.</p>
<p>ummm no. No one was silent, and I've never even heard of this before, so it's a good assumption most of my classmates haven't either.</p>
<p>A few students at my school took part in the Day of Silence. It's popularity at my school has been decreasing yearly...</p>
<p>some of my classmates did. I didn't. Not alot of people know are even aware of it.</p>
<p>No one at my school did it/had heard of it. The only time we do a day of silence is when we have a Tobacco Awareness Day. We paint our faces white and remain silent to represent the people killed by tobacco. Our SWAT team (students warning against tobacco) runs it.</p>
<p>A bunch of kids in my school participated, including me.</p>
<p>Never heard of it until just now...</p>
<p>I don't know how well it would go over in our school though, since classes involve...talking and stuff :-/</p>
<p>Excuse to not answer questions in class, and I missed it?---I mean, what a lame excuse to not answer questions in class. Y'all should be ashamed.</p>
<p>I mean...</p>
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<p>I don't know how well it would go over in our school though, since classes involve...talking and stuff :-/
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<p>Same here! Plus I live in the bible belt, I wonder how many would actually support gays' rights.</p>
<p>i'm sorry, i just think this kinda thing is an attention plea...</p>
<p>National high day is a much bigger deal than anything about gay rights here</p>
<p>Silencing yourself to protest the silencing of others: symbollic and ironic.</p>
<p>Eh...I've got nothing against gay people, because obviously they're people like you and me. </p>
<p>However, I find this silence day thing more like a way for participants to feel self-righteouss or 'special'. Plus, the kids who participated at my school and schools nearby were...how should we say...'odd'.</p>
<p>Anyway, if any participants truly felt they were protesting of some sort, more power to them. </p>
<p>Though it seems like they threw in injustice, hate, discrimination, etc to garner support because they didn't think people would support a protest purely for homosexuals. Seriously, if they want to reach the average high school kid, they(be they homosexual or not) should do info sessions or pass out fliers telling us incidences of discrimination instead of further ostracizing and singling themselves out.</p>
<p>Ok I'm done ranting, it's just that people in my area aren't really sincere and are just self-righteouss a**holes.</p>
<p>l pretty much agree with you shinseki. Especially your first point. I have to wonder about the class discussion thing though. I don't think my teachers would be thrilled about that. Even at my public school, class discussion is pretty vital.</p>