In homeroom this morning, during the moment of silence, I was in the middle of putting my hair up. I didn't want to start over again, so I continued the process. But then I began to look around and think, 'everybody stopped what they were doing for the moment of silence. Am I being disrespectful by doing something else?' And this question later became, 'will other people think that I am disrespectful?'
Is doing something else in the middle of the moment of silence disrespectful even though I was participating? Is it important to prove my participation to others?
-Joanne
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I think your level of disrespect is determined by the atmosphere around you. For a more serious memorial with family members of the dead or something it would be, but for a school announcement no one listened to, just being silent was enough. People always feel the need to prove themselves as part of the group, even when in cases like this when the group probably didn't care.
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