Awkward Silence

On the first day of school, Mr. Sal introduced the class with a lesson which we didn't expect.  Growing up in school districts that expect their students to sit down and pay attention to the teacher is what everyone is accustomed to. Everyone did not know what to do when Sal first sat down and did not say a word. I remember people looking around at each other trying to seek out what other people's reactions were. There were a few people who started to talk out loud and break through their shell. Being someone to talk through silence such as this are taking a chance to get out of their comfort zone. This can be very hard to do, because ever since we were little we were trained to think that the teacher starts off class. Although, in this case might not necessarily be true. I completely understand why Mr. Sal made us do this lesson. This lesson was to get us as students to realize that silence can be fine it's just not what were used to, and to make us see that sociologist study people and how they react to certain situations. Some might have thought this situation was weird or awkward. To me, I didn't find it awkward but more of different. After I realized this was shown to get us to learn something one of my classes later in the day was the same exact way. Obviously, this time though it was not to get us to learn something it was rather just normal silence. As the students walked in no one really said anything to each other or to the teacher before the teacher started talking. It was just like Mr. Sal's lesson except not planned. In this class, people even knew each other and after the teacher started talking this is when the students decided to talk to their friends in the class.  From this non planned situation I realized that people really do need to feel comfortable in front of everyone in order to break out from their shells. People are so comfortable doing what they normally do when sometimes you just have to take a chance and speak up and not care about what others think of you. Some people will take a chance getting out of their comfort zone and some won't. It all depends on the type of person you are.