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People didn't like it when I talked too much, but when I challenged myself not to talk for a whole day, everybody was making fun of me!

Hello again, it's Sarah. This is my second post and it's about what made me mad. Enjoy!

I was dared by one of my friends not to talk for a whole day because she said I talked too much. I was really annoyed because when my friends heard the dare they were saying that I couldn't do it! At first I thought it was a silly idea, but since everybody was making fun of me and saying I couldn't be quiet for 5 seconds, I decided to agree on one condition. If I was quiet from 8:30am to 2:55pm (the school hours) she would have to pay me $5!

So when I got to school that morning I brought a notepad and a pen to write little notes for the words that hand signals couldn't describe. When I went up to the canteen to order my lunch I realised it was going to be harder than I originally predicted. The lady who works there said "Hi, what would you like to order?" I was stuck. But then I remembered the notepad I had in my bad so I got it out and wrote "Lunch bag please". I wrote down my lunch order and gave her the money. I did it but from no on she's going to give me wierd looks.

Then one of my best friends came up to me and said hi. I thought she was going to comfort me and remind me it's only for one day, but at that instant she started poking me and said "If it hurts say ouch!" Then I realised what she was trying to do; she was trying to get me to talk!But no way was I going to budge so I kept on walking back down to my classroom. A few people said good morning and hello to me but I just waved and kept on walking.

Soon school started and the teacher was doing roll call. Oh no, I'm doomed this time! I though, but when it came to my name she just pointed the pen at me and said "I expect you to work well seeing as you're not going to be talking," I looked back over at my friend who had given me the dare and she grinned.During class time when the only thing you'd hear was a constant whispering, it wasn't that hard for me to keep quiet. A few people would come up to me to begin talking, but then walk off when they remembered what the teacher said.

"You're not going to be talking" kept on ringing in my head. After some T+E and a breif maths lesson it was time for recess. I normally play netball with my friends so that was fun, but it was kind of bad because I couldn't shout out things like "Over here!" or "I'm open!". One of my friends kept on saying "What's that? You don't have a home and you hate your parents?" That was extremely annoying and I was really hurt by that. But one of my friends said "Don't worry, nobody will believe because the magority of the people here know you're not talking." So that made me feel better.

When we got back into the classroom we had LOTE. For LOTE we do Japanese, and only a few people like it, despite the fact that our teacher isn't nice to us. When we had to say hello in Japanese she realised that I wasn't talking and demanded to know why. One of my friends told her that I'm not talking for the day and she said it was a bad idea because I couldn't contribute to class activities. After my friend stuck up for me and explained about the notepad and stuff the teacher looked as if me not speaking wouldn't affect her that much, she simply grunted and said "Fine, but I expect you to use that notepad." Just out of spite, the teacher made us play a game where you have to talk. I used the notepad.

When it was lunch time I didn't really do much, I just watched my friends play netball this time and was referee. Of course I couldn't shout out anything like "Stepping!" or "Obstruction!" but I used the notepad, which had proved to be quite a good idea so far. After lunch we had art, but in the eys of a student it was entitled "Waste Time While Talking!" I had to just sit there and listen to my friends talk about things I would like to have talked about with them. Ah, all the things I wanted to add to that conversation! But I couldn't, I had to make my point.

By the time art was finsihed it was 2:40 and time to pack up. After everybody packed up, we said good afternoon. And, foolishly, I said good afternoon as well! Luckily nobody noticed!!When our school siren rang, I wouldn't stop talking and singing lots of random songs. I had proved a point and won $5! But the problem is, my friend that originally dared me denies ever offering me it! Arrgh! I did all of that for nothing?! That made me so angry!

-Sarah