Silence

On my first day in Sociology my teacher began class by sitting among us and just sat in silence. Every second that went by felt like minutes because there was an awkward feeling floating around the room. After about three minutes someone asked our teacher if he was going to ever give us instructions. And the reason why everyone felt that awkward presence floating around the room was because our whole lives we have been taught to arrive to class, sit down, and wait for our teacher to direct us for the period. We have been trained to expect certain things from our teacher even on the first day of school. The teacher shouldn't have to always be the one expected to teach everyone because everyone has things you could teach each other.