I have to get something off of my chest.

[Lyric]

I didn't participate in Day of Silence, and it's been eating at me. I'm a college student and I had to do a presentation about a poet for my CW class. I didn't realize which day DOS was going to be on at the time that I signed up for my presentation time slot (we got to choose.) I chose to present last on the last day of presentations, because this is a 100-level class and I didn't want to give my awesome, 300-level poetry presentation and make all the other students feel uncomfortable, or that they had to try and match what *I* did (which was WELL above the instructor's expectations for the assignment.) So, I chose to go last.

It didn't hit me that I'd chosen to present on DOS until, literally, the day before--FAR too late to try and switch with someone else. Not presenting (or having someone else do it for me) was not an option. This was 20% of my grade for the semester, and I need to keep my GPA up to keep getting the grant money that keeps me in college.

I tried to stay silent AFTER my presentation, but I felt like an idiot for doing it, since half the people in my class knew that I'd already broken "silence" that day.

Yeah, it's probably stupid, but I ALWAYS participate in DOS and I feel like I failed my family. :(

Anyway--confession over. Forgive me, please?

:grouphug:

[keep_it_real]

1. Get over it; move on . . .

Have a great day.

[dsc]

2. actually you are supposed to talk for academic purposes

such as if a teacher asks you a question. So you didn't really break it.

[tbyg52]

6. I agree - please don't feel bad.

I know you'd have preferred to have remembered to sign up for a different day, but it was an honest mistake and no one, I believe, blames you for it. Please don't blame yourself. :hug:

[Meeker Morgan]

3. All is OK. Nothing to forgive. n/t

[applegrove]

4. I didn't either..i forgot about it.

[bluedawg12]

5. Your heart is in the right place.

Sounds like you did an awesome job on your presentation! :)

[Bjorn Against]

7. You can always reschedule

Just because you didn't participating the same day everyone else was participating does not mean you can't still have an impact, we can all take action on any day of our lives and just because you missed one opportunity does not mean you can't create another.