800-word argumentative essay in Senior Two: Is silence golden?
Choosing silence is equivalent to introversion. Because of silence, I gradually found that my new friends are few and far between, even if there are, they are not particularly good ones, but the ones who will smile at each other when they meet; Because of silence, it is difficult for new teachers to understand me, which often happens to me. They don't adapt to my teaching methods. My family always misunderstood me because of my silence and decline in study. Because of silence, I missed many people and many opportunities. Later, I got rid of the silence and started another Gemini character. I became cheerful, talkative and made more friends. My teacher found a teaching method suitable for this time, and my family no longer misunderstood me because of my explanation. I thought I had found a correct way to treat people, but slowly, I had new problems. Giving up silence is equivalent to explanation, and explanation is sometimes considered as cover-up. Because of the explanation, many friends no longer trust me, and so do teachers and family. They don't believe that I was misunderstood by them, or they don't want to admit that they misunderstood me. Gradually, I returned to silence, but many times silence is not to admit that I am wrong, but I just don't want to explain anything anymore, because people are tired and my heart is more tired. Now I have learned to be silent, but silence no longer represents introversion. I am still cheerful and eloquent. I only know when to be silent and when not to be silent. For some misunderstood things, as long as you have a clear conscience, you can explain them once, but you don't have to explain them clearly. Maybe sometimes you think you have explained them clearly enough, but others think that you are trying so hard to hide something, and in the end it is still empty. It is better to be indifferent to yourself. People who don't understand themselves won't understand, but those who really understand us, who are really important to themselves, only need to explain once because they will understand. Now I know what silence is: silence is both gold and poison. Using it correctly will make your eyes shine, and using it wrongly will make you suffer heavy losses. As for how to use it correctly, the method is that as long as you have a clear conscience, it is naturally correct to use it.