Journal #11

A popular aphorism that I think is involved in everyone's life is "Actions speak louder than words." I like this aphorism a lot because I think it is involved a lot more in my peer group. In high school there is a lot of drama and fights between different groups of people. Sure, words do hurt and people can make fun of you but actions can hurt the most. Being ignored by your friends can be awful. Sitting down at a table of people and then having them walk away speaks loudly, without any words. While walking down the hallway to classes I run into a lot of different people. Some of them are my friends and some of the people I do not not click with well at all. A simple "elevator eye" says it all. When I realize someone looking me up and down in the hallway it makes me feel small and the other person is judging me. Girls always shoot dirty looks at each other. That one face is says a million words without even speaking. This is the way girls deal with their issues, while guys actually there dislike in another way. An actual fist fight is very scary. Once the first punch is thrown you know things are serious. It can effect the person's health and really hurt himself or the other person in the fight. People can go to jail for hitting another person but you can't go to jail for calling someone a mean name or cussing them out. That pretty much sums up the whole aphorism. Physical acts are way more serious than words. I'm not saying words don't hurt because they do but only if you let them. A punch to the face hurts whether you want it to or not. I think whoever came up with this aphorism was very wise but then again I can disagree with it, too. Words do hurt people's feelings and can make them very sad as well.