I remember back in school, those times when I am doing something I am not supposed to be doing in class - texting, facebooking, chatting with the other person, flipping through magazine...I have always been jerked back to the humdrum class lecture by silence. It's interesting but I always tense up and cautiously note what is happening to my surroundings as soon as the teacher stops talking.
"Silence is golden."
Well, that's nothing new. Coming from a family where the loudest wins...I certainly know the power of silence. I know that a mother who refuses to speak a word is worse than one that is raising her voice.
However, regardless of speech. The International Baccalaureate and CMC certainly does an excellent job on nurturing us to become wonderful critics. Aside from speeches from communication courses, I also know about the silence in writing.
What is not being said here? What is left out in this argument?
Macherey sums it up in the end, "It is this rupture which must be studied" (23). Indeed, from everyday magazine articles that persuade you to invest in another piece of pop culture to the everyday lectures on "going green," I think it is important to question what is being said through what is not being said.
More importantly, I was struck in awe by Descartes' quote: "I ought to take cognisance of what they practised rather than of what they said" (15). I definitely agree with the point being made here. After all, is it not our nonverbals that is more convincing than what is actually being said? Our actions speak louder than words, and if we don't practice what we preach, who is to believe our argument?
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