After the Vow of Silence

This is a response Rajveer in Div. 2 wrote after participating and after watching this video

"No talking!!!!This video show kids that what happens around the world when kids can't stand up and have to be forced to do something. I was very excited to take the vow of silence.While it was happening I was so tempted to talk.I think other people felt that way too.I also thought how did Balkaran not talk.I think it was very challenging for both of us.It was sooo hard to listen to Ms.Forsyth while we were in gym.  The vow of silence reminded my of a book I read called Speechless because the kid in that book also took a vow of silence.  I think the vow of silence was special because lots of people joined it and we stood up to help the kids that are not allowed to talk."

Poems written during The Vow of Silence...

Silent
No talking
No saying
Forced
Unable
Shushed
No hope
Taken
Happy
Unhappy
Left out
Beaten
Tortured

We can make a difference
Speak up!
End the silence in the world!

by Balkaran

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Silence fills the air
Masks conceal our words
From escaping
The ones who are silent
Don't get freedom
We are silent
That's another world

by Arshpreet

Vow of Silence

We had a very successful Vow of Silence afternoon with over 100 students and teachers participating.  Selling the Vow for Silence masks made a profit of $165 to be used for our Adopt A Village project. Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

Here is what Gursharan wrote before we did the vow of silence this year.
"This year will actually be my first year in participating in the "Vow of Silence". This has started to become an annual thing. We started this last year, I believe. My friends were participating in this last year. When I was about to buy one, they ran out of masks. I was too late. But judging by my friends and their comments of how hard it was, I had then known how hard it was for those kids  for whom we were staying silent.
 






So, this year, on the first day, I bought a mask. On the first day, forty masks were sold! This year, I am really excited for it because, I want to try my best to keep this Vow of Silence, for those kids who have to be silent, and have no choice. Anyone who buys a mask, is supporting the cause, and is trying to give a voice to those kids who don't have a voice! I hope we have enough masks for our entire school because, because, a lot and I mean a lot of kids want to buy this!! "

This is a comment from Balkaran after completing the Vow of Silence afternoon. 
"Today was the Vow of Silence. I loved seeing people who are talkative, not talking for a change.  I personally think I’m quite talkative so that was pretty hard for me to hush up. I think that the people in the world who have no say are afraid but I am not, and I want to stand up and to end world hunger…The Vow of Silence rocks. I am definitely going to participate next year. The Vow of Silence is so fun and for the people who never participated I hope you will participate next year."