There are many flaws I can find in me, but none of them can be considered as virtues. So I tried to think of virtues, and they are socially acceptable, so none of them can be considered as flaws either. Then I had to plow through my mind to find my subject, but I just could not see it. At last I found it; I almost forgot that others considered it as my flaw and it was quietness. Yes, I am a quiet person and I like being quiet. I believe in quietness because it saves me from being wrong and foolish.
Why do my friends think my quietness is a flaw? They say silence is the virtue of fools, which simply means that I do not talk much only because I have no knowledge. I cannot totally agree with this, because sometimes when I get into an argument with my friends, I normally do not want to respond to whatever they argue about, so I try to be quiet, but they take it as my weakness and continue with their stinging words. They also think I am an idiot so that I am not able to answer them. For example, one day my friend and I were talking about death penalty and we got into this huge argument. He agrees with the penalty and I do not; both of us had tons of reasons to justify ourselves. After a while I got real tired of it and I did not want to loose my temper; and it almost brought both of us to the edge of a fight. So I said, "Okay, I don't care about whatever you say and I am not going to change my mind from what I believe," and kept quiet. I just wanted to pull myself out of the conversation from going into further trouble. But still he cannot stop, and he thought I have failed and silently agreed with him. For them my quietness also means acceptance or that if I do not speak up or say anything, it automatically means it is okay. But he did not know I was rather ignoring him. My friends also think that I am an idle person and a day dreamer. I feel better when I stay somewhere that is very calm and quiet; or even in a crowd I try to stay a little farther away from everyone, stand alone quietly.
