Rakayla Mckain, Michael Hardwick
Arguing Isn’t Communicating: It Is Noise

Listen, I need everyone’s attention. Have you ever heard the phrase “Don’t be bothered by someone’s words unless they put there hands on you?” Do you guys really want to know how to be the bigger person in an argument? Do you really want to get beat up; and have everyone make fun of you? No, I don’t think so. Don’t ever let someone try and drag you in the hallway with everyone around. Sometimes it’s not bad to scoop down to the other person’s level; but for the most part you want to be the bigger person.

I have a personal experience that happened in the Hall High School hallways. On a Thursday morning me and another female were exchanging harsh words to each other; and she kept saying she was going to hit me and all I did was stand there and say hit me. She was screaming and was very upset. I thought to myself why waste my time arguing with her so I started to walk away and she said i was walking away Because I was a “punk”. I then turned around and said, if “I am a punk why didn’t you hit me already?” All she kept doing was screaming and moving her hands like she was ready to swing at me. In situations like this just walk away it’s not worth the arguing. She threatened me so many times I didn’t even give her a reaction. I gave her two options: to fight or to talk it out “stop talking and if she wants to settle it we either fight or I move on with my day”.I learned after this situation and the consequences I received that sometimes it’s just best to walk away, and that it is not worth fighting because you both end up receiving consequences and it’s not worth it.

When being in a conflict like this, the best thing would be to just walk away . If worst comes to worst, and the situation is out of your control and you engage in a fight you don’t want to blackout. When you are going to get into a fight you want to keep your head up. When you are going to fight you want to cover your face. Majority of the time if you step up and be the bigger person and walk away the person you are arguing with most likely will call you a punk or something to make you mad and not want to walk away. But you gotta understand that violence is not the answer to problems. Is getting arrested or possibly beat up worth it ? No, I didn’t think so!