By Kyle Frazier
Round Table editor

To most people, it is common sense to put a lid on it and shut up at certain times; for others, it is not so easy. I fit in to this minority, but I have begun applying my newly-learned knowledge within everyday life.

In one of my classes, I must keep my mouth shut because my mouth could more than likely get me in trouble. Not everyone wants to hear my views.

I don’t know why this is so, because I am obviously always right. That was a joke, so don’t go off saying I’m full of myself. I realize, because of my female compadre, that my opinion is just MY opinion.

Plenty of my friends agree with my opinion, but a lot of my best friends do not. I know that I must keep my “liberal ideals” to myself when with one friend, and I must keep my religious ideas to myself when with others. Censoring my ideals, though I dislike it, is a necessary part of life.

Seriously, you wouldn’t tell your boss that his ideas are idiotic and he should go back to college, nor will you tell a body builder to “Quit the ‘roids.”

My father has told me that my family is notorious for being “outspoken.” I’ve been told not to blame that for how opinionated I am, also by the female mentioned earlier, so I won’t. I’ll take credit for my own loud-mouthed self.

Being opinionated is a good thing, but there are certainly times when opinions land people in hot water, and those are times when things are best left unsaid.