NEW VOICES IT TAKES MORE COURAGE TO WALK AWAY FROM A FIGHT THAN IT DOES TO FIGHT. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT AND WHY?

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: February 6, 2007 | Copyright information

I think that it takes more courage to walk away from a fight than it does to fight. When you walk away, you risk being laughed at, people thinking you are a wimp, or being harassed because you won't fight back. If you walk away, I think you are courageous, because you will risk those things in order to do what is right for you.

At camp a while ago, there was a girl who always seemed mad at me. Everything I did seemed to get on her nerves. One day, she started yelling at me when I wasn't even talking to her. I had so much anger bottled up inside of me that I wanted to yell back. A lot of ...

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