The uncomfortable memory of the past hit me again. It was when I was in my uni and we had a group discussion in Russian after watching a short video. I thought this exercise was to improve your speaking skills so I decided to answer one of the questions in a thought provoking way. It was an express your opinion: agree or disagree, type of question. If I said I agree then I wouldn't say anything more. So I decided to say that I disagree and why (I didn't really care tbh, I just wanted to practice my speaking really). It wasn't anything controversial, anything political, but everybody reacted like I offended somebody, including the lecturer and he even corrected me that I should agree. Like what the hell, what was the point of this question then, to say one word? Things like this really discouraged me from practicing in the future because why speak when I will be silenced for that? People made it an awkward moment for no reason. That's how much they hate when somebody is standing out from the group.