Silent plea

The victim

The latest series of unfortunate event to have struck Virginia Tech, an academically renown university in Blacksburg, Virginia, has sent shock waves throughout the entire world a year after the brutal massacre. A graduate student, Zhu Haiyang who has been accused of beheading a fellow graduate student, Xin Yang displayed erratic and standoffish behavior months before the gruesome incident took place. Xin Yang who was from Beijing felt lonely in a foreign place found solace in Zhu and was even fond of him before she was slain. Zhu was caught by authroties holding Xin Yang's severed head in a coffee shop near Xin Yang's residence.

The accused

The incident above could have been avoided if authorities had been foretold of the severity of Zhu's condition by students as he displayed irregularities among fellow peers.

As we mourn the death of Xin Yang and honour those who deceased in the ghastly massacre a year ago, let us be conscious that such horrific incidents could have been avoided easily. As our society plunges deeper into calamity due to our declining level of morality, it is important for us to be observant and be aware of the basic non-verbal communication as to prevent this from ever happening again. This shows that people tend to down play the importance of non-verbal communication as they claim that it is less important compared to other more important communication skills.

However.

Non-verbal communication is in fact one of the most important features as it allows us to foretell the state one is in. Sometimes, all we need is a shoulder to cry on or a friend to turn to in our moments of darkness to see the light.