Coughing

When people refuse to cover their mouths when they cough, you can be assured that you will see me diving for cover as if I were being shot. I am not really a germaphobe but for some reason coughing and sneezing really grosses me out. One time I was sitting having a conversation with a bunch of friends when one started to cough. He did not make any attemp whatsoever to block his coughing fit or angle his mouth away from everyones faces. Nobody said anything except for me. I hid my face in my arm and when he was done I yelled at him. I don't think people intentionaly disregard covering their mouths, I think it is just a bad habit or bad manners. Informing people that coughing without covering your mouth can spread germs and sickness would reduce sickness overall.

 -Evan M

Stop Making Fun Of People

Did anybody make fun of you? How did you feel? People should not make fun of other people. When people make fun of me, I really feel bad because it hurts me a lot. It affects others negatively. This really irks me because nobody should hurt others by making fun of them. In fact, they should know that this would affect others' mind and heart badly.

Once upon a time, in my school a girl slipped and fell down the stairs. The stairs were wet and slippery because it was raining heavily outside and when people came inside, they were wet because of their wet clothes, shoes etc. When the girl slipped down the stairs, some people started making fun of her. They were saying, “Can’t you walk slowly? Can’t you see these slippery stairs? Are you blind?” They started laughing, giggling and clapping, but nobody tried to inquire about the girl's health. She couldn't even stand on her own. Then someone informed the teachers about this. So, they helped her to stand up and called an ambulance to take her to the hospital. The doctors said," The girl's right ankle is broken and she can't pressure it." So, she became handicapped. After few days, when she came back to school, some people still made fun of her.

I have never addressed those people doing this thing directly because they are much mocked people. If somebody tries to address them, then they don't even spare him/her. That's why I ignore them although I get hurt but what can I do. They are very wicked and bad people and I feel a bit scared that if I try to stop them, then they would harm me.

There are some reasons why people engage in this behaviour because they enjoy seeing other people getting hurt. In fact, they don't have too much knowledge about how to behave with others. They don't even listen to anyone such as parents, relatives or friends etc. Some of those people have enough money and they don't need to work. They think that they have the right to make fun of everyone. Some of them do not have money and they do not even want earn money with their hard work. Sometimes they threat other people and try to snatch their money or other valuable things by making fun of them.

I don't think that we can change such people. But at least we can try. First, we can ask them mannerly and in a simple way to stop making fun of others. But if they don't stop, then we should take some strict action or step. We should warn them but if they still don't stop then we should call the police. I firmly request such people that they should not "MAKE FUN OF OTHER PEOPLE."

Stinky people, get your act together!

          Stinky people! Are you even aware that you stink? And I'm not kidding, this is a serious question because all of the people around you are completely aware that you do. How hard is it to shower everyday or even use a deodorant? Deodorant costs like $3 and soap costs less so why is it so hard to smell good and have proper hygiene? Showering doesn't even have to take that much time off of your day so I cannot see how it's a hard task to do.

          This matter irks me a lot because I cannot find a decent reason why you can't smell fresh. I mean if you can afford to have food, buy new clothing, and to have the latest gadgets, why can't you buy a simple bar of soap or a shampoo bottle? But I know that some people actually cannot even afford certain everyday necessities and that's to be accepted if they don't smell as good. But I know a lot of people who are really capable of affording, technically everything they want and still smell like crap. And the fact that they don't even seem insecure about it at all also bugs me. Can't you not tell that you need a bath? How could you look so confident and be full of yourself when you don't even smell good?

          I'm not trying to be rude or anything but smelling fresh and being clean is what our parents have been teaching us ever since we were young. When we were still babies, our parents would change our diapers, bathe us everyday and my parents even put some fancy lotion on me to make my skin smooth. Now as a grown person, it is expected for us to do all of these things ourselves. People shouldn't even have to remind you to shower because everybody does it and it should already be a part of your daily routine.

          This one time at school in one of my classes, one of my classmate sat beside me and the stench was so strong that it gave me a headache. He was an athletic young man, one of our school's finest athletes. I couldn't even focus on what the teacher was talking about because all I could think of was how to not breathe in this stench. I wanted to ask him so bad on why he didn't choose to put deodorant on before the class started but I was afraid that he'd make a big deal out of it. He also seemed like he didn't even know the fact that he smelled bad and seemed so normal and confident about himself. But that's not the only thing that bugged me. The fact that everyone seemed to stare at me and started to think that it was me that stank just made my blood boil. For the next few classes, I had to prove to everybody that it wasn't me who stank that day and I never sat beside that person ever again.

          All of that being said, I do not mean to offend anyone. I'm just here to let out my voice to hopefully reach the right people. If you have a real good reason why you should stay unhygienic, please do tell me and enlighten me because unless you're really incapable of affording hygienic materials, I do not see why you can't even try to smell fresh. And if you do feel offended about this, let me just say that you must be the person that reeks in the first place. There should not be any other reason why you should feel offended unless you're the one who stinks. Just please take a shower for the sake of all us!

The tissue paper

why are some student so irresponsible in even a small thing there are a few things i find most disturbing to some are not or just indifferent or insensitive to some eye distracting. every day I go to school and there are only three important places I consider you wouldn't be able to avoid coming in. first, of course our classroom, second the cafeteria and the third, would be the wash room.

I cant help my self not bothered and get annoyed by those eye sore i mean, the mess caused by the scattered pieces of toilet paper and this is really annoying. there are some student who couldn't careless being responsible enough in. the use of the toilet paper in the wash room. to me, it is very obvious that some students are deliberately squandering one of school's resources the toilet paper. these resources are bought using lots of dollars. 

To waste these seemingly insignificant resource of the school is a glaring show of irresponsibility. toilet papers come from trees and to waste a lot of these means to cut more trees which will in effect cause damage to our environment. 

I haven't seen somebody directly doing this not so good behaviour perhaps they never really intended to caught and seen by those who would care enough. but mind you this, try to minimize as much as I can the use of excessive rolls of tissue paper. enough is just enough, I do even remind my friends to do exactly what I do or some sort be a role model to them. 

as the sating that goes "education begins at home", children should be taught how to conserve precious resources. be it paper, water, electricity, ect. responsible behaviour is the name of the game. what may constitute to discourage this behaviour? let there be a campaign by some concerned student that would strike awareness. the school I think should consider employing a strict policy against wanton waste of the school precious resources.

Excessive Tweets And Updates

          It is said that everyday on average 190 million tweets are sent out on twitter. A lot of people don't realize how big social media has gotten in the past decade. Especially for a teenager like me , we realize that social media is an everyday habit. Some teenagers on the other hand abuse the use of twitter or in fact any social networking site. They overly update/tweet useless things that we don't really need to know about.
 
     Everyday I encounter utterly stupid and pointless tweets.I would be scrolling down my timeline and see tweets like " I'm sitting on the toilet, someone text me..I'm bored". No one needs to know that you're doing your business on the toilet, and especially if you're wanting someones to text you just because you're bored. These people are also the ones who are constantly tweeting and updating statuses. I admit I do tweet nonsense things sometimes but, not to the point where it gets annoying. Oppose to the people who do it all the time; all you want to say is " I DON'T CARE !!" There are other times where I see people tweet their number. I don't think that you want to have a bunch of random people/strangers calling or texting you. Some people just don't think about what they tweet.
   
     There are certain times that I come across situations where people are depressed, or they are going through something really tough. It makes you pity them but at the same time it's something that shouldn't even be put in public like that. Most of the time it's constant tweet after tweet that sooner it affects your own feelings. So, how does telling everyone benefit you?
 
      I personally haven’t confronted anyone about this pet peeve of mine because I know they would say “I can post or tweet about anything because it’s my account” or “There’s the unfollow button, if you don’t like what I tweet then why don’t you just unfollow me”. The majority of people always do this, so why bother trying to tell them to stop when it’s the so called “Hype”. I think a resolution for this is to get back to reality and take a break from social networking for a while. In all honestly, I don’t really think that this is a huge problem. I just want to address this to people, and let them know that some things are worth to be put out there for others to read about. So just calm down with your nonsense and constant tweets. We all get IT!

people who mis-use the bathroom/washroom.

             Waking up to a crucial pain in my lower abdomen, my body let's me know that I need to go to the bathroom. Half asleep I walk into the bathroom and sit on the toilet. *splash* I came to a realization that I fell into the toilet. Have you ever experience falling into the toilet because someone didn't put toilet seat down? Well, it has happened to me several times.

             My biggest pet peeve is when someone mis-uses the bathroom/washroom. People don't realize how the little things like not flushing or leaving toilet paper on the floor can be disgusting to another person. The other day I really needed to go to the washroom.I went into the first stall I saw open. Once I got in, I saw a bunch of toilet paper left in the toilet. In my perspective I thought that was disgusting. I honestly don't get why people can't take time to flush the toilet. It'll only take at least 5 seconds. Just flush it!

             Also,it's amazing to think how unsanitary a bathroom/washroom can be. It's even funnier how people choose to make it more unhygienic. I came across a situation with my brother where whenever he brushes his teeth he doesn't clean up after himself. therefore when i go into the bathroom i see toothpaste bits all over the sink. This leaves me with the responsibility to clean after him and myself. Like I always do. Someone once told me that whenever you flush the toilet a water droplet from the toilet falls to the ground. So, whenever a water droplet from the toilet falls, it can contaminate the are with tons of germs. Now constantly falling into the a toilet filled with germs is definitely not amusing. To think that a person would rather let someone fall into a toilet filled with germ instead of putting down the toilet seat, it's very SAD.

              The thought of someone leaving the bathroom/washroom without cleaning up after themselves or flushing the toilet makes me queasy. It's just like seeing dried up blood on the side of the sink when you go to wash your hands. Makes you uncomfortable and not want to wash your hands in that sink anymore. The thoughts that go through my mind are how can i wash my hands in a contaminated sink?

               It's understandable that some people are unaware of the fact that they do these things. Except, constantly doing these things over and over in my point of view it's just unacceptable. I think that people do this because they're just lazy. Everyone has those days where they're just lazy. Four o'clock in the morning going to the bathroom to pee, i rather go to bed then flush the toilet. Although it may seem okay, it really isn't. Some ways you can avoid this is by having constant reminders to clean up after yourself. Having signs or catchy picture by the toilet can remind you to always flush. Even having your parents remind you to take the time to clean your bathroom. Admitting the fact that you are this type of person is the start to being on the right track of being more sanitary.

Over Confident People

Over Confident People really annoys me because why would you even show off a lot when you're not that great at something? You will look stupid and embarrassing to look at. Especially when it's so noticeable! And if you're doing this to get girls, you're doing a bad job. Maybe some girls will like you because you're "Good at everything", it will probably not last long. Same goes to girls, don't even try to look noticeable to all the guys because some of them will think you're so cocky that the guy doesn't even want to date you. Talking about how good you are and showing it off to people then finding out how you suck at something so bad, you would be embarrassing for yourself. If you keep telling people that you'll beat them at something over and over again, they will get really annoyed. So this is the reason why this annoys me so much.

  When I went to a track and meet, I would always hear my friend talking to other people about how he'll beat other guys in other races since he had a better time and I could see people from track that looked so cocky too, erg so annoying! My other friend didn't go to practices because he's already "good", he didn't need to train more. I think that's pretty stupid because people will eventually beat you and now you're screwed. You will probably regret not training and it will be probably hard for you to be faster than everyone. My other example is when a person told everyone that he was moving to another school and that this certain team at school would suck since he was going to move to another school. Now that I saw him still in the same school as me, It feels like he just wanted attention and It feels like some people didn't even care that he was moving.

  When these people didn't stop, I didn't want to hear it anymore. I just said to myself "Stop bragging about how good you are, we don't care, you're so annoying! We don't care that you're moving to another school and how some certain team won't be good anymore since you're moving to another school. Maybe some people are happy that you're moving so they wont be hearing from you anymore." I didn't want to say anything to them even thought It annoys me a lot because I feel so mean If I tell them that they're so cocky.

  People probably act this way because they are so confident for themselves that they brag about it so much. Some of them act like they own the world just because they are rich, stylish, and good looking. But that doesn't mean they should treat anyone like dirt. Some people would even say "You can't be me so don't even try" "I can get anyone I want." Those are pretty annoying because we all know everyone can't get anyone they want to date. And we also know we can't be the same as everyone. Some cocky people don't even notice they are annoying others or that they brag about everything they're "good at." Even some of them don't even know they're cocky. Maybe because they do it so much, its a habit.

  I can't really do anything about it because I don't want to be rude to all the cocky people. You can't change people just because they annoy you so much, Its a part of their personality. Telling someone to change for someone is rude because people can be whatever or whoever they want to be, its their choice. People can't even change if someone else asks them to change.