100-Word Rants: 2023

Do you ever walk into a room or pass someone in the hallway and it’s dead silent? Chances are if you feel awkward, there's a possibility everyone else does as well. When people don’t make an effort to hold a conversation it can become tense. Talking is the easiest way to lighten up the vibe and make people feel comfortable. Even if you don’t know the people around you, it’s easy to make small ...

It really makes me mad when people make unnecessary comments about what a person is doing or something they didn't want said and they think it's funny to make fun of them for it. Also, when someone asks that person to stop bringing it up and they never let it go because they know it hurts them. It's also irritating when a person is happy about something and someone else says they don't like it or that...

Why do people grab phones that don't belong to them? It doesn't make sense if someone didn't ask you to grab their phone or it wasn't left behind you have no reason to grab it, at all. It doesn't matter if you like their phone or phone case, or if you are friends with that person, you should respect that it's their personal stuff and it costs a lot of money. I personally hate when people grab my phone,...

No offense... but I hate the phrase “no offense.” It’s such a crooked, backhanded way of people insulting you in which you can’t oppose. Have you ever had someone directly insult you with the defense of “no offense,” followed by scrutiny if you attempt a response? Onlookers are so quick to disparage you afterward, stating that “they said no offense,” and that “they didn’t mean ...

        I hate drama. It’s probably the worst thing you could ever be involved in. But what is drama? I would put it as this: creating unnecessary stress about unimportant things. Some people cause drama just for the attention, others may be caught up in it accidentally. Personally, I avoid drama at all costs. Sometimes I like to hear about relationship drama, just to see what’s going on w...

Being left out sounds alright until it happens to you. I just want to help out, I just want to hang out and have fun, but it’s hard when you feel like your presence is not wanted. Being made fun of, even in a joking manner, can only go on for so long. Why do you keep saying you're my friend when it feels so hard to please you? Am I the one overreacting, or am I truly not your friend? I do not like...

Are you ever in the lunch line when a senior comes up and says “underclassmen to the back!”? I hate that. Just because you are older does not give you the right to boss people around and be mean. Seniors often act like they are better than you just because they are 2-3 years older than you and it's so annoying. They are also so mean to freshmen acting like they were never freshmen. Seniors need to...

  My biggest pet peeve is when overly kind people get walked all over and taken advantage of for being nice. For example, when a quiet classmate gets spoken over by another classmate because they are soft-spoken. I just don’t understand why the nicest people with the best manners get targeted. Or they get walked on for just being an overall good person. Like, stop being a jerk to them just ...

Ever been driving in a 25 mph zone and noticed you're speeding? Most Atlantic in-town speed limits are ridiculous. Like the speed limit on 14th to the high school. During school hours it should be 25mph but after school, it should be 30mph. Another changed speed limit should be 10th street. Thirty mph is so much more reasonable. Even some 35 mph zones need to change. The part on 22nd street where i...

I'm sitting out for 30 days of my basketball season. During the first semester of my sophomore year, I failed geometry class. I had to sit out for almost half the season due to my grade but still had to participate in practice and go to games. I was called into Mr. Mitchell's office and he told me I was suspended for 30 days. I was annoyed it made me super frustrated. I had worked very hard during t...

Listen, we all have priorities in life. But what gives you the right to shove yourself to the top of somebody else’s agenda? I see this when students will either shout a teacher’s name across the room or stand suffocatingly close to them, often when the teacher’s very obviously occupied. I experience this issue too; I don’t like to drop what I’m doing to appeal to someone else’s plans. It�...

Loud, weird, sticky, gross, rude… all things to describe children. Children are always around, everywhere you go you're bound to encounter a child. From birth to high school children are so loud, terrorizing everyone, I don't care who they are but just tone it down a bit. Children are also so disrespectful, they never listen to anyone, even when it's for their own good. From personal experience wi...

Have you ever been sitting in a class and all you can hear are whispers? One of my biggest pet peeves is when students are being disrespectful while a teacher is trying to give directions or during lectures. “Silence can offer a deeper and greater learning,” said Edutopia. When classrooms have a quiet environment it helps students better understand topics they might be having trouble understanding...

I hate it when people use the handicapped bathroom when there are other bathrooms available because whenever I go to the bathroom, I need the handicapped stall and others don’t. When I go to the bathroom, I have to wait to go in the handicapped stall. Some people just go in there even if they're not in a wheelchair. And if they’re in a wheelchair I understand, but people who don’t need the han...

The stop sign at the entrance to the parking lot of Atlantic Middle School wrecks my day. I have practice at the middle school in the morning, and it is useless at that time of day. There are no kids crossing the street and no cars coming from the east. It’s like stopping for no reason. I understand the need for the stop sign for kids crossing before or after school. However, the administration sho...

Bad Wi-Fi? No worries, data exists. No connection? Well, what now? No YouTube, Tik Tok, Snapchat . . . Our phones have without a doubt corrupted our minds, to some extent. Try to go a week without it. Tough, isn’t it? Even if you succeed with that, you think you have to catch up on whatever you missed. “I missed my friends' Snapchat stories,” believe me, about nine times out of ten, it’s u...