High Life A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Diet, Grades: Resolutions Already Broken in 1991

Promises, promises.

It’s barely Week 3 of the new year, and already resolutions have fallen by the wayside. Hot Topics asks, “What New Year’s resolutions have you already broken?”

“I made a resolution to start my homework right when I got home from school and broke it the first day back at school.”

Katie Oglesby, 14,

sophomore, Connelly

“To get up the courage to ask a certain person out.”

Christian Demke, 15,

freshman, Sonora

“To always write ’91 and not make a mistake and write ’90.”

Jason Kennedy, 17,

junior, Los Alamitos

“One resolution was not to get into any car accidents, but I did.”

Mike Tsang, 16,

junior, Valencia

“I promised that I wouldn’t lie to my mom.”

Don Vu, 17,

senior, Saddleback

“I swore off guys. It didn’t work.”

Lisa Trist, 17,

senior, La Quinta

“I was supposed to have better study skills so I can get better grades.”

Bertina Hou, 16,

junior, Irvine

“To stop arguing and fighting with my sister.”

Kristen Garrett, 16,

junior, Los Alamitos

“I’ve broken the resolution that I’ve proposed every year, ever since I’ve been born. And that’s to stop procrastinating.”

Spencer Collins, 16,

sophomore, Saddleback

“I promised that I would be less hostile to people.”

Amarin Sangkharat, 17,

senior, Valencia

“I made a resolution that I would keep to my 20-minute phone limit.”

Ann Mah, 15,

sophomore, Connelly

“What resolutions have I broken? All of them. My diet? Blown. My grades? Blown. Be nicer to my little brother? Oops. Oh well, maybe next year.”

Jennifer Dixion, 14,

sophomore, La Quinta

“To go to the gym every other day.”

Analei Napoleon, 17,

senior, Cypress

“One of mine was to lose weight, but I do not even know how.”

June Fang, 17,

junior, Irvine

“To be good to my boyfriend, which means not fighting.”

Susan Miller, 15,

sophomore, Sonora

“I told myself that I would have more confidence in myself. I haven’t so far.”

Ruth Inman, 15,

sophomore, Los Alamitos

“This is the first year I made a resolution, and it was to help my parents so they wouldn’t nag me. But laziness overtook me.”

Jimi Nguyen, 16,

sophomore, Saddleback

“My New Year’s resolution that I’ve already broke was the one that said I would be nice to my friends.”

Kevin Huber, 17,

senior, Valencia

“I broke my resolution to not eat meat.”

Anni Bergman, 14,

freshman, Connelly

“This year I resolved to not break any resolutions, therefore, I didn’t make any. So far, so good!”

Carolina Rica, 16,

junior, La Quinta

“Not to go to extra credit sessions with my teachers without receiving bonus points.”

Larry Rubin, 17,

junior, Cypress

“To not stay up too late watching TV, so I can have a good night’s rest.”

Christine Lee, 17,

senior, Irvine

“To get to school on time every morning.”

Cory Witt, 15,

sophomore, Sonora

“I was going to exercise more and to jog every day.”

Ha Son Vu, 16,

sophomore, Saddleback

“I broke my resolution to do all my math homework. I think I need a more realistic resolution.”

Diane Smith, 17,

junior, La Quinta

“I broke my New Year’s resolution not to work too hard by studying even harder than before.”

Chris Chiu, 18,

senior, Valencia

Next Week’s Hot Topic:

What are your feelings about interracial dating?

Responses gathered by Janet Bester (Connelly), Blythe Latimer (Cypress), Sonal Kapadia (Irvine), Jeanine Cardullo (La Quinta), Trisha Ginsburg (Los Alamitos), Regina Hoang (Saddleback), Lani Kent (Sonora) and Michael Chen (Valencia).