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OC High asks, “What causes you to lose your temper?”

“Just little things, like when people stop in front of you in the halls or when people make out in front of your locker.”

Amy Knill, 16

junior, Trabuco Hills

“Rush Limbaugh and people who act like idiots by not thinking.”

Ryan Berger, 17

junior, Irvine

“When things get out of control and nobody seems to care anymore.”

Jennifer Landon, 16

junior, Mater Dei

“Men.”

Shareen Ahmed, 16

junior, Loara

“It really ticks me off when I have tons of things to do, and someone else doesn’t do what they are supposed to. So I wind up doing my work and theirs. So, in fact, I have double the things to do. Doesn’t that tick you off too?”

Mai Hua, 17

senior, Garden Grove

“People who whine a lot or stress over little things.”

Jeremy Sirota, 16

junior, Foothill

“My boyfriend or my dad--they never let me go out with my friends.”

Denica Malia Jensen, 15

sophomore, Los Alamitos

“When someone tells you you’re wrong and you absolutely know you’re right.”

Katey McDonnell, 16

junior, Rosary

“When somebody goes out of their way to make you miserable . . . like my sister.”

Gena Yoon, 16

junior, Huntington Beach

“People who disagree with me.”

Kiran Sharma, 15

sophomore, Fountain Valley

“When I furiously struggle over calculus problems and I don’t get the right answers.”

Rebecca Hsu, 17

senior, Loara

“My brother. He knows what buttons to press.”

Jennifer Pardes, 16

junior, Trabuco Hills

“When somebody ticks me off past a certain point and they push me over the edge--I just go off at them.”

Gil Feigenbaum, 14

freshman, University

“When I’m trying to have a discussion with another person and he doesn’t listen but talks about someone else.”

Nelson Merida, 15

sophomore, Century

“When people don’t listen to me because of my age.”

Mai Uyhn Huynh, 16

junior, Santiago

“When someone is trying to have total control over me.”

Jennifer Kong, 18

senior, Garden Grove

“I get very annoyed by people’s little quirks and bad habits. And I hate people who drive slow on purpose.”

Katie DeWid

senior, Costa Mesa

“I lose my temper very easily when I hear bad things about how many people live in my house--I have six sisters and five brothers.”

Simona Vijeila, 15

freshman, Loara

“My brother, most of the time; he gets me so frustrated.”

Andrea Zelinko, 15

sophomore, Irvine

“People who won’t listen to differing opinions.”

Geoff Urland, 16

junior, Foothill

“When people say something that is sexist or unfair and stereotypical toward certain groups of people.”

Theresa Irving, 14

sophomore, Mater Dei

“When I tell someone something they do that really bugs me and then they keep doing it.”

Kelly Wilsey, 15

sophomore, Rosary

“I lose my temper when people don’t take the time to care about others.”

Sandra Garcia, 17

senior, Century

“Stupid people--when people refuse to see what they’re doing wrong and when people don’t take things seriously.”

Stephanie Cox, 15

junior, Trabuco Hills

“My sister. She is always--I don’t know . . . when she hangs around with me and tries to act cool, it really gets me annoyed.”

Minal Tapadiya, 14

junior, University

“An incompetent person.”

Katie Yates, 16

junior, Foothill

“My parents.”

Betty Kim, 15

sophomore, Fountain Valley

“My siblings--they come in my room and drive me up the wall.”

Bobby While, 14

freshman, Sonora

“Anything that I don’t feel is right, like injustices or just plain stupidity.”

Ken Glowacki, 17

senior, Mater Dei

“People with dumb questions. Ex-girlfriends of my brother who don’t know when over means over and they can’t leave him or me alone.”

Kristin De Ferraz, 17

senior, Los Alamitos

“When people stare or give looks; when I’m in a hurry and something or someone is slowing me down; when my grades aren’t what I expect them to be, and heavy metal.”

Vanessa Tablante, 14

freshman, Rosary

“I get frustrated when things are assumed. If one has something to say, don’t be afraid to speak one’s mind. They say that silence speaks a thousand words, but I can’t hear a single thing.”

Junior Huynh, 18

senior, Garden Grove

“When people tend to lack the effort necessary to complete something that I’m involved in.”

Phil Bacerra, 16

junior, Santiago

“I usually don’t lose my temper. But if I do, then it’s because I’m doing really bad in some kind of sport that day, or when people are messing me up purposefully when I’m doing something.”

Jeremy Beilius, 13

freshman, Sonora

“Ignorance.”

Nuri Nusrat, 15

sophomore, Fountain Valley

“Idiots cause me to lose my temper.”

Eric Nussbaum, 16

junior, University

“I lose my temper when people disrespect me and do not take me seriously.”

Cory Martino, 15

sophomore, Century

“When people tick me off and when I bomb a test.”

Joey Manhnabong, 16

junior, Santiago

“I lose my temper when people keep bothering me when I’m in a hurry.”

June Chang, 16

junior, Huntington Beach

Responses gathered by Robert Wenzel, Irvine; Sarah Halverson, Costa Mesa; Dana Lenetz, Foothill; Joe Sherbanne, Mater Dei; Amber Pierce, Los Alamitos; Christi Monette, Rosary; Tricia Michels, Fountain Valley; Judy Tsai, Huntington Beach; Luke Fenchel, University; Rachel Odom, Century; Prsida Brasov, Garden Grove; Mona Hanouni, Loara; Leeza Duong, Santiago; Michelle Pham, Trabuco Hills.

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