OC HIGH: STUDENT NEWS AND VIEWS : OC High asks: What do you think your friends say behind your back?
“Boy, he’s got a muscular back.”
Nicholas Siedentop, 16; junior, El Dorado
“They’re probably saying things about me that they wouldn’t say in front of me.”
Czarek Walczuk, 17; senior, Troy
“People say, at least I think they say, that I should cut my hair.”
Charlie Knudtson, 17; senior, Valencia
“If my friends said bad things behind my back, then they wouldn’t be my friends, would they?”
Scott Ingram, 17; junior, Fountain Valley
“How does she make that noise with her mouth?”
Jana Oak ; senior, Brea Olinda
“I think my friends say I am way too strait-laced and a bit of a prude, but they still come to me for advice and help.”
E. Daniel Bors III, 18; senior, University
“Because I am half Latino and half Vietnamese, people think that I can’t speak in Vietnamese. They say ‘I don’t think he’s Vietnamese. He’s Spanish. He has a speech impediment. He doesn’t speak happily.’ ”
Joseph Vu Armendariz, 16; junior, Los Amigos
“They say, ‘What would we do without her?’ ”
Colleen Riley, 17; senior, Capistrano Valley
“They think I’m strange . . . or something.”
Brian Russel, 18; senior, Trabuco Hills
“Probably that she never hangs out with us anymore because she’s always at work or doing homework.”
Michelle Rubino, 17; senior, Irvine
“She criticizes people too much.”
Kristie Hiatt, 17; junior, Canyon
“People call me very shy and emotional.”
Nancy Lisabeth, 17; junior, Mission Viejo
“My friends usually don’t approve of my relationships, so they probably talk about that.”
Sarah Greby, 16; junior, Villa Park
“If they’re my friends, I’d hope they wouldn’t speak behind my back at all.”
Suzanne Herbert, 17; senior, Laguna Beach
“I’m annoying.”
Chi Pham, 15; freshman, Huntington Beach
“Hopefully nothing bad . . . .”
Rachel Trost, 16; junior, Los Alamitos
“Considering that everyone has to gossip, they would probably say something bad. Not everyone is faithful.”
Megan McAllister, 16; junior, Capistrano Valley
“I think that my friends say that I get mad too easily and that I overreact about things.”
Carey Bryant, 17; senior, Valencia
“I don’t think my friends talk behind my back--if they do, I don’t really care. They probably make fun of me, but we always joke around with each other anyway.”
Samuel Hsiao, 17; senior, University
“They talk about the way I dress, the things I do, the differences between us, and the person that I am.”
Kevin Boggs, 16, sophomore, Fountain Valley
“I honestly don’t think they say anything about me. But if they do, they must talk about how paranoid I am. They don’t say anything bad, though.”
Marilyn Verghese, 16, junior, Troy
“They probably think I’m a freak because I’m afraid of clowns.”
Matt Ezell, sophomore, Brea Olinda
“I think they say that . . . I don’t have much contact with them anymore.”
Adrienne Smale, 17, senior, Laguna Beach
“That I get mad too easily.”
Bobby Foster, 17, senior, Huntington Beach
“They probably say something like I am a snob, or I flirt too much, or I am a back-stabber or I only care about myself, but I really hope that my friends don’t say anything about me behind my back.”
Mohini Parson, 16, junior, Villa Park
“As if I care!”
Kathryn Farris, 16, junior, El Dorado
* Responses gathered by Samantha Wood, Trabuco Hills; Ling Lu, Valencia; Linda Dao, Los Amigos; Joslin Gemsch, Capistrano Valley; Tricia Michels, Fountain Valley; Luke Fenchel, University; Corey Griffin, Troy; Robert Wenzel, Irvine; Sabrina Friedman, Canyon; Michael Steinberger, El Dorado; Dan Nieto, Mission Viejo; Amy Chen, Brea Olinda; Jennifer Tobkin, Villa Park; Craig Hammill, Laguna Beach; Amy Woo, Huntington Beach; Amber Pierce, Los Alamitos.