Stories

Jessica Fortenberry
 * The Scandal Needs to be Handled! **

The first few weeks of school here at Montville High, all that's heard walking down the hallway is gossip, gossip, gossip. To be completely honest, gossip is something us, as teenagers need in our everyday life. It’s different when everyday talking and gossip turns to more serious problems in the long run. “I think gossip at MHS is dumb because half the rumors or gossip isn’t true and many times it is taken way too far and causes problems between the students as a whole” Dan Kurasz (senior student at MHS). Coming into the high school, freshmen start out in their own groups. These groups are with people that they are around every day, but once students get into classes with older people and make new friends, rumors and drama come in a big packet along with it. When drama arises it’s usually between girls, girls are more sensitive and have a lot to worry about in their everyday lives. Boys on the other hand, are more prawn to joke around, and their gossip is more within jokes when it comes down to it. Students at Montville High need to realize that yes, you are going to be talked about believe it or not. There are going to be times you talk about someone else, but it’s bound to happen in these teenage years. People are just on the line between immature and mature but it’s something that needs to be handled as well. People are bullied through gossip as well and that’s when the line is crossed, rumors arouse in the wrong measures to an extent. Just a simple word can change someone else’s life. We take our mouths and our ability to spread false stories for granted, with or without knowing altogether.

Word: Gossip Part of Speech: noun Definition: Talk about others, rumor.