Someone once asked me, “All your columns have a pessimistic point of view, right?” Of course, I said “yes”.

“That’s depressing,” she said.

What I do is my business; how I do it, is up to me and if there is something wrong, I’m pretty sure that my teacher would have pointed out for me or corrected me. Having my own column is a great way to reach out, maybe not by heart, but nowadays whose heart isn’t cold?

If people think I’m harsh then good. This only means they [readers] took the time to read my column. I didn’t sign some contract saying I was going to be nice to the world, let alone the human beings that actually walk amongst it.

I got this column by being myself.

The point in me having my column is a chance for me to express my opinions, and I believe my opinions are strong. Sure, I’m going to have peopling hating me, but it’s just the price you pay for being honest. I wouldn’t change a thing I’ve done … well, except hope for more columns or have written more in some of my previous columns. I can guarantee there are many students (teachers included) that agree with most my columns; perhaps not all of them.

Before the paper actually gets published students proofread copies of the pages, and some state their opinions on what I have to say. For example, one left me a comment on my previous column about Valentine’s Day, saying: “That’s right, if you don’t know don’t talk about it,”

This is what I have to say: I appreciate you expressing your opinion, but really, why do you think I don’t know what I’m talking about? For your information I only write what I’ve experienced.

About the love thing, come on … who doesn’t believe or hasn’t fallen in love? I did not say it didn’t exist, but the chances of falling in love at a young age, being so sure and then having your heart broken within weeks, perhaps months later isn’t something I’d like to think of as my first love or love at all.

You can write about the wonderful things in life I probably have never experienced or that I disagree with, but you’ll also have those who disagree with you. Whether your topics will be about pink or makeup, or boy bands and whatnot, they will be your opinions, open to comments by others.