A hot take, stated by Cambridge Dictionary is “A piece of writing or speech, especially on the internet, giving someone’s personal opinion about a topic, usually strong opinions that have not been carefully thought about and that many people are likely to disagree with.”  

   Hot takes are well known by many. Kids have minds of their own, and everyone is different, which could lead to “Hot takes”. Sophomore Richard Cruz says, “A hot take for me is an opinion you truly believe in with factual evidence behind it, but you are in the minority opinion.”  

   Being in the minority isn’t a bad thing though. “Hot takes are a unique way to express your opinions and they differentiate you from everyone else,” says Junior Paula Brooks. Hot takes could spark conversations and make people think beyond their own perspective which is always good. 

     Holding in your opinions is sometimes the best move you could make. Some may even say, “If you don’t have something good to say, then don’t say it.” 

    People may hide their hot takes due to how others would perceive them. A lot of people nowadays try to fit in or go with the norm, even if their beliefs or opinions don’t go with it.  

     Junior Jason Gutierrez says, “I used to be smarter and did better in school overall, but I feel like I’ve let myself go and gave in to peer pressure.”  

    People may find themselves forcing a belief they don’t have, such as what happened to sophomore Jade Farro. “I always ate school lunch up to last semester, but when I found in the minority of my friend group, I decided to not have the lunch to be like everyone else.” 

    Nevertheless, some people feel the need to express opinions that might not be popular. Sophomore Jose Dunes believes Andrew Tate has some fair points.” Jose thinks because of some of the bad things the Tate brothers have said, people might overlook the other things they have said. “He’s a smart businessperson because he uses his controversy to put more attention to his brand,” said Jose.  

   Senior Taylor Jones believes: “The school system is set to fail you; you will end up richer if you drop out and work hard.” She goes on to say some of the richest people in the world are college dropouts. In fact, in an article I found posted by TAFE NSW and titled “7 college dropouts that are now multi-millionaires,” it states how popular names like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and even Steve Jobs are dropouts and ended up making massive companies that ended up making them more money that they could ever imagine. 

    Some people have hot takes about the High. Junior Nicholas Barros says, “I believe the school wastes money on things like cameras, when they could be using it on improving the school lunches and bathrooms.”  I can attest to the fact the boys’ bathrooms are bad, such as how most stalls don’t even have a working lock.   

    Sophomore Daniela Maldonado believes, “the school could use a lot of improvements, and they should even make the library public again.” Both Daniela and Nicholas believe they could have a different point of view, if the school were to make changes and prove them wrong. 

     Now while some people may have controversial takes, others relate to more common things. Junior Alex Martinez says, “A hot take I have is that the milk comes before the cereal so you can see the distributed amount of milk to cereal ratio.” Alex doesn’t mind being in the minority.  He says it makes him unique with “a mind of his own.”  

   People may have takes on other topics such as fashion. “Wearing black is lazy and wearing brighter colors helps better express your creativity and personality,” says sophomore Elizabeth Mires. Elizabeth believes that a lot of people could disagree with her due to how common it is in the world to wear black and how much people like to wear that color.