Now-a-days Twitter is the hottest social networking site. Students and organizations here at HHS have a page of their own, and of those, many have probably noticed @HHSHappyTiger and @HHSAngryTiger.
For those who have not heard of these two Twitter pages, here is a run down. Happy Tiger frolics around its follower’s home page tweeting compliments about random people. Students who have seen this page think it’s a nice change.
“Thank You! There was a tweet about me and it made my day! It’s awesome how you can do that for so many people!” sophomore Madeline Warrick said.
Some form of gratitude was the general response students gave about HHSHappyTiger, They love the idea and positive feeling it brings to an online world. HHSAngryTiger, however, insults students at HHS anonymously via Twitter. Its owner uses a computer to insult people and gets away with cyber-bullying for the most part.
“Angry Tiger is what I would consider a divider of our school pride, spirit, and maturity at HHS. There is no sense in creating something that has no positive outcome other than gaining pleasure from a person’s pain,” senior Landon Valle said.
Students say AngryTiger is only spreading hate, and ruining school pride.
“You shouldn’t be proud of what you’re doing, because honestly all you’ve done is bring people down,” Warrick said.
Administrators want Angry Tiger to stop.
“All you are doing is saying negative things about other students, it’s hurtful, and you are showing the high school in a bad light,” Assistant Principal Dr. Thomas Szlanda said.
Szlanda wants them to know that what they say is directly associated with Hastings Senior High.
“It almost turns into a public relations issue, because HHS is in the name, it seems as if it is coming directly from the school,” Szlanda said.
Valle feels badly about students putting other students down.
“The immaturity crossed the line from the start. There is no sense in creating something that has no positive outcome other than getting pleasure from someone elses’ pain. This is making people feel excluded and embarrassed in a place that should be welcoming,” said Valle.
