Personal displays of affection or personal displays of awkwardness?
The hallways are not meant to be a makeout zone.
October 17, 2013
So many teenagers nowadays are in a relationship. They like to show their affections for each other anywhere and everywhere. This is called Personal Display of Affection (PDA).
Most couples run towards each other and touch lips, when some of them are leaving tracks of slobber in the hallway.
Showing you like somebody is cute when the both of you trade notes or maybe even exchange a peck on the cheek. Holding hands and friendly hugs are enough affection to show people walking down the hallways in CHS.
Certain PDA is very unnecessary. CHS actually gives out punishments and a walk to the office for showing too much.
School is for learning and showing your individuality with your clothes and different techniques through writing and drawing. Walking into the room you chose for your electives this year proves you’re a different person than others are already. So, why would you want to show everybody a side where they would think badly of you?
Most teenagers are peer pressured during relationships and that’s why they feel the need to show their affections. Couples should realize that they don’t need to put their personal affections out there just to show the world they are together.
Put the word out instead, or hold hands everywhere you go. If a couple can’t control themselves in school, that’s pretty bad because everyone will see that and think badly of those two people. It could change someone’s whole opinion on a person or a couple just for showing personal affections.
Also, whenever you and your boyfriend/girlfriend are showing your affections in the hallway, there’s always going to be that one person who feels awkward walking past the two of you. Nobody needs to feel badly about him or herself just because you want to do inappropriate things in the public halls of CHS.
Make plans with him or her after school to be affectionate. Avoid doing it in front of people at CHS because all you’re doing is getting a bad name and weird looks.
Sure, you may really be in the moment when you’re walking with your boo. But no teacher or peer of yours wants to see a part of you that is nowhere close to school appropriate.
If you’re uncomfortable doing it, don’t do it. I hope to see no more students walk in a classroom wiping away the lipstick marks of shame from his face, because honestly, it’s just awkward.
Alec Di Ruzza • Jan 23, 2014 at 9:30 pm
I agree with Alexis-while it is disrespectful to make other people feel uncomfortable during PDA in the hallways, at the end of the day, I feel that it is more embarrassing than anything for the people partaking in these inappropriate actions. In a public hallway, you can never be exactly sure who all saw you kissing or making out. You are potentially only ruining your reputation and image.
Sarah Mosinski • Nov 4, 2013 at 11:02 pm
I definitely agree with this article, and with Amira and Audrey. There’s a definite line between being affectionate and cute in school and being totally inappropriate. As was stated in the article, school is for learning and for showing your individuality. In high school, PDA shouldn’t be taken to the level where you’re identified by who you’re with rather than who you are. Like Amira said, a little hand holding is cute, or even a quick kiss before class, but as Audrey pointed out, when you’re having relationship trouble of your own, feeling lonely, or even just having a bad day, couples taking it farther than that can feel like a slap in the face, or at the very least, make you feel awkward walking by. Full on PDA is not anything that needs to be addressed at school. If you want to take it farther than that, you can deal with it in a more appropriate place.
Alexis Jefferson • Nov 4, 2013 at 10:06 pm
I do think people go WAY overboard with the PDA at CHS. I don’t think it awkward though I find it amusing! I just don’t understand why people eat each others faces when they just saw them last period! Great story!
Audrey Nickle • Oct 31, 2013 at 3:41 pm
I totally agree with Amira on that last line she says: School is a place of learning and so many people seem to forget that entirely. Being affectionate in everyone else’s face is not only uncomfortable, but it can completely ruin somebody’s day if they’re already feeling lonely or upset about something in their own love life. Seeing other people having too much fun in public is just a reminder of bad things. If people are truly unable to control themselves, then that is a problem they need to address on their own time, not on my time. I wish more people would get written up for things like that so maybe people would cut it out and realize how big of a deal it really is.
Amira Williams • Oct 29, 2013 at 2:42 pm
I completely agree with this article and I love the fact the the author of this piece tells it like it is. Even though I am fond of the occasional peck on the cheek and/or lips and the hugging and handholding, some people just take PDA too far, to the point where I can’t stand it. I don’t understand why it’s necessary for some couples to have a full on makeout session in the hallway when they know full well that other students and teachers are watching them. Full on PDA should be private, not public. Like the article stated, school is for LEARNING, not for making out with your significant other.