PDA: Enough Already!

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Azniv Derdzakyan in Op-Ed

Azniv Derdzakyan

Chronicle Reporter

Every day, students encounter obstacles while rushing to class, the most unsavory being couples making out in the middle of the path you have unluckily chosen to take to class. As if that weren’t creepy enough, they seem to follow you as you try to get your books from your locker, because there they are– making out in front of your locker.

It’s hard not to look if it’s in your way, teenage tongues darting in and out of the air like some demented gila monsters in the midst of a mating ritual.

I have no problem with couples expressing affection, but please, keep it to yourselves. Society does not need to see people shoving their tongues down each other’s throats. What if children attended our school and witnessed this horror show?!

I think it is fine for couples to kiss in public, but there is no need for us to view the next step. There is nothing wrong with displays of affection, but taking it too far is unbecoming of respectable couples (it’s gross).

I have seen administrators tell couples they need to stop, but it still continues. Students attend school to learn, not spend most of their time making out. Making out is considered a pastime to most teens across the nation, but should it?

Everybody needs to maintain a good image of themselves to display to the world. Making out distorts this image as well as the school’s image. If this were to occur at a working environment, the employee would be fired.

If a couple wants to show their affection for one another there are appropriate alternatives, or just keep out of the way in the halls.

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