A couple leans against the column, gazing into each other’s eyes. She blushes crimson as he strokes her cheek. They touch lips and kiss with passion. The world was extra noise to them, until the bell rings in their ears signaling the start of class. Farther down the hall, another couple face each other, their faces less than eight inches apart, her hands in his front pockets and his fingers looped through her belt loops. The distance between their faces closes. Mr. Bayer creeps toward the couple. “Ew!” he shouts, watching the teens tear apart in embarrassment.

Making out in the hallway isn’t amusing. It isn’t romantic. It isn’t cute. It’s just nasty.

Nobody wants to see their peers swap saliva in the hallway with their significant other of the week. Your teachers are always watching. Reverse the situation. Say two teachers are walking in the hallway, and they just stop and start making out. How would that make you feel?

Something about the ambiance of the hallways seems to make couples want to make out. The florescent light shining on your beloved, or maybe the smell of freshly defrosted pizza emanating from the cafeteria makes hormonal teens jump on each other.

Instead of making out in the middle of the halls, couples should go out on real dates, not dates to the back staircase. Try trading dim lit hallways for dim lit restaurants. Boys, your girlfriend will appreciate going somewhere nicer than the cafeteria.

School is a place to learn about pressing matters important to our futures, not pressing lips. Strive to be the high school with the most style and class in McKinney. The only lip we should be known for is the lip dub.

by Keyla Soroa