High School Relationships Are Ridiculous Because The Partners

In my eighth grade, there were tons of people who were in a relationship with each other, and that was actually quite astonishing being that there were only 50 students in my grade. I soon came to realize how many of these people genuinely seem to have little to no idea on how a relationship works. I can not rightfully speak about how to be an ideal boyfriend or anything but I can have knowledge on the things that people should not do. From my experience, there was a new girl in our grade and after a month she dated this one guy. The teenage life is complicated yet questionable. The guy simply asked the new girl to date her, as a joke, and the girl actually accepted it. Of course, this was absurd and I was completely dubious of their relationship as the guy just didn’t seem to have true feelings for the girl and vice versa. The guy simply did it out of the pleasure of having a girlfriend and seeming part of the teen culture of dating. Two weeks after dating, the couple decided to break up and it seemed normal and both really had any regret about the breakup since both had

I’m sure many have shared stories of their high school experiences and can relate when I say those four years have taught me many lessons. During this time, I’d come face to face with the fraudulent friendships, temporary romances, and other high school dramas that my parents once warned me about—those of which I simply brushed off as myths. It wasn’t the 90’s anymore— times have changed and people are different—or at least, that’s what I thought.

“Long-distance relationships in college.” Does that sound frightening, or does it sound like a poorly stated joke? Many people believe that long distance relationships are the sole thing that you do not get yourself into when going off to college. You choose your university, you choose your sorority or fraternity, you choose your classes, and you chose your major, but whatever you do, you should never choose to be in a long-distance relationship when heading off to pursue higher education. For many newly dubbed “adults,” college life entails a world full of partying, studying, hooking up, and experimenting (whatever that may entail). College is the place where both guys and girls get a chance to possibly escape from their home towns, and

Relationships are quite eccentric and interesting because relationships are full of ups, downs, twists and turns like roller coasters. Every little thing in a teen's life can affect as well as change the outcome of a relationship, making it either good or bad. The relationships teens have with other teens as well as other people of different age groups will always be with them and so it is important to have good relationships with everyone. It is important to be in a healthy relationship, meaning that the 2 people in the relationship are honest, trustworthy and respect one another. In April 2014, more than 4,900 teens were surveyed by Stageoflife.com, and it is said that 94% of teens believe in true love. This means that a lot of teens spend

Bogle (2007) states that there has been a noticeable shift towards a hookup script, replacing the traditional dating script, suggesting that young adults today are less likely to develop romantic relationships. However, dating relationships often develop as a result of a couple hooking up (England and Thomas, 2006 as cited in Uecker, Pearce, & Andercheck, 2015) meaning that college students have the potential to form romantic relationships; it is the process of forming such romantic relationships that has changed.

“True love is hard to find.” “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”. These words have been told to and heard from family, friends, co-workers and even words in a poem. (A.C. Bradley). These words are said to someone to comfort and express sympathy and understanding to one that is having a relationship issues. Only a lucky few have found true love the very first time love has entered the into their space, some have managed to remain married over forty years or more. Life’s dilemmas interfere with true love from entering the lives of the people that love has touched. Parents protecting their children, worrying about what other think, love not being reciprocated, fell in love too young, self-esteem too low, looking for

Rarely is a relationship in highschool serious. Some understand that some don’t, just like any other thing in life. The easiest thing to have that is close to a relationship in high school is a crush. You can talk about it with your friends. Your crush can even know. But the important thing is there is no commitment. And more importantly than that, no time commitment.That is an argument that is discussed among friends during the week. But it is questioned, is a relationship all together the most important thing to have in life? Or is it possible to find happiness without that special someone? A very mature topic to discuss especially for 15-16 year olds who know nothing. But in the end, an escape from all of the relationship talk would not be a horrible possibility. Sometimes it’s needed and it can get to people. However on a lighter note, AP Language essays can be scary, especially without any

England focuses on what students define as relationships and what is most come on the college campus. Most students are involved in hookups and are not really looking for relationships. In this article she begins by explaining what the “traditional date” used to mean. Through surveying and interviewing college students at Stanford University she realizes that most students are interested in hookups rather than going on a date or getting into a relationship. The students feel

According to “Reader’s Digest”, only 10% of people marry their high school sweethearts. This could be because teenagers make more spontaneous decisions than adults. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers from feuding families As only a few days pass from Romeo and Juliet's meeting they get married, separated, and end up taking their own lives. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare argues that when love is rushed and not given enough time to grow, it can lead to foolish decisions. Romeo Montague is a very impulsive and capricious character that has made many rash, and therefore detrimental, decisions over the course of the play.

In her book, Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, Kathleen Bogle studied the different relationship trends over the past 100 years. She explained how young adults shifted from calling on each to dating each other to now hooking up with each other (Bogle 2008). In today’s society, college-aged adults have adopted the practice of hooking up, which involves different levels of intimacy (kissing to sex) without a long-term commitment to one’s partner. Throughout her research, Bogle explored the social script for hooking up and the different relationship dynamics for young adults due to this practice (2008).

A common misconception amongst teens is that love is simply saying “I love you” or buying gifts for their partners. However, our generation does not understand the the complexity of the depths of love. There’s reason to believe that teenagers can not experience true romantic feelings for one another, let alone love. Love has so many components to it that adolescents do not comprehend. True romantic feelings have depth and require a better understanding, which teens do not have.

What is romance nowadays? It is the lamest form of a relationship according to ever-growing trends in America. Instead of treating girls with respect, young men are now making the assumption that they (young ladies) ought to be used as sexual toys, here to entertain and please. Unacceptably, the crux of this repulsive issue leads straight back to the growing acceptance of super-physical relations between young people. As Jeffrey Zaslow explores in his article, “Some Date: How Homecoming Is Losing Out To Hanging Out,” young people, particularly young men would rather spend their nights “hooking up and hanging out” than show true romance and do something as simple as going to a school dance.

At sixteen, I packed up to move back to my hometown of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Deciding to finish out high school while living with my favorite aunt. I graduated with honors, I then decided to go off to Pearl River College. In high school, I had a serious boyfriend, we did everything together from fishing at the docks, to attending all the hottest parties. He was my best friend and going off to college where we couldn’t be together felt like a big dent in my heart. Being so in love while in college was more than a challenge. We went from seeing each other every day to seeing each other every weekend or every other weekend. School was the last thing on my mind. Depressed, lonely, all my time was spent in my dorm room. By the end of that semester without trying to succeed in school, I flunked out and quit.

Some relationships fail. Yet some are successful. But with teenagers today, is it true love or crazy love? Well in all honesty. It is both.

Today, it is not barely to see that girls and boys from middle schools or from high schools holding their hands in public; and it is also very common that a teenager says “love” to a boy or a girl through any ways, either face to face or via social media. As the readers, think about when your first love started. It can start as early as in middle schools. According to “Why Puppy Love Matters For Parents” written by Sue Shellenbarger in 2009, “The romantic ties kids form between middle school and college are important markers of progress toward adulthood.” (para.