LOVE in High School

The life learning experiences in high school change as you grow and as you start to gain independence and enter adulthood. Love is one of those lessons. We are all different in our special way. In high school, love is something that changes and it can be a good or a bad thing. 

In high school, some people have trouble making sense of their romantic feelings and they don’t know how to behave or what to say. The person they are interested in might not want this attention or doesn’t feel the same about the person. This thing called “Love” comes into play and it affects them. High school is a laboratory for love and we’re all just experimenting with what works and what doesn’t work.

Love is a huge deal for some people while for others it is something that they don’t care about at all, and they just focus on themselves. The majority of teens fall in the 50/50 line. While some are distracted by love or the search for love, others would say that it’s a complete distraction from what they are supposed to be working on, their future goals. 

When asked, “Is love for everyone?” Ariana, a sophomore at Waltham High School, and Connor a senior at WHS, both said “No.” They both reported having experienced romantic love yet they share the belief that love is not for everyone.  

I found that interesting because both being teens, I thought that their answer would be “Yes, love is for everyone.” Everyone has a different opinion and point-of-view in love in relationships, and that’s what makes everyone think differently in their way, people also fall in love completely differently. That’s what makes love such a sweet but very difficult thing, because it shows that love can change depending on the type of person you are, and love can be a difficult thing due to some relationships not ending well, or the rejection bound to come with the concept of love. Just “playing the game” completely wrong can cause problems for them and sometimes the partner they want to be with.

Overall the experiences about love and relationships in high school can change a lot during the 4 years. As we get older and experience it all differently, the interviews that I had while writing about this topic told me a lot. For example when both people I interviewed said no to something that I thought the answer would be yes, my point-of-view of some of the questions that I asked changed based on what the answers of the people said. This means that people can have a different opinion when it comes to love and relationships in high school.