Challenger

Is there a correct time and place to grow up? Yes, and it is now! High schoolers need to get over their petty self indulgence and cross the line from adolescence into adulthood. The world is not about who your new “boyfriend/girlfriend” is or how popular you are. The world is about making something of yourself, and not being a stupid bum.

Why is it that a typical high school relationship lasts anywhere between two weeks to two months, and people say they are in love? It’s really funny watching people cry after break ups. Is love so abused these days that it is used to describe a simple lust for someone who is “hot” and “popular”? Love is about trust, caring, and actually knowing the person. And no, it’s not cool to come to school on Monday and hear about the less then amusing things you did over the weekend, like drive up and down the main street of Owensboro for five hours, acting cool while driving your parents car, and then hooking up with a complete stranger. To think: people are actually shocked when a murder/missing person/rape case surfaces.

Let’s talk about school lunch. In the dome, people tend to act as idiotic and immature as they possibly can over tables and chairs. You don’t look cool when you stand around someone who took “your” chair and demand it back. If you aren’t in that chair, it’s fair game! You can’t save seats and then throw a fit when someone doesn’t give you a chair. Why? Because that’s the way it is.

Is there a point to this piece? Yes. It is to get the opinion of a select few seniors out in the open. Not that we care. This, being our last year, is the last time we have to deal with such ignorance.