No matter when and no matter where, seeing students making out in the halls of KHS is inevitable.

It is common to see students being overly affectionate at school on a daily basis.

Groping each other, sucking face (also known as making out), and just generally being too close to significant others are some of the unnecessary things students do.

If the same amount of effort put into kissing at school was put into homework, everyone would be honors students.

Students who tend to conduct a lot of PDA tend to put less effort into academics and arriving to class on time.

Not only does PDA affect students’ grades, it also affects their reputations and how others view them.

It is sweet to hold hands and peck kiss before class, but students need to realize when they are taking things too far.

Every day while walking to all of my classes, I never fail to at least see one couple all over each other.

Personally, I think it is gross and even embarrassing.

It makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable and awkward.

School officials also do not approve of students being too close.

Principal Brian Wiskur said that the “love birds” need to keep their actions with one another school appropriate.

“We do have a PDA clause in our handbook where there should not be any public displays of affection,” Wiskur said. “I understand that we have 18-year-old men and women who have been dating for quite a while, but making out is absolutely unacceptable.”

Many students, including junior Brennen Diehl, do not realize that they could get in trouble for “showing off” sexual behavior in school.

“Personally, I have never participated in any acts of public affection,” Diehl said. “But I never realized that if I did, I could be punished for something like making out.”

In Kearsley’s Code of Conduct, “Inappropriate Sexual Behavior” is listed under possible school misconduct that could result in disciplinary actions,  which varies case-by-case.

Many teachers, including Mr. Kelley Christian, tell students to stop when seeing them act overly affectionate.

“I’d prefer not to see it,” Christian said. “If I do, I’d approach them in the hallway and tell them not to.”

As for me, I will lightly kiss my boyfriend before class and give him a hug, but I definitely will not go any further than that, especially in public. Other people should not either.

My advice to couples is to know where to draw the line. Other people are around. It is not just you and your partner, so be respectful of others.

A public place, including school, is not an appropriate spot to show a lot of affection.

Intimate kissing and touching is supposed to be a special moment meant for you and your significant other only, so do not show it off in front of other students and school officials.

In addition, some couples make out in front of other students’ lockers, which is annoying and awkward, especially when having to ask couples to move out of the way.

No one likes having to wait to use her locker before class because some couple is sucking each other’s faces off right in front of it.  Couples should have the decency to respect other people’s space.

Also, never inappropriately touch your partner at school. No one needs, or even wants, to see that.

“Holding hands and walking to class, and I guess giving a quick peck before they go to class really does not bother me,” Wiskur said. “But the kids that embrace each other … it is totally unacceptable.”