Valentine’s Day is known as the day to celebrate love. Some students believe they have found true love while in high school. High school relationships can be healthy but some can be toxic because teens may not understand the depth of love.
“I found true love in high school. But then again, I wonder what love is because I’m so young. People use the word love too lenient in our era,” said senior Jordan Lewis.
Love is a very strong and powerful word. Most of the time, teens don’t know what love is. They say it to family members because of an unspoken bond, but school relationships are different. By the time they become upperclassmen, students believe they have it all figured out.
“Love is an unexplainable emotion with absolute happiness and trust being able to look someone in their eyes and see your future with them,” said senior Jalen Jackson.
Dealing with their idea of love, teens can get their feelings hurt then start to feel like they can’t find love anymore because they are in pain. That love can be unstable for teens and sometimes they blame themselves and think something is wrong with them.
“I’ve been cheated on,” said senior Jazanee Clark. “I never expected to fall in love again. I felt as if I was going to get cheated on again by a different person, but everyone is not the same. You can’t judge a person by your past,” said Clark.
Even as high school students, some teens have completely committed themselves to a relationship because of future plans they have made with each other.
“I’ve matured. I had the courage to tell my parents something I never ever knew I would tell. I can really see myself growing old with this individual and that’s something I never felt in my past relationships,” said Lewis.
Many high school students lose themselves in their relationship, forgetting who they are. They attempt to be happy by making their partner happy.
“Commitment can be stressful. Teenagers are still figuring out who they are. You can be easily persuaded to revolve your whole word around this individual and become distracted from your destiny,” said senior Delana Bailey. “I fell in love and became a hypocrite because the very things I preached about being essential for love, I abandoned. My mood depended upon a man and the things that I cherished the most I lost: family, friends, self-worth, and faith in God.”
