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High School Sweethearts
by Venus Balinga
“It’s very hard [being in a relationship]. It is even
harder this year considering that we are both
seniors. We need to focus more on school work
and colleges instead of going out all the time.”
When asked about the idea of a long distance rela-
tionship, the anonymous student replied
“I think it would be very different because we are
influenced by the environment around us. Since I
know it’s not going to be like school [at SLAS] any-
more. But for me, I can’t really stand long distance
relationships. I just feel like you’ll lose connection if
you don’t see each other - especially if the other per-
son is in a totally different time zone.”
Examples of high school couples breaking up and
go their separate ways because of the difference be-
tween their values are very common.
“I couldn’t bear the fact that she wanted me to
spend time with her 24/7. She thought that it was
the right thing for a loving boyfriend to do, well, I
t international schools, people come from guess I wasn’t the one.” An anonymous male stu-
all around the globe, and this can cause re- dent, who broke up with his girlfriend recently, said.
lationship problems. Students at SLAS claim it is
hard to keep a relationship because they might Another anonymous student said “Sometimes
end up in different countries after high school. As everyone has different values and we will have
well as uncertainty about the future, the stress to respect that. But it is hard because there
of school work, exams, and after school pro- are points where you can’t balance the dif-
grams tend to exhaust students and take away ferences. So we just deal with it by following
the excitement of spending time with partners our values that are right for our relationship.”
A
A senior at SLAS, who requested to re-
main anonymous, finds it difficult to main-
tain a relationship with her boyfriend while
the stress of school hangs over her head.
Different values, standards and priorities can hinder
students from being together, but it does not stop
people from dating because we all will fall in love at
some point.
Different cultural values and priorities can also hin-
der an intercultural relationship.