A complaint

Against my high school. They had their issues but none I've seen more than their issues with PDA (public display of affection). You see we did not hold hands in public at my high school and we did not kiss or even give a hug that may have been interpreted as risque. If you were caught you were given a nice slip of paper saying you were receiving a detention and what the offense was. Wonderful. Well the answer: Do everything in secret. Hide behind corners, hold hands under tables, etc. Well I have recently realized that this type of rule enforcement has ruined me and my fellow peers. We were constricted so tightly that we never really progressed form the relationship mentality we were forced to have then. Then as we left we found a sort of freedom. With that we went wild and free. Sure we went about it the wrong way but we were free. Free to show we cared. Some though reacted in extreme ways that changed their lives where they're either married and/or have children now. Well, I've noticed in college things are different in many different ways. People go freely and it is not in a manner where we are eating faces or cleaning them like a lioness cleans her cubs. They just calmly went along, holding hands, talking, lightly kissing and so on. Its a normal, acceptable thing though obvious face cleaning is not allowed. Its just such a carefree environment where though enforced in a manner it is acceptable amongst everyone. I feel this is the way society is accepting of how much PDA is allowed outside. I feel perhaps if my highschool were a bit more lenient on their rules maybe everyone would not have been so secretive and ended up in the situation they are in today. Those years are pivital in a young persons life in experiencing romance and those feelings and then to go off and restrict them in boundaries that sort of suffocate them from expressing themselves. I'm not syaing let them have free reign or anything but at least be a little more lenient on how they can express themselves. Hand holding, hugging sure okay and if you want maybe kissing but if not then that is fine too since maybe you want some limitations but taking away any form of expression that is physical? I mean if you are afraid of them ending up doing something you might as well make sure they never say hello to each other in meeting since even hello can lead to any of the incidents that can happen. My school has sort of stunted our romantic growth from learning any of the lessons we could from failed relationships or long term relationships. Then when you are free you go crazy and let those hormones rage ou.