By Ava Hollon Posted June 5, 2025
High school is filled with unspoken rules learned through everyday experiences. Students share how these norms shape their lives, from dealing with slow walkers in the hallways to navigating lunch line etiquette. Though all of these are important, which ones are seen as the most significant?
Senior Cesareo Loyola shared his perspective on the slow walkers in the hallways and how it can be difficult to get to class. Loyola thinks it is frustrating to be behind slow walkers, especially if they are in groups.
“You see all these people just taking their time, and it’s like we need to get to class,” said Loyola. “It’s annoying. What happens when you have to go from the art building to the English hallway? If everyone is just slow, you’re not going to make it in time. Sometimes you just want to push them out of the way, but you can’t.”
Freshman Josue Barajas thinks people should not be cutting in the lunch lines. Barajas says people always cut in the lunch lines, and it can be infuriating, especially when you’re just about to get lunch.
“Say you’re next and you’re starving and someone just cuts in front of you,” said Barajas. “It just infuriates me.”
Sophomore Juliana Jimenez says that gossiping should be kept to a minimum. Jimenez believes that it can be hurtful to the people who are being talked about.
“Sometimes people just gossip about things that aren’t even important,” said Jimenez. “It makes me feel bad, too, because the people don’t know they are being talked about.”
Junior Pete Bengochea believes that an unwritten rule is not to be standing in the way of the halls when you’re on your phone and not to make out in the hallways.
“When people are on their phones in the hallways, standing in the way, or like when people low-key be making out in the hallways,” said Bengochea. “It just makes me uncomfortable.”
