Hallways are communal passages used by students and staff alike to get from place to place during the school day. Unfortunately, these shared spaces too often become clogged by well-meaning students who feel the need to stop dead in their tracks and hold banal conversations about a trifling subject.
If a few small groups of comrades pause for a few brief seconds to discuss the weather, there would be no problem. After all, the hallways are pretty wide. Unfortunately, the copious width of our school’s passageways does not compensate for the oblivious groups of nine, who feel the sudden urge to halt, and expect the entire world to do the same. Neither does it accommodate the groups of 15 who feel the need to stop and discuss the latest episode of a pointless reality show. A student, eager to get to his or her respective class, should never have to navigate through a human labyrinth. But then again, hallways are shared spaces, and who am I to question the rights my fellow colleagues seem to believe they are indebted with?
Nevertheless, when I have one minute to rush to my 4th block class, I don’t want to be delayed by a great wall of numbskulls. The hallways should be characterized by constant motion, not the stagnation so often experienced.
The bottom line: no one group of students owns the hallways. You don’t own the hallways, so you aren’t entitled to behave as if you do. A hallway is not a pavilion, a playground, or the cafeteria. If your posse has the need to block the hallway to joke about how awful someone’s hair looks, resist it. If you want to form a large group of 20 to compare shoes in the cafeteria, be my guest. Just remember: you may think the hallway belongs to you, but it doesn’t. The sooner you accept that fact, the better for everyone.
It is totally unrealistic to expect people not to talk in the hallways. Maybe you should accept the fact that they are going to be there, and if it bothers you so much, head to class earlier. There is no need to be so annoyed, be more optimistic!!
I agree with Messhia. People should be more respectful of others in the hallways & move to the side when people are trying to get to class!
I agree with Messhia. The hallways are insane, especially the hallway downstairs that meets with the hallway leading to the cafeteria. You can barely get throught. And when you accidently bump into someone who was standing there talking they get mad. I understand a few seconds of conversation where your stopped in the hallway, but most people spend all of the passing period in the hallway. It’s annoying and people should have more respect to those who actually care about getting to class.