School Norms in 2023

School Norms in 2023

 

If you gotta go you gotta go. The phobia of pooping in public is known as “parcoprsis.” Many students in school think it is very weird and gross to poop at school. Why? Pooping is normal and everyone does it. People walk into a bathroom every day and will complain about the smell and say it stinks. Well duh, it’s a bathroom. More often than not it is very normal for it to smell. Understandable, most people will walk in and not expect it to stink which can be a controversial subject. One side could say, “Oh my goodness why does it smell so bad in here.” However, others would look at it like, “It is a bathroom, it is not supposed to always smell great.” 

Makella Tate, a sophomore at MCHS, prefers to not poop at school. She says, “I don’t feel like I have a lot of privacy. I feel uncomfortable with a lot of people there.” She looks at it as if that is what you are comfortable with, but she prefers to do it somewhere else. However, she thinks it is not bad in public if she is alone, but as soon as someone walks in she feels discomfort and unsettled. To her, the smell, she thinks, is normal for a few reasons. She will not be in there for a long period of time, she knows it is normal, and she thinks that if other people are able to, they should not have to wait because of what other people think.

 

Lauren Bogaczyk, a sophomore at MCHS, finds pooping at school normal and does not feel as if it is embarrassing or weird. She looks at it as to if she has to go then she will. She says, “I look at it as to if I have to sneeze or burp I am going to do it just like I am going to poop.” She understands Makella’s opinion. She replied, “Yes, I would rather go somewhere private, but I have to go then I will. I think I would rather go somewhere where I don’t have to hear people laugh, talk, and do their business but like I said if I have to go then I will.” Lauren thinks that if you have to go but you think it is weird to go in public that you need to go because it is unhealthy for you. And considering, that some people can’t do it, you should use it to your advantage. Lauren brought up the smell and how people complain and she says, “If you can not tolerate the smell and you will complain do not go somewhere that has a potential smell like that.” Additionally considering our age, she thinks that a smelly bathroom is not the worst smell and that people need to grow up and consider how others feel.