Why prom is dumb

Would we rather that our children wait until they are in their late 20s to get to grips with the fact that a loveless relationship cannot be saved by extravagant expense? The prom is a microcosm of adulthood: stupid conventions and rules, established by long-gone arbiters of taste. Slut-shaming of women. Relationships modelled according to a socially acceptable script rather than the reality of two individuals and how they feel about each other.

Go for it, kids! This article is more than 6 years old. Jean Hannah Edelstein. The US-style proms now conducted in UK schools are anachronistic, expensive rituals that have stupid rules and uphold gender stereotypes. Clearly we were all interested in other things and not spending money on silly prom dresses. Good for students who have more enlightened activities to spend money on than prom night. I graduated from a New York City public high school in Our class was so involved in protests against the Vietnam War, there was virtually no interest in having a prom.

I have yet to encounter any fellow graduates from the time who feel they missed out on something important. I did not attend my high-school prom in Having attended an upper-middle-class high school on the Eastside, I doubt that most of my classmates let the costs deter them from attending, mainly because their parents were paying.

As senior year drew to a close, not for a second did I consider attending my high-school prom. He just cannot fathom why anyone would skip an event that for many, but not me defines the culmination of the high-school experience.

There are many reasons for skipping the prom, but for me, opportunity costs were simply too high. Many of my classmates also got hotel rooms for prom — yet another large expense.

Instead of prom, I worked a shift at the grocery store since my co-worker classmates took that night off. Do I regret skipping prom? No way! The year is , my senior year and my last chance to go to the prom. Many of the girls in my class had already been asked and were fantasizing about the big event.

I had a guy in mind who might actually ask me. In fact, he asked if I was going to prom, but I later realized he had no intention of asking me. He just innocently wondered if I was going.

Even though no one ever asked me to the prom, I decided to be a good sport and joined in the fun of decorating the gym. Even so, I might be willing to give it a shot next year or the year after that as long as I can afford the overpriced tickets. The tickets cost too much as it is, but you also have to include the price of clothing and other preparations.

I have no idea if our proms get more elaborate or not. As for why prom is so popular, I suppose everyone just wants to feel special for one night and have an awesome time with their friends or significant other.

I think that prom is worth it. I have gone to a prom before, I went last year as a sophomore with someone who was a junior and it was honestly one of the most fun nights of my life. Everyone opens up more on prom night and a lot of friendships and even relationships are made on that night. I do plan to attend a prom- this weekend in fact- and I am even more excited for it this year than I was last year.

I look forward to it because I am going with a huge group of friends and I know it will be just one amazing time. Although prom is a lot of money and the costs really do add up it is worth the money. When you look back on your prom ten years from now you want to look back and not regret or wish you had done anything differently. I think prom is a strong school tradition because students absolutely love it.

Prom is not worth it to me because as a girl you spend a lot of money for just one night of fame basically and you more than likely will never wear the dress or shoes again. I have been to three different proms and one at my own school which was the most enjoyable.

This year I will be attending prom and it is something that I look forward to because it gives me a reason to dress up and waste money. Prom can be worth the money depending on where the prom is and the theme you are having.

The amount I would spend on prom is enough because a dress is most the cost. Prom at every school seems to be getting more and more elaborate because times are changing. I had so much fun with my boyfriend and after wards he took me to dinner.

But I only went once and it was worth the cost. So is prom worth it, yes, because everyone wants to have a opportunity to go to prom to have a good time by just dressing up and have some fun dancing. Especially if it was your last year you could just go and have a good time for all the hard that you have been through to graduate high school or just to have fun.

I would go to a prom night with or without a date. I never had a date to any dance in my life. I think prom is very much worth the money now a days becasue eventhough it is just one day,its a life memory. How my dress and hair will look like to the person if any I will go with. Plus I would be the first in my sibling to go. I would like them to have that experience too. It would be worth more if you worked hard in your school years and that you are well deserved of that special occasion.

I think prom is worth everything it brings opon you. It is worth all the anxiety and stress because it is a once and a life time chance to celebrate your struggle and hard times in high school with all of your friends. It is to have fun with your friends befor you guy graduate and seperate to different colleges. Prom is worth it, because you get to have so much fun on your last High school dance in school.

Prom is about having fun with your friends, having a lot of memories like pictures, and also slide videos of memories of your friends, teachers, staffs, and also the principals. So I would like to go to prom for I can look pretty in my long dress, have a great time at my last High School dance, and also have fun with my friends at prom.

So I am really looking forward to go to prom for my Senior Year. I think people should go to prom if they want. But it depends on what kind of person you are. I went with my boyfriend to his prom my junior year, and it was really fun. Nearly everyone goes in limos or party buses, and people have pretty crazy after parties.

But I loved prom! I loved the glamour of dressing up, and I loved the elaborate way the boy asked me. We went to different schools, and one Monday he was there in my school library with tulips and asked me to prom in front of my whole English class.