And The Ranters Say:

eve's rants #5: modern school dances

no touching.

modern school dances.

there is something seriously wrong with school dances these days. at school dances, my parents got to dance with the opposite gender, like, slow dance, play spin the bottle in a dark corner, and go to the bathroom without telling an adult.

here's my school: you keep your body parts away from each other, that means not even hugging, staying where the adults can see you at all times, and telling the adult chaperones where you are at all times.

oh, for fuck's sake, people! it's 20-fucking-14. if you ask me, if you gave us a little more freedom maybe all these teens wouldn't be hooking up in the bathrooms. you aren't giving us a single chance to be teenagers.

let's say there's this boy and girl, jimmy and gloria. they have massive crushes on each other, and little jimmy finally works up the courage to ask her to dance! but wait! not so fast, jimmy. remember the rules? no touching, no romantics, even if gloria really likes you back.

ok, jimmy is a teenager, so is gloria. it's their lives, and if he wants to ask her out, that's between their families. not these teachers who think they're preventing teen pregnancy. sure, keeping them apart sure does prevent it, but there is a possibility of them getting pissed off and doing something they regret outside of school.

and it's all tied into these fucking school dances! imagine a world where kids could slow dance together, and experience their first kiss. i once wanted to ask this super cute guy to dance with me, but a teacher told me that would be 'inappropriate'.

so really. these modern school dances? useless. we should go back to the good ol' slow dance age.