Sunday, September 18, 2011
Strict Dance Regulations
There was quite a buzz last night about those who had their ID's stolen or had been kicked out of the dance because of the way they were dancing. I've never really been able to understand why they care so much. If a person pays to go to a dance they should be able to dance they want to. I know that some people believe that this kind of dancing makes others uncomfortable but its become such a norm that pretty much everyone does it now. I have never seen one person say like "oh my god the way she was dancin' it was downright disgustin'" never, probably never will either. Basically what I'm trying to say is that is it okay for teens to be dry-humping on the dancefloor? No, probably not (although thats a slight exaggeration), but I dont think it justifies those teens to be kicked out of the dance. There only trying to have fun that's what they paid for, to have fun. And if they won't let people have fun, then why even bother going to dances anymore?
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Jake, I was waiting for the "Anti-grinding" posts to begin! I want to challenge you on your idea of "if a person pays to go to a dance they should be able to dance how they want to." I think it's important to keep in mind that this is a school sponsored event and the school is here to serve the community. With that, the community expects the school to create an environment that encourages appropriate behavior. You admit in your post that the kind of dancing that occurs isn't appropriate, therefore the school needs to act in such a way to end that behavior. I pay $10 to go see a movie in the theater, but that doesn't mean that I can yell and talk through the whole film - I'll inevitably be kicked out.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, I don't think it's fair for you to say that this kind of dancing has become the norm. We only see dances in context of GCHS and the surrounding schools. In talking with my "teacher friends" I know that "front-to-back dancing" doesn't happen every where and cannot be considered the norm.
I want to challenge you to see this issue from the point of view of the school and the administrators. Do they wake up and make rules thinking "I hope I can ruin tonight for every kid!" ... no, they don't. We WANT you to have fun - that is what Homecoming is all about. But we do want to impress upon the students a certain level of moral and appropriate behavior as that is part of the mission of a public school.