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Privatize your prom |
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(3/21/99) High school proms have become more like another class rather than like a party. Every year, government school administrators think up new rules to restrict the behavior of students who attend proms. Strike back against the government's party rules, by organizing and attending a PRIVATE prom that will keep your teachers, your principal, and their ridiculous rules out of your social life.
A private prom would be organized by students without your school's assistance. Therefore, your school administrators would not be able to enforce the school's disciplinary code. The prom would simply be a more elaborate weekend party.
At government school proms, teachers are more concerned about security than about the music. Proms regularly have three levels of security which include off-duty police officers, hotel security, and teachers. All of them regularly inspect the bathrooms, check the parking lot for people that are hanging out, and implicitly discourage all wild behavior. Step out of line and you'll be asked to leave the prom and possibly suspended.
"Of course, the use of alcohol is always prohibited at any school event. Individuals involved in these behaviors may be prohibited from taking part in the ceremonies on graduation day, as well as facing suspension," said a letter sent to parents of seniors at Birmingham's Seaholm High School.
Here are some rules enforced at government proms:
1. At any school dance, each student may invite one outside guest as long as he or she is responsible for his conduct.
2. The mode of dress set up by the group sponsoring the dance shall be strictly enforced.
3. Students exhibiting conduct unbecoming a student of Bayless High School will be asked to leave. No alcohol or controlled substances permitted on grounds.
4. Students will not be permitted to leave the building during the course of the dance. Students may leave at 9:00 p.m. but will not be allowed to return.
5. Only students in junior and senior homerooms are eligible to attend the prom. Outside guests must be registered with the Prom Committee.
These rules are more appropriate for a prison than for a party. Do you know of any other party that forbids people from leaving? Why must people register their outside guests?
You won't have to worry about suspensions at a private prom. Private facilities want your business and they want to make sure that they also host the next year's private prom. It will actually be difficult to get kicked out of a private prom, because the owners would not risk future business by ejecting a wild, though peaceful, student. And even if you do find a way to get kicked out of a private prom, you won't have to face additional punishment at school on Monday.
Private proms would be an all-day and night party. Many students who attend government proms are forbidden from renting hotel rooms at the hotel that is hosting the prom. But if you attend a private prom, you and your friends could rent a hotel room where you could party before, after, and even during the prom. Want to take a break from the music and dancing? Cruise over to your hotel room and relax for awhile.
Private proms would also take one less punishment out the your principal's arsenal. Routinely, government schools control the behavior of students by threatening to bar them from the prom. Last week, we wrote about a student in Kansas who ran naked through his school auditorium and now will not be able to attend the prom. His fellow students protested the punishment by staging a parade. However, the ultimate protest would be to organize a private prom and designate the streaker as the Prom King.
Gradually, you and your fellow students should privatize all extracurricular activities. Then your administrators would never be able to kick you off the baseball team or bar you from the prom because private individuals who don't take orders from the government would run these activities.
Start fighting back now by making your prom the first privatized activity. If you do not have experience organizing parties, then get help from someone who organizes raves or other private events. You could also hire a "party planner," who could organize the entire prom. Many people hire a party-planner for their weddings. In addition, a hotel catering division could also be a resource.
And don't let your teachers or administrators stop you. You have the freedom to embrace the free-market by organizing your own prom.
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