Sunday, November 19, 2006

"Your clothes are on, so I don't see the problem"

The headline caught my eye first, something about a school dance being cancelled for fear of 'grinding' and then 'upstate New York' caught my eye so I read the entire story. Turns out not only is it upstate New York, but it's the Fayetteville-Manlius High School, which is a suburb of Syracuse and a city I know quite well. After all, that's where a Target is! And I have a few friends who work (have worked) at the Fayetteville Free Library. It's the upscale suburb, I guess. While I'm not sure I agree with cancelling a dance because of potential dancing techniques - the kids in the article are kind of right - but I know if I was still in high school, I wouldn't be too devastated about the cancellation of a dance considering I rarely went to school dances and when I did, they were one of the worst, most miserable experiences of my life.

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