Is Prom Is Being Afraid?

We burst out of the door, unveiling ourselves to the crowd outside. We felt like rock stars. Everyone had to get a few more pictures with other friends as they arrived and then we filed inside. The place was decorated from top to bottom, glittered stars hung from the ceiling, white Christmas lights twinkled all around, and glimmering gowns in every color made the entire venue sparkle. As a class, months earlier, we had chosen the theme, “I’ve had the time of my life”. The girls had pulled it from our favorite movie, “Dirty Dancing”, and I think the boys just went with it. We sat down for dinner where we were served our choice of meat, with rice or potatoes and a medley of veggies. Nobody ate much though, either because of nerves, vanity, or just plain desire to get to showing off our best moves, we wanted to boogie! After about an hour the tables were cleared off of the dance floor and it was time to the highly anticipated partying. The DJ played the hottest jams of 1999 and we danced the night away. Most of the girls were in their bare feet, unable to take the pain of high heels any longer as we busted our best moves.

Prom is supposed to be a very exciting night. I think finding a date for prom is even more exciting. You see my school has this thing called grand march and you have to have a prom date/ friend to even participate in the walk. So if you are a loner you can’t go. Well my experience finding a prom date so I wouldn’t be a loner was quite the adventure.

When it comes to prom girls have to be sure they get a dress and make sure no one gets the same one as them, there’s an after party to figure out, there has to be groups made for pictures and there needs to be a decision on tables and all of this, of course, is on top of the fact that everyone wants to go with a date and if you don’t have one then you probably won’t go. As a girl, I get drama but the prom drama is not worth it. It is not worth getting upset about. Prom is going to happen regardless if you and your friends go or not, if you fuss about it or not and if you deem prom worth it or not. Although, I do believe the fussing and fighting that prom brings is not worth it, prom overall is still worth it to

I was up walking around everywhere and many people kept coming up to me asking for pictures so that lasted around another two hours. So it was time, I had to prepare myself mentally because there was more people than expected. I had the girls in a straight line and when the music began they danced their way on to the stage. Soon as the song began to my part I danced on to the stage with the other girls. Is was going pretty smoothly but the Dj we had messed up the parts for the music so I had to guide the girls with me to make sure everything goes as planned. The dance took around 5-8 minutes it was really short but we kind of expanded the time. The guest clapped and began to continue to party, around three hours later we had the Father-daughter dance, it was really emotional for me because he was really proud of me because I was becoming a young woman and how he would never forget the first time he held me in his arms. I was just really happy to see him on my special day. Then I danced with my mom who also cried and my godmother and my aunts and uncles, there was just a lot of dancing with my family

Whether it was a wonderful experience or a terrible one, if you went to your high school senior prom, I am sure that it was a night to remember. For so many teenagers the prom is the highlight of high school. It is the one thing so many students look forward to. Many see it as a rite of passage into adulthood. For Amy L. Best, the author of "Prom Night: Youth, Schools, and Popular Culture", the prom is a perfect opportunity to explore teen identity and individuality. It is also a place to look at how this event speaks so much about today's kids.

All the volunteers and staff members were just being themselves. That is exactly what you must do at something like this, just let yourself go. Absolutely no one there will judge you for your poor dance moves unlike any typical prom. Just have fun! Throughout the prom, I began to get to know some of the kids and had absolutely the best time. It was through a physical form of communication, dancing, that we could best understand these kids. Verbal communication isn’t always the solution and that is what the staff taught us. One instance that made me proud to be volunteering with Young Life was when one of the high schoolers got upset that his girlfriend danced with someone else. I began to see signs of him being upset and watched as he talked on the phone and sprinted out of the room. I was the only person who saw so I had to run after him. When I ran outside I luckily saw multiple staff members and I alerted them that I needed help. They were so well equipped to handle situations like that and kept something bad from happening. I had a similar situation happen through another volunteer program, where an upset kid ran out on me and escaped from the building where no one was around. I could not get him under control and frantically looked for help as he continued to try and run away. I had to bear hug him to keep from running into the street, something that was very scary for me given he was a full-grown man. It was

The dance has already been planned by the parents. My Grandma is also planning on coming from Virginia to see me advance from the 8th grade. Traveling from far distances, many students look forward with seeing his or her

In the American culture a sixteenth birthday is where a teenager starts to transition into an adult. Most of the time girls celebrate the beginning of becoming a woman with a huge party called a “Sweet 16”. A sweet 16 is thrown to show how beautiful of a girl she has become and what an amazing woman she will become. This event can either be formal or in formal but normally consist of bright colored, long, puffy dresses that help the girl stand out from her guests. The number of guests normally range from 70 to 200. But, I could only imagine how expensive this actually is. Paying for, what sounds like an expensive dress, to paying for a venue, to paying to feed guests and even decorations to go along with a possible theme can most definitely add up and seems to be just way over the top for a birthday party. Although gifts are given and often

Even though in the moment I disagreed with this idea I’m glad I did go. Even though the dance itself wasn’t outstanding dressing up with friends and having fun for one night is priceless. Ignoring the stress of all picking a restaurant, making reservations, picking a group, and a dress it’s all worth it in the end. Some of my best memories of high school was going home and having a bonfire and laughing after the dances.

A few days ago, I was scrolling through my Twitter timeline and I noticed some exceedingly infuriating comments on a picture that was posted by a white female. Out of curiosity, I clicked on the picture to see what everybody was so upset about. The picture turned out to be of a prom proposal of two white females asking an African American female attend prom with them. The poster was written on a plain, brown piece of creased cardboard. The poster said, “You may be picking cotton, by we’re picking you to go to prom with us.” Since this picture was leaked on multiple social media platforms, an abundance of people has seen it in addition to many newspapers reporting about it. The majority of people who viewed this picture more than likely immediately

Homecoming is basically an American term used extensively for the welcoming back of alumni of a school or college or any other educational institution. It is a celebration day format in which different kinds of events, sports and cultural programs are included. There is another similar format of game in this kind of occasions named prom. However, the prom and homecoming differ from each other according to their time of occurrence (Petrović, Milovanović & Desbordes, 2015).

     Through out life people go through so many hardships. Whether it be good or bad there is always something that comes out of the situation. One of the most exciting but yet scariest events would be graduation. For a lot of people, graduating from high school is a goal. It takes a lot of time and effort to achieve that goal. In the long run, it opens a lot of opportunities for people to succeed. Graduation is the end of high school, and the beginning to life.

“It is almost time”, my big sister said as we count down the days for prom. Prom was the only event I was looking forward to during my senior year. The thought of dressing and dancing with friends excited me. While the days pass by I scratched off each day and I was thrilled to see how close prom was coming. I began preparing myself by getting all my school work done and eating healthy for the highlight of my senior year.

“It is almost time,” my big sister said as we count down the days for prom. Prom was the only event I was looking forward to during my senior year. The thought of getting all dressed up and dancing with friends excited me. While the days pass by I scratched off each day and I was thrilled to see how close prom was coming. I began preparing myself by getting all my school work done and eating healthy for the highlight of my senior year.

On my first night at USC, I went with my girlfriend to her sororities Semi- Formal. This is a dance somewhat alike to a homecoming that one would have attended in High School. Already, this was a different experience than one