Deny prom privilege to underclassmen
Underclassman should not be allowed to go to prom with the seniors.
Freshmen are still little babies coming into high school and they think that they’re ready and old enough to be with someone 3 years over their age.
Prom night is said to be the day when people lose their “v-card”. It increases the chance of getting taken advantage of.
Usually after prom there are after parties and other things that are unspoken of. If they’re taking a freshman with them then the freshman could be introduced to all sorts of things.
It would be more understandable if it were a junior and a senior but freshmen I feel are a little too young. Them being able to go to prom with them is ridiculous.
Boundaries should be set on what they can and can’t do. I’m a sophomore and I wouldn’t want to be at prom with a bunch of older kids.
If I was a senior and I took a freshman as a date I would feel like I’m babysitting them because that’s basically what it looks like. People on the outside looking in may look at it in the wrong way.
I understand that they may be in love and it does happen at any age. Last year I knew this girl who was a freshman and she was dating a senior. He’s now in college and she’s barely a sophomore I see plenty of things wrong with that picture.
Most of the time when entering high school freshman aren’t very sophisticated. I’m not saying that seniors don’t care about them and use them like a toy but you’d be surprised when the relationship ends and the senior is going their own way but the freshman is ruined emotionally.
I just think that it isn’t right for freshman and sophomores to go to prom not only with a senior but also at all.
I wouldn’t want my child going to prom with someone 3 years over their age.
The seniors had to wait four years to go to prom and so should underclassman.
I think they should create separate proms, one for the seniors only and another for juniors.
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