Comments on: Nobody puts Baby in Dance Detention

By: emmalee

emmalee — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:14:24 +0000

is this school in westminster, md? i think i’ve heard of it..

By: Lisap

Lisap — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:48:40 +0000

@Dr_Know

Clearly you have never dealt with teenagers or irate parents defending their teenagers” idiotic behavior because they don’t feel like actually parenting. You can never be too specific. They will make any excuse they can to explain how what they did fell into some loop-hole that doesn’t exist. It is just easier to try and cover all your bases to begin with.

By: Lisap

Lisap — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:43:09 +0000

The area I grew up had a lot of issues with the dances. The regular problems with drinking and fighting happened, but also a LOT of inappropriate behaviour. When I was in Grade 12, they decided to strictly enforce the long existing dress code at the dances (one girl I knew once re-used a dance recital outfit she wore as an 8 year old as a Halloween costume, so the inappropriate dress and dancing was a legitimate concern). The main issue they had was how hard it was to actually enforce rules, there were about 1000 students from Grades 10-12 in the school, about half went to the dances plus students from other local schools all stuffed in one gym. They eventually just gave up and canceled dances by the time my youngest sister started high school. I wish they had at least tried this first. In my opinion, cancelling them causes more problems; the few schools still having them are completely over run with students from other schools and now private companies are holding much larger dances with much less security.

By: Lololol

Lololol — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:25:38 +0000

Is it funny, that this school is one in my district?

Also even more ironic is the other school, Freedom High School. We have the same rules only stricter.

By: Katter

Katter — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:39:26 +0000

Gotta agree with Melissa R. here. Great for you if you’re an extrovert and enjoy all that extrovert stuff, but don’t go implying that people who don’t act like you cannot possibly be having a good time in their lives. If I had to spend all that time around other people instead of allowing myself the alone time I need to wind down at the end of the day, I would be completely miserable. As it is, I choose the level of social activity appropriate to my own needs and desires, and I am happy with my life.

By: Nocturnesthesia

Nocturnesthesia — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:44:48 +0000

Assuming this is similar to the high school I went to, I’m pleasantly surprised they don’t send home notes in gangsta (or l33t speak? idk, it’s 2011) so the recipients’ parents have a clue what’s going on.
Otherwise it’s reasonable. We had enough shame that no one would try anything really forward if there were chaperones watching, but some kids aren’t deterred. The kids I hung out with were really good at breakdancing and I was one of many who just hung back and watched them, there were some girls that were pretty good at crumping too. They got told off for being “too suggestive” by one of the more conservative chaperones (read: harpy bitch), but the VP said it was ok.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:53:38 +0000

“No bending over”- So what happens if my shoe comes untied? AND what if I then trip over the laces and attempt to break my fall with my hands (GASP) by touching the floor? Should I be removed then removed a second time? Will you call my parent twice?
These are questions/excuses a child will come up with!

By: unsatisfied

unsatisfied — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:42:50 +0000

the crack on killing the fucking delicious joke was really fucking delicious.

it will never die.

mwahahahahaha. ha.

By: makfan

makfan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:31:39 +0000

I want to look at members of the same sex, so I am good to go.

By: Melissa R

Melissa R — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:26:27 +0000

You can see “urban” toddlers doing this on You Tube. Horrifying!

By: Melissa R

Melissa R — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:09:06 +0000

Redhead, that sounds entirely miserable. Especially the softball and Criminal Minds! It isn’t necessary to be social, outgoing, extroverted, sporty, musical or join clubs to enjoy your entire life.

It would be wonderful if extroverts recognized happiness isn’t their exclusive domain.

By: Melissa R

Melissa R — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:58:59 +0000

In my day in the 80s, only dorks actually went inside the school, everyone else just got dropped off there as an alibi. Even that was dorky, because that meant your parents actually cared what you were up to, and you didn’t have free rein, a car, or friends with a car.

By: Melissa R

Melissa R — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:48:14 +0000

I suppose what they mean to say is MAY not.

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:29:22 +0000

Another grammar mistake: “Your legs can not wrap around your dance partner.” That is not a proscriptive statement. They have just given the students permission to not wrap their legs around their dance partners. They did not explicitly deny them the right to do so. You must use “cannot” to do this. No wonder educational standards are falling… our educators themselves cannot write proper English sentences.