With the days of school narrowing down, as seniors, we begin to get antsy in anticipation of graduation and ending this chapter in our lives.
We start to look forward to those final and lasting memories of high school: avoiding finals, graduating and most importantly, going to prom.
For most of us, a perfect prom is like the cherry on top of an amazing high school experience, but for us girls it seems to be much more. Movies and television shows tell us this is supposed to be the greatest night of our lives thus far. This puts prom on a pedestal that will only lead to disappointment if everything isn’t perfect.
Since this year began, I’ve watched girls surf the net looking for the perfect dress no matter the cost. When they discover that it’s sold out, doesn’t come in the right color, or someone else already has it, they’re crushed. Most of them look as if their puppy was hit by a truck right in front of them.
It’s sad, really, because this night that we’ve dreamt about since we were little “sevies” in our respective junior highs comes crashing down because of one little snag.
Girls have to find the perfect dress, the perfect shoes to match the perfect dress, and the perfect accessories to match the shoes and dress. On top of that, we have to have flawless make-up — heaven forbid a zit pops up on the day of — and every strand of hair needs to be glued into place with countless cans of hair spray.
Even after all of these perfectionist antics, there are still things that could make this not the night we wanted. The weather, location and the theme are all things that are, at this point, beyond our control. For some of us, this could ultimately cause the night to come crashing down before our freshly pedicured feet.
Since the prom theme was announced, I’ve been hearing chatter from both sides of the spectrum about how wonderful and amazing the theme is to how utterly awful it is and how some won’t go because of it. For those who are unaware of the unique and interesting theme, it is “Out of this World.’’
When I heard this theme, all I could imagine was little green men and huge Styrofoam planets in my prom pictures. To me, that was not appealing at all, and I was not the only one disgruntled by the pick. If so many people were as disgusted with this theme, as I was, then how on earth was it voted as the theme?
The problem I discovered was that hardly anyone voted. Student Council gave us this democratic opportunity to choose our prom theme, but only about 50 people voted in all. That’s 12 percent of seniors voting and even less who voted for the winning theme.
So it would appear as if being stuck with a displeasing prom theme was our own fault. A majority of us did not vote so what gives us the right to complain when we had the opportunity to have a say in the decision. But a big problem that came up was that not everyone knew about the voting.
I was told voting was noted on the morning announcements, but the problem with that is not everyone can hear them over the roaring noises of their second hours. So that wasn’t the most reliable way of telling us to vote. “But there was a flyer in the StuCo window,” someone told me. I personally found that to also be an unreliable method because of the following reasons: not everyone eats lunch on campus at this point in high school and they also don’t constantly check what’s going on in the StuCo window.
Sometimes organizations need to take a harder look at the way they do things, like voting, and see if there are better ways of going about it. I talked to a handful of people about better ways to select a prom theme. We came up with an idea that seemed like it wouldn’t take too much time or effort. If Student Council took their voting to senior seminars, a higher majority of seniors would know about the voting and take part. No solution would make everyone 100 percent happy, but maybe more people would be on board and feel like, “Hey this our Prom, and this is our Prom theme.”
Let’s be honest, whatever the theme, we all need to remember this is one of the last things we do as Lions. We need to enjoy this time with our friends before we head off to the big bad world of college when we’ll only see each other during the occasional breaks we spend at home.
With the days of school narrowing down, as seniors, we begin to get antsy in anticipation of graduation and ending this chapter in our lives.
We start to look forward to those final and lasting memories of high school: avoiding finals, graduating and most importantly, going to prom.
For most of us, a perfect prom is like the cherry on top of an amazing high school experience, but for us girls it seems to be much more. Movies and television shows tell us this is supposed to be the greatest night of our lives thus far. This puts prom on a pedestal that will only lead to disappointment if everything isn’t perfect.
Since this year began, I’ve watched girls surf the net looking for the perfect dress no matter the cost. When they discover that it’s sold out, doesn’t come in the right color, or someone else already has it, they’re crushed. Most of them look as if their puppy was hit by a truck right in front of them.
It’s sad, really, because this night that we’ve dreamt about since we were little “sevies” in our respective junior highs comes crashing down because of one little snag.
Girls have to find the perfect dress, the perfect shoes to match the perfect dress, and the perfect accessories to match the shoes and dress. On top of that, we have to have flawless make-up — heaven forbid a zit pops up on the day of — and every strand of hair needs to be glued into place with countless cans of hair spray.
Even after all of these perfectionist antics, there are still things that could make this not the night we wanted. The weather, location and the theme are all things that are, at this point, beyond our control. For some of us, this could ultimately cause the night to come crashing down before our freshly pedicured feet.
Since the prom theme was announced, I’ve been hearing chatter from both sides of the spectrum about how wonderful and amazing the theme is to how utterly awful it is and how some won’t go because of it. For those who are unaware of the unique and interesting theme, it is “Out of this World.’’
When I heard this theme, all I could imagine was little green men and huge Styrofoam planets in my prom pictures. To me, that was not appealing at all, and I was not the only one disgruntled by the pick. If so many people were as disgusted with this theme, as I was, then how on earth was it voted as the theme?
The problem I discovered was that hardly anyone voted. Student Council gave us this democratic opportunity to choose our prom theme, but only about 50 people voted in all. That’s 12 percent of seniors voting and even less who voted for the winning theme.
So it would appear as if being stuck with a displeasing prom theme was our own fault. A majority of us did not vote so what gives us the right to complain when we had the opportunity to have a say in the decision. But a big problem that came up was that not everyone knew about the voting.
I was told voting was noted on the morning announcements, but the problem with that is not everyone can hear them over the roaring noises of their second hours. So that wasn’t the most reliable way of telling us to vote. “But there was a flyer in the StuCo window,” someone told me. I personally found that to also be an unreliable method because of the following reasons: not everyone eats lunch on campus at this point in high school and they also don’t constantly check what’s going on in the StuCo window.
Sometimes organizations need to take a harder look at the way they do things, like voting, and see if there are better ways of going about it. I talked to a handful of people about better ways to select a prom theme. We came up with an idea that seemed like it wouldn’t take too much time or effort. If Student Council took their voting to senior seminars, a higher majority of seniors would know about the voting and take part. No solution would make everyone 100 percent happy, but maybe more people would be on board and feel like, “Hey this our Prom, and this is our Prom theme.”
Let’s be honest, whatever the theme, we all need to remember this is one of the last things we do as Lions. We need to enjoy this time with our friends before we head off to the big bad world of college when we’ll only see each other during the occasional breaks we spend at home.
