Prom

Oh boy is this an exhilarating debate, or at least to me. So fewer teens will be exposed to drugs if we cancel prom is what you are suggesting. What about winter formal? What about Sadie Hawkins? What about Grad night? Perhaps even homecoming? To cancel prom, we might as well cancel the rest of the school events that teens might be expose to peer pressure. Perhaps we shouldn't have a public school system and everyone should be home schooled to prevent our younger generation from the drugs and alcohol until they are of age. As ridiculous as it seems, if prom isn't the "big night" for teens, then what will be the highlight of High school? Something will replace it and then there will be another debate about that perhaps. Where I am from, the US, the drinking age is 21. Frat parties almost always have alcohol and underage teens who haven't drank in High School will most likely drink in college. From my personal experience, everyone I know from High School drank in college before the age of 21. Even I am guilty of breaking the law and had some beers in college. I know that the cold war had direct relations with the Vietnam war, Korean war, and the Cuban missile crisis. That is why I stated that there were no "direct" wars between the US and Russia which still proves my point. The point that you brought up about it being the bloodiest century is hard to prove. Yes with a greater amount of people would allow for a bloodier century. But then the world population grew from 1.6 billion to 6.5 billion, which is a growth of ~400 percent. However thinking of it as a ratio according to experts and estimations brings it to about 1.6% (adjusted to population growth) of the world population died that century. However what about all the wars that happen before that? We don't know the exact count of the deaths because no one recorded it. Its hard to say what the bloodiest century is at all. We all experience the prom differently as our previous statements have shown and I would argue with it being even close to "50-50." Then again, not all after parties are as bad as you think. The after party I attended was at a mini mansion with a giant pool with the owners of the house (my buddy's pad) still there to watch over everyone. Was there alcohol or drugs? The answer is no except for the cigarettes that the my buddy's dad was puffing on. To your concern of me not responding to people engaging in sex after prom, my official response (although late now) would be that people have sex regardless of just prom. Some people want to wait for the right time to have sex. When is the right time to have sex? Some say when your old 18. Others say when your in college. I say its when its whenever you want as long as its safe/using protection and of course consensual. Those people who you do choose to have sex after prom probably have been planning it already. "If you were to study North American economics you'd find the least money is being spent from May to July, and when do proms happen? Usually between May and July." So now your contradicting yourself. No I haven't studied North American economics too much in depth, so I cannot tell you truthfully without lying when the least money or the most money is being spent. I would ASSUME late November and December would be were the most busiest time of the year. Our consumerist society has always been to advertise and convince consumers to spend money. That's what our society does, this is not just prom. You see this everywhere, like going to the movies. You usually don't go to the movies by yourself. You can, but you usually don't. Most of the time you go with someone. But let's stop the movies because society pressures the male to buy expensive snacks at the concession stand for their date. If you don't, you would have a bad time. Is that true? Do you really have a bad time? NO! It's what you make of the situation. The media does its job and advertise. You are complaining about globalization when you talk about these sweatshops and slave-like conditions. But guess what? America has many things made from third world countries. This doesn't pertain to just prom, about to our society. Why let prom take the blame? Your concern about our natural land being removed for these "halls" is just part of the population growing. They don't just build halls on the outskirts of town by themselves. Businesses that cut costs in general produce worst quality items than those who don't. You get what you pay for. If you want to buy something made from workers that make more income, the products cost more. It's simple economics. The companies are bringing the lower prices to the consumer (ie. Ferrari vs Civic). What will people remember most you ask? I still say prom with a person blacking out. Prom is just another event. Like Albert Einstein said. "All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual." If they don't go, they learn to go on with life.