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People on this forum will think it's over rated for the simple reason that for the most part, they are going on to bigger and better things like university, so simply graduating high school isn't looked upon as an accomplishment. However, for the majority of highschool students, this is the end of the line in terms of school, so they have more of a reason to celebrate. I've noticed in my school its all the kids who aren't going to university that are making a big deal out of prom, and the ones who are going don't seem to think as much of it  thats just my opinion anyway
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( I think it's extremelyyyyyy over rated too btw)
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MatthewAlexander wrote:People on this forum will think it's over rated for the simple reason that for the most part, they are going on to bigger and better things like university, so simply graduating high school isn't looked upon as an accomplishment. However, for the majority of highschool students, this is the end of the line in terms of school, so they have more of a reason to celebrate. I've noticed in my school its all the kids who aren't going to university that are making a big deal out of prom, and the ones who are going don't seem to think as much of it thats just my opinion anyway wow...that's a good way to look at it.
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Effy wrote:I used to dream about Prom when I first came to high school. Now I have seen the light and realized what an utter waste it really is, especially if you have no real "ties" to the people in your grade. I certainly don't - my closest friends and I all decided not to bother with it because it really does seem wasteful to us. We will do something together, because throughout the years, we've been there for each other... no one else really "matters", no offense to those who think an entire grade is somehow special. To me, it's not something I value. I don't have relationships with nearly any of the rest of the grade. My greatest, closest friends have all graduated and were in a year above me... so why should I bother? I was actually about to go to their prom, but at the last moment, decided not to b/c of complicating some situation at the time.
Anyway. Yeah, I don't think it's that important. I also do look down upon those that hype it up to the point of spending loads and loads of $ on it. Some people really are big into tradition and stuff like that. I'm not. I used to be, but I've changed. It is meaningless to me. That makes complete sense, but others of us go to smaller schools where the entire grade has bonded and by the end of the year is really close, so naturally we'd care more about Prom! But I guess it's different for private vs. public schools.
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For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible.
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thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. i agree...everyone needs to be able to look back on their highschool years regardless of whether or not it was the best or worst years of their life...
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thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying.
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MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. Prom works different ways at different schools. Our prom wasn't even associated with the school because they refused involvement. Nobody's parents were there. It was just a big party that included dinner and a dance.
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MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. Well. it sounds like you have a crappy prom. ew. i never thought i'd ever say this, but i guess scarborough is actually pretty cool, seeing as we have awesome proms that do not involve parents, speeches, a big aisle, or pianos. but there are hundreds of pictures. which i am impartial to.
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thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. You people really b!itch about money a lot. 1200 isn't that much money. If some people want to spend it then they really should be able to. Think about it. Limo liquor clothes dinner it all adds up.
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MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. You have parents at prom? gah bah ewwy
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eco wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. You have parents at prom? gah bah ewwy There's parents at my Grad. I don't really see why it's a big deal. They just sort of sit around and make sure no one dies of alcohol poisoning/ No huge fights go down.
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NEM99 wrote:eco wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. You have parents at prom? gah bah ewwy There's parents at my Grad. I don't really see why it's a big deal. They just sort of sit around and make sure no one dies of alcohol poisoning/ No huge fights go down. I wouldn't care aobut parents i didn't know, or teachers. If i know them, its fricking embarassing to get crunked and feel up my gf lol. He made it sound like all their parents are there.
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My parents have accidentally walked in enough times I don't even think anything could make it awkward.
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haha my parents know to leave me alone.
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Jealous. Though I don't have a girlfriend anymore and I haven't actually brought any randoms home..
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I do think prom is a big deal for graduating students. It's an event just for us. We can have a blast, say goodbyes, reminisce about the good ol' days, dress up in something we wouldn't normally wear, and feel great! However, I do think people spend waaay too much money on it! I plan on spending much less on my dress, hopefully capping my limit at $200 max. Hopefully it doesn't get up there though. I mean, for those who can afford it, go right ahead and blow your money as you wish. But for people in my boat who need to save what money they can for university, it's just not an expense I need to deal with.
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I wore my mom's prom dress from the 80's ---- ooooooooooh yeah haha it was sweet.
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MatthewAlexander wrote:People on this forum will think it's over rated for the simple reason that for the most part, they are going on to bigger and better things like university, so simply graduating high school isn't looked upon as an accomplishment. However, for the majority of highschool students, this is the end of the line in terms of school, so they have more of a reason to celebrate. I've noticed in my school its all the kids who aren't going to university that are making a big deal out of prom, and the ones who are going don't seem to think as much of it thats just my opinion anyway I disagree, it is hyped because western society has hyped it up, not because Mr.X goes here and Ms.Y goes there. Look at my sig, by your definition i am going to bigger and better things so i shouldn't be excited for it, but i am.
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NEM99 wrote:eco wrote:MatthewAlexander wrote:thecowsaysmoo wrote:For some people, yah prom is overrated. I disagree though. I attended prom last year, with my older boyfriend, and it really wasn’t. It was an incredibly awesome night, and a night of celebration for the graduates. It was a night of discussion, hugging, happiness, and dancing, and a great way to “end” the year for the grade 12s who were moving on to bigger and better things. Prom is only fun though if you make it. It isn’t about spending $1200 (which I know someone who did last year) or blowing hundreds on a tux and limo. I think a lot of the people who are saying its overrated need an excuse for not going for whatever other reason, but for those of us with tons of friends and good memories, prom is an opportunity to party it up in the company of those who have helped us make high school not tragically horrible. your prom consists of partying? to me, partying is NOT dancing with parents, hearing speeches, walking down a big aisle to random piano instrumental music, and being in hundreds of pictures.. It's important in the sense that you're with friends but you dont need it to make memories. Usually the night after prom (saturday) is the real night for partying. You have parents at prom? gah bah ewwy There's parents at my Grad. I don't really see why it's a big deal. They just sort of sit around and make sure no one dies of alcohol poisoning/ No huge fights go down. for us grad and prom are two separate events, about four months apart. Prom is just the party/get drunk fest (no parents and depending on the year no school involvement), and grad/commencement is when we get the diplomas, have the parents come, etc.
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