Hold Up, Now. (408)

With prom coming up I found an article on the internet about how a school is banning strapless dresses at their 8^th grade dance. First of all, I got the feeling that this dance is supposed to be like prom for little kids. I know in 8^th grade we had a dance but it was just this stupid little thing with girls wearing some pretty little dress that probably cost next to nothing and we went out to eat and had fun and pretended it was some big deal. Well, maybe im just a senior whos forgotten what its like to be in 8^th grade or something but do 8^th graders really need a dance? Maybe a father daughter thing but we don’t need 8^th graders grinding on each other while us high schoolers will get kicked out of the most important dance of our lives if we were to do what we did in 8^th grade.

I also cant remember how mature 8^th graders tend to be but isn’t it a little ridiculous that a strapless dress isn’t allowed? I mean first of all, I don’t think these girls can really show off that much if that’s what the school’s problem is. And second of all, where do you go these days to find a dress with straps? Come on people, you try to go out and find a pretty dress in the right price range and the right size while actually feeling confidant in the dress. Its not as easy as you think, it takes some time and a big selection to pull off getting that perfect dress. Even if it isn’t perfect, girls wanna be close to that otherwise they’ll never feel confident enough to go out and wear it. do you want a bunch of insecure girls standing around the dance because they arnt confidant enough? No. and ik this is a rant that really needs a point so here it is; you go out and look at every dress made for girls and youll find that over 70 percent have sewn in straps. Maybe 60 have clip in or slide in straps so you can choose. And the rest are strapless, that’s the way it is right now. Deal with it. either let the girls in with strapless dresses, or don’t have a dance for them to get excited about. I mean, maybe that can be the privilege in high school-you get dances.