If you've been a regular reader of HWTB you know that I am not in favor of proms. You can read my last post about prom here, which shares my experience with the prom (3 time, time-waster) and it links you to the best article out there on why the prom is so ridiculous.
Deborah Wuehler forwarded me an email today about a guy who is wanting to help high schoolers understand finances, and he has an interesting way of doing it. Pay money to send your student to his seminar where he will talk about how to manage money, and after the seminar he will donate some of the money to the prom committee. Very enterprising of him, and I like that he wants to teach students what the schools are not. Yet he seems to think that proms are one of the most important things to happen to a high schooler.
I have never been asked on a job application if I attended the prom. It isn't a pre-requisite for going to college or the military. It wasn't even a requirement to graduate. Conclusion: it is not that important in a high school career. (Career is even a bad word choice. Aside from the faculty, who wants to make high school a career? Yet, that's the way Mr. Bielagus worded it.)
In other prom news--safe, organized, after prom parties are no longer the big hit they used to be. Which doesn't surprise me one bit. Several years ago my local paper printed a letter from someone who had just moved into town. That person was rather upset with the community for not having any clubs for teens to go to so that they wouldn't get into trouble. I replied to the letter--it was printed in the paper as well--to let the newcomer know that our community had tried clubs for teens. Three of them in five years as a matter of fact. All of them failed. Why? Teens don't want to go where they can't drink and all the other "fun things" that they want to do.
Teens already have a safe place to have fun, it's called home. If your teens don't want to be there, then you need to be looking a little deeper into your teens' lives.
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
Comments
May. 2, 2009 - Amen...
I'm with you about proms. I think the money saved on the elaborate event could be better spent. Thanks for posting about this.
May. 5, 2009 - Homeschool Proms
Our high school prom was a joke, however, as I'm sure you know, not all proms are that way. I did have the opportunity to go to a prom and form an opinion so I hoped to pass this option on to my children also. Though a prom is not a "need" but it is something that is talked about among friends from time to time throughout adult life as you know from having to blog about the issue.
We hold an annual 6 hour, Michigan Homeschool Prom Cruise on the Detroit Princess. We had one just this past Friday. It is a beautiful evening full of fun and laughter with the teen homeschooling kids and even some parents. Ages 14 and older can attend. If you want to see video of what a fun homeschooling prom can be like I urge you to watch the videos on the bottom of our Prom website on Facebook.
http://tinyurl.com/bf73um
All of that fun was had with CLEAN music even. :o) I'm hoping obviously that you may change your opinion of them a little bit, maybe... Just a thought. :o)
Shelly Mabe
Founder: Macomb Christian Homeschoolers In Michigan
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