A couple of things

[apocalypsos]

A principal at an all-girls school on Staten Island has made a rule that if girls don't have a male date for the prom, they can't go. Man, that rule bugs me. So if you're unpopular, a lesbian, or would rather avoid possible prom-night sexual politics and just hang with your friends, you're SOL, I guess.

I didn't go to my prom. Lots of people went stag, and I probably could have gone stag myself or asked a guy, but I was too shy to ask anyone else back then and every single one of my friends went with a date. I already felt uncomfortable enough on a daily basis without being the fifth wheel at the prom. I think I just stayed home and read a book or something.

Also, new Christian and Olli!

It's mostly Judith and her love life, but she finally, finally does what I've been wanting her to do for weeks. (Um, I really don't like Fabian. Have I mentioned that?) However, Olli and Christian do get some early-morning flirting in, and Olli's line about running away after a kiss made me die laughing.

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[apiphile.livejournal.com]

I took a male friend to our Leaver's Do but to be honest everyone hated the affair and we all left early (we being the drama students) and went to a metal club with some of the others. About thirty blokes and girls formed a really violent moshpit in tuxedos and ballgowns. I swear, it was just like an MCR video.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

The thing I remember most about prom was that the next day I found out that my best friend (who was a bit of a drama queen) had been pissed that her boyfriend ended up prom king and someone else ended up prom queen. (She was, like, third alternate or something.)

Which, for crying out loud, they picked the prom court at random.

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

I am so OVERWHELMINGLY GLAD we do not have those traditions here, it sounds like a recipe for bad feeling.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

My sixth form had a leavers' do but only about twelve people out of the year of 280 or so went. And it was the wholesome people who went, so it was probably the most boring night ever. (I don't know for sure because the leavers' do was held after exams, so I managed to avoid ever seeing any of them again. Hurrah!)

[apiphile.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the majority of our Sixth Form didn't go either. Stinginess and general lack of school spirit and all.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

And a general dislike of EVERYBODY IN MY YEAR. All my friends were in the year below by that stage (because all my friends in the year above had already left) and there was no way I was going to voluntarily spend time with the turds in my year.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

And it was the wholesome people who went

Bwahahaha, that reminds me of my Senior Skip Day. That year, we had a new principal who was trying to show he could keep everybody in line and told us that if any of us skipped we'd get suspended.

We changed the date. Only three people from my class showed up that day -- two of the special ed students, and my best friend. Who asked her dad if she could skip. (Granted, I asked my mother, too, but sarcastically after I found out what my best friend did. "Hey, Mom, can I skip on Senior Skip Day? Oh, for the record, I am, so." My mom ranted about how she wasn't going to lie to the school about where I was if they called, then told me later on that day that when they called she told them I was at home in bed throwing up. My mom is occasionally awesome. :))

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

The last four years of my time at school/college were a permanent skip day. *g* Some of my teachers didn't actually know who I was because I never went to lessons.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I was such a goody-two-shoes. Senior Skip Day was the only day I ever skipped school.

[derryderrydown.livejournal.com]

On one memorable occasion, I did actually go to school - but was so drunk/hungover that I just passed out on the common room floor and my friends hid me by piling coats on top of me.

Looking back, I'm rather amazed I'm still alive, actually.

[conuly]

That year, we had a new principal who was trying to show he could keep everybody in line and told us that if any of us skipped we'd get suspended.

So... if you skipped, she'd reward you with another day off? Like, seriously?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Even the teachers rolled their eyes at that one. (What I specifically remember was that after he assembled the seniors and told us that, we went to our first class and our math teacher -- who'd been there forever and knew all of us really well because it was such a small school -- said, "Ignore that idiot. Go ahead and skip. Trust me, nobody else cares.")

He didn't stay around long, though, thank God. I think he left a few years after that, although I doubt it was because he finally realized what a crap principal he was.