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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[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.