Nice Try

Last week I wrote about the new rules we had at our school dances. And yesterday at Homecoming was the first dance that the rules were being used. As far I knew, none of the students were taking it very seriously. A lot of them even making jokes and finding ways to get around the rules while still dancing how they have in the past. But apparently the teachers were taking it very seriously.

          I got to the dance about an hour after it started. Most of the students were still just standing around instead of dancing. Some of my friends were even getting ready to leave. About five minutes after arriving, one of the administrators made an announcement. He was giving all the students a warning for inappropriate dancing. There was to be no bumping and grinding and we had to face each other.

          The main reason for making these rules was to get rid of any dancing that simulated sex acts. But what I don’t understand is how two people facing each other and grinding is any better than not facing each other. One of my friends said that his freshman year there was a couple that got kicked out for dancing facing each other because they were actually having sex. First off that’s really disgusting and not classy at all. And second shouldn’t the teachers be more worried about this happening again?

          I noticed that there was a lot more teacher supervision than usual. This was most likely to enforce the rules better. While students were dancing, some of the teachers walked through them and tried to tell them to stop dancing inappropriately. If it was me, I would not want to be the teacher to have to walk through sweaty students and tell them not to dance in a certain way. I didn’t even like being the student hearing the teachers say it.

          Nice try faculty. Trying to enforce these rules was a good attempt, but none of the students took it seriously. I get why the faculty was trying to enforce these rules, but they should’ve gone about them in a different way and been more prepared for students not following them. All around it was a nice try, but better luck next time.

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