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Prom is an iconic part of high school that most students look forward to as underclassmen. Once you reach the status of upperclassman, prom serves as an incentive to get one through the tough junior year and the senioritis of your last semester of high school. It’s been like that for decades and U. City definitely follows the tradition.
Over the years, Hollywood has had a major role in romanticizing prom. Countless movies have been made that center around prom, its expectations and monumental meaning, a meaning that some students compare to a wedding day. As with wedding proposals, a sizable aspect of prom is how to pop the question.
Students hear crazy stories of cars being covered with the question, “prom?” and giant banners hung with the proposal spelled out. But, unfortunately, none of those charming tales ever originate at U. City. It may not seem like much, but the way you ask your significant other to prom can go a long way. And it may even determine the answer you get.
“Boys at U. City aren’t creative enough,” said senior Maliaka Hill. “The girls have low expectations, so they will take the minimum. If it’s a girl you really like, the boy should want to guarantee a yes and put the effort in.”
While Hill believes that not all of the blame is on the boys, due to the low expectations of girls, senior Carlos Lopez thinks that the maturity of the boys keeps them from seeing the importance of making the effort.
“The boys here are still young and not mature enough to understand why you should go all out,” said Lopez. ”You only go to prom once; you’ve got to go all out.”
One would think that the nearing end of high school would inspire over-the-top ideas for the perfect proposal. Instead, people see it as an excuse to slide by and give their least, able to still come out with a date. One aspect of this that some fail to see, however, is that the point of prom is to have fun, and if you go with someone that isn’t worth all of the trouble of an elaborate prom proposal, it might not live up to its potential. Many people come home from prom let down, due to expectations of the night of their dreams, a night that was meant to be a last hurrah before the end of their high school experience.
