Reply #103: Post the FIRST letter [View All]

[sandnsea]

Not the one concoted after parents got upset. He's using opulence to intimidate them into silence. THIS is what he said in his FIRST letter about the prom.

#3) It goes without saying that alcohol has always been a factor in the “Prom Experience,” often characterized by a post-prom “Booze Cruise” or a bar in the limo, etc.
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This “rite of passage” also includes sex. Common parlance tells us that this is the time to lose one’s virginity (if it hadn’t occurred before). It is a time of heightened sexuality in a culture of anything goes. You are all acquainted with the sexual climate in which we live. Recently we had a nationally recognized speaker present to our student body the real consequences of adolescent
promiscuity - pregnancy, a variety of sexually transmitted diseases, etc. The prom has become a sexual focal point. This is supposed to be a dance, not a honeymoon."

At this juncture, I would recommend that you would investigate an ‘American classic’ that appeared in 1999. The title of the film is “American Pie.” It is almost a cult film, like “Animal House” before it. The plot features four male teenagers who make a pact to lose their virginity before graduation, and the locus is the Senior Prom. I would venture to say that all our Senior class has seen it. Like “Animal House,” which had an enormous impact on college dorm life, “American Pie” is a good example of nature imitating art - adolescent culture being formed and led by the media. If you hesitate to rent the film (which I do not recommend), you can get a fairly good idea by typing in “American Pie” on the Internet. You will get dozens of links.