Anyone's child going to an (end of primary) prom?

[Saffron]

sillywoman Wrote:

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> Interestingly, my 16yr old has just had her school

> leavers Prom. The real deal. She and her beautiful

> friends didn't look anything like that saccharine

> bunch of wannabe's in parkview's post.

Um, you may not like the pics, but that's a rather ungenerous thing to say about a group of children. I'm sure your daughter and her friends looked lovely, but you don't have to disparage other people's children in order to proclaim your own child's beauty. Geez, what kind of example is that setting?

:(

[sillywoman]

I'm so sorry my post offended you Saffron. Please put it down to me being an imperfect and fallible human. Thankyou for pulling me up on my incorrect attitudes. I'm very grateful.

Now, back to the gin.

[civilservant]

Rites of passage are important I guess.

But I've always been interested by the fact that proms seem to give rise to conflicting emotions in their home territory.

In most US movies involving proms, the prom is presented as the pinnacle of a suburban life. The prom queen will shine for one night - at the age of 16 - before she vanishes into decades of dreary domesticity, while the prom king usually progresses into some dead-end job e.g. used-car dealer and develops a spare tyre of his own.

Or else the prom is the vehicle for a revenge fantasy a la Carrie.

Luckily I've got a few more years before I have to make a final decision on where I stand on end of secondary school rites of passage!

[Renata Hamvas]

emc Wrote:

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> Hello

>

> Primary school proms are apparently the new

> 'thing' in town and, to celebrate the end of

> summer term, I am looking to film with some

> children who will be attending one of these

> proms...if anyone's child/children is attending

> and fancy taking part in a bit filming of

> preparations/the prom pls PM me for more info...

From what I know of the primaries in this area, I think you will need to go to the States for your story and PICs. The end of year event here may be a disco, where most of the year 6 children will come in their favourite jeans!

Renata

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> thanks so much