School Dance Article
Betsy Hart's article is talking about how teenage dances have been out of control in the past years. Teenagers are teenagers and they will do at dances what they want to do. Dancing has changed over the years from conservative to very outgoing. School dances are a place where teenagers get to be around their friends and should be able to dance how they want to a certain extent. The problem is that when teenagers are punished for the way they are dancing, they want to dance that way again even more. Modern dancing is considered sexual behavior when it is really just a way of having fun.
Betsy Hart uses many rhetorical questions in her article. She asks "If the '$400 dress girl' had been sexually assaulted in the parking lot after the festivities because the dance wasn't a 'dud,' would her mom be happy, or suing the school? " This question emphasizes her point because it points out occurrances that could happen due to the lack of control during the dances. She is trying to show that the outrageous behavior within the dances could lead to major problems outside of the dance.
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Taylor, Do you think Hart is justified in her concern. Young ones will be young ones. They will do what they do. Does that mean parents who have been gifted with the maturity and wisdom that comes from experience, should just sit back and do nothing? Should parents simply allow kids to be engaged in behavior that is not modest?
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