Well, this is one way to stop the freakers:
Fed up with students' racy moves, a principal at a California high school has taken the unusual step of canceling the rest of this year's school dances. Principal Jim Bennett of Lemoore Union High School said he warned students at a winter formal dance last month to either quit dirty dancing or face the possibility of not dancing at all.
But he said the students continued "freak dancing," a form of sexually suggestive dancing that involves grinding the hips and pelvic area.
The ban on dances includes the school's Sadie Hawkins dance in February and the junior and senior proms in the spring, but Bennett said they could be rescheduled if students modify their behavior.
"It's really up to the kids at this point. They have to take some responsibility," Bennett said.
How 'bout Bennett sponsors a dance class during lunch, or has the students learn steps in gym? I mean, it's entirely possible that these kids really don't know any other moves that are fun yet un-dorky. Bennett could attempt to make un-freaky dancing "cool" again, which would show that he's doing his part to help solve the problem. I agree that there should be scary chaperones and tough peers to enforce the no-freak rules at dances - but it would be fair to enable kids to learn some other way to dance as well.
Posted by kswygert at January 10, 2005 06:34 PM