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It wasn’t too long ago that the unspoken rules for prom were universally understood: juniors and seniors only, and students chose their dates from among classmates or fellow teammates. Attire for the prom was more casual but still had elements of formality. My, how things have changed. In just one generation, the rules of engagement for high school dances have gone the way of discos and “Saturday Night Fever.” Where at one time students partnered with longtime sweethearts and were confined to the school gym to dance in their socks, they now arrive with friends at hotel ballrooms and affluent clubs in flashy, thigh-high dresses, well-matched ties and the untroubled outlook that is the product of a jobless, multi-activity young lifestyle. It is this carefree lifestyle that permits students to break tradition in finding a prom date, as well. Twenty-first century prepsters have time to enjoy a variety of extra-curricular activities that were not available to their...
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