Alabama's proms just as backwards as Mississippi's

[bartleby]

What not to wear?

by Patrick McCreless
03.31.10 - 03:00 am

Erica Deramous was not trying to make a statement, disobey school policy or flaunt herself. She just wanted to enjoy her senior prom.

She was suspended all the same.

“I feel it’s stupid because I got suspended for nothing,” Deramous said.

As high school seniors in Calhoun County and across the country continue to board limousines and purchase corsages in the coming weeks for their proms, many will come under the scrutiny of school administrators with varying interpretations of what is and is not appropriate formal wear.

Deramous was one of about 25 Oxford High students who were disciplined for violating the dress code at her school’s prom Saturday. The students in violation were allowed to stay at the prom, but the following week, each was given the option of receiving corporal punishment or accepting a three-day suspension from school, Oxford principal Trey Holladay said.

Continued at: http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/6892751/article-What-not-to-wear

[Frozen Sooner]

Not that I disagree with the general sentiment, because knowing some people from Oxford they'd probably get in a tizzy about a lesbian couple as well, but how is telling someone their dress is inappropriate for prom when there's a clear dress code even remotely comparable to telling someone she can't bring her girlfriend to prom?

[GrandeMaestro Fünke]

That's ridiculous, the dress doesn't look inappropriate at all.

[MabusRex]

Um...corporal punishment?

[bartleby]

Not that I disagree with the general sentiment, because knowing some people from Oxford they'd probably get in a tizzy about a lesbian couple as well, but how is telling someone their dress is inappropriate for prom when there's a clear dress code even remotely comparable to telling someone she can't bring her girlfriend to prom?

Not really saying it's comparable—just wanted an attention grabbing headline.


But anyway, it's more about spanking an 18-year-old as punishment for wearing a dress that, by most people's standards, isn't really all that inappropriate.

[Fake Pat]

Um...corporal punishment?

Yeah, that's what really stuck out to me too.

[Ray G.]

Yeah, that's what really stuck out to me too.

Agreed.

Suspending students for violating the dress code doesn't sound particularly egregious to me, especially not compared to what I assume Bart is referring to in Mississippi. But that last line...jeez.

[Mylazycat]

I would think schools would want want to cut down on the use of limousines at proms. In a way, if one wanted to take the stance, you could see the use of them as flaunting of status, importance and money, therefore potentially offensive to students from families who can't afford such.

"We want all our students to feel equal and enjoy the prom as one, without feeling left out or the need to aim for status and showmanship, therefore we are banning the use of limousines to transport students to and from their prom or graduation."

[mike black]

Not that I disagree with the general sentiment, because knowing some people from Oxford they'd probably get in a tizzy about a lesbian couple as well, but how is telling someone their dress is inappropriate for prom when there's a clear dress code even remotely comparable to telling someone she can't bring her girlfriend to prom?

I agree - but wasn't the whole thing about her wearing a Tux? They both amount to discrimination, but I seem to remember the issue being over the tuxedo.

[babydave]

That's pretty damn stupid. They seemed to go for the opposite-of-logic punishment. If she was dressed inappropriately, she should have been sent home. Instead, they let her stay and then suspended her from ACTUAL LEARNING.

So, from this I've gathered that she was dressed inappropriately but not so much so that she was still allowed to wear the dress at the school function (tacit approval) probably so everyone could stare, yet it was such an offense that she can either take a beating or be removed from the actual purpose of school. I know the south is ass-backwards, but this is a bit much.

why does anybody with half a brain still live in the south? NC is bad enough and it's fairly far north. Morons like that shouldn't be in charge of the youth of America.

[NickT]

That's pretty damn stupid. They seemed to go for the opposite-of-logic punishment. If she was dressed inappropriately, she should have been sent home. Instead, they let her stay and then suspended her from ACTUAL LEARNING.

So, from this I've gathered that she was dressed inappropriately but not so much so that she was still allowed to wear the dress at the school function (tacit approval) probably so everyone could stare, yet it was such an offense that she can either take a beating or be removed from the actual purpose of school. I know the south is ass-backwards, but this is a bit much.

why does anybody with half a brain still live in the south? NC is bad enough and it's fairly far north. Morons like that shouldn't be in charge of the youth of America.
Because anyone with half a brain knows stupid people are everywhere?

[RickLM]

I would think schools would want want to cut down on the use of limousines at proms. In a way, if one wanted to take the stance, you could see the use of them as flaunting of status, importance and money, therefore potentially offensive to students from families who can't afford such.

"We want all our students to feel equal and enjoy the prom as one, without feeling left out or the need to aim for status and showmanship, therefore we are banning the use of limousines to transport students to and from their prom or graduation."


But that's half the reason people go to proms.

[Mylazycat]

That's pretty damn stupid. They seemed to go for the opposite-of-logic punishment. If she was dressed inappropriately, she should have been sent home. Instead, they let her stay and then suspended her from ACTUAL LEARNING.

So, from this I've gathered that she was dressed inappropriately but not so much so that she was still allowed to wear the dress at the school function (tacit approval) probably so everyone could stare, yet it was such an offense that she can either take a beating or be removed from the actual purpose of school. I know the south is ass-backwards, but this is a bit much.

why does anybody with half a brain still live in the south? NC is bad enough and it's fairly far north. Morons like that shouldn't be in charge of the youth of America.

What - what? A beating?

[Ryan F]

Isn't "just as backwards as Mississippi" Alabama's state motto?

[babydave]

Because anyone with half a brain knows stupid people are everywhere?

sure, but why willingly add intense heat and a high concentration of insects to that?

I am well aware that stupidity is not dictated by geography. Still, having family in the south, I am always amazed at how screwed up the logic is whenever I visit.

[usagi20]

Why didn't the article have a picture of the girl wearing the dress? You can't really tell how revealing it would be just hanging on a hanger.

[Treacle]

Because anyone with half a brain knows stupid people are everywhere?

I can't deny the logic of this statement, but having grown up in the South and moved out of the South, there's a definite difference between people up here and people where I'm from.

[Beep Beep!]

I can't deny the logic of this statement, but having grown up in the South and moved out of the South, there's a definite difference between people up here and people where I'm from.
:thumb:

[Bedlam66]

It's ALABAMA. You Expected something other Idiocy?

[batmanbooyah]

wait, they beat high school students?

[Mylazycat]

wait, they beat high school students?

That's what I was wondering. They don't still do that, do they?

[Frozen Sooner]

Not really saying it's comparable—just wanted an attention grabbing headline.


But anyway, it's more about spanking an 18-year-old as punishment for wearing a dress that, by most people's standards, isn't really all that inappropriate.

The spanking as punishment is odd, sure, but that doesn't really have much to do with the prom itself.

[Scotty]

Ah my state. I love you but sometimes you're a real moron.

[bartleby]

Ah my state. I love you but sometimes you're a real moron.

You better watch what you say, or you're going to get a spanking.

[R0cketFr0g]

Clearly she's a naughty girl and needs a spanking.