Do you want to know what real fear is?We played Croxteth one year when 12,000 came through the gates, but that was nothing!
Real fear is the build up to a Junior School Prom! Knowing that there will be a room full of hyper 11-year-olds expecting the equivalent of the Pussycat Dolls or McFly and getting two guys old enough to be their grandads!
But the truth is, those worries were all for nothing and what a brilliant night we had. And we were home for 10 o'clock!
The main thing is that both the prom-goers and the teaching staff thought it a good night! It was hot, it was lively, they were indeed hyper! It was absolutely great!
We also bumped into two friends from way back whose daughter was at the prom. We last saw her when she was knee high to a grasshopper! Tracey and Bill it was good to see you again - keep in touch!
There's a BBC news article about school proms here
ReplyDeletehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/6903218.stm
Are you helping children grow up too fast?
If sitting in a row on trestles eating a meal and then having what I'd describe as a supervised shindig is the adult thing to do then yep I guess we're doing that!
ReplyDeleteI seem to remember vaguely (it *was* a long time ago) having some sort of party at the end of my junior school life. It involved what today would be called a disco, which we then called "having records".
Yesterday one of the teachers commented that if they had a disco the kids seem to run about - with us there, some danced, some came up close to watch, some wanted to sing or mime playing instruments and a very few ran about.
There's a quote from someone on the website you mention - "People probably think its harmless fun, but its giving them a very strong message that the only fun they can have is by being an adult."
You're right of course - we shouldn't make kids do adult things. No more playing shops, no dolls because that mimics looking after children, no Lego because playing with bricks is what grown-up builders do...
Oh, sorry, I didn't make myself clear - I don't agree.
John Burke (this is a signature)