High Schools Crack Down: Dance Nice or Not at All

Michelle York:

Before Sophie Friedman, 15, went to her first high school dance last year, her friends warned her: This would not be like those in middle school with shy, awkward dance moves.

But their advice did not prepare Sophie for what she saw when she showed up. “It was a pretty big shock,” she said. “I didn’t expect it to be that crazy.”

Her classmates were bumping, grinding, shaking, arching, teasing and flaunting in a way that made the chaperons gape.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 17, 2006 6:22 AM
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