It's amazing how much Economics dilutes the integrity and culture of society. While Prom is a billion dollar industry that helps our economy, millions of high school seniors spend hundreds of hours earning money to pay for a night that could easily be topped off by a fun day at the beach with your best friends. My prom takes place this Saturday, and sadly, I am going. It pains me that I had to spend 90$ on tailoring my dress and paying for the limo, and I'm not even spending that much and the only reason I choose to go is that my friends from school pressured me into it. Really though, why is that one night suuuuch a huge deal?
It's not like that's the last time we'll get to bump and grind for the rest of our lives, nor is prom more fun than a day at an amusement park or stand up comedy...it's just a dance, only you're supposed to wear fancier gowns. However, I do see the logic to it: American culture needed it's own sort of coming of age party.
You see, Latin-Americans have quinces, Filipinos have debuts, Jewish people have bar and batmitzfas (sp?), rich white people have cotillions, but what about the rest of America? You can have a collective coming of age type ceremony with all your schoolmates for just 600$ or so, which is a bargain compared to what people pay to through their own big parties. So I guess if you really care about all of that, prom might be worth it. As for me...I want my money and time back, so I can spend it on perhaps a vacation somewhere, or maybe even *gasp* donate it to a charity. ;)
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