They wouldn’t have even noticed a 21 year old college student, it’s Chicago after all.
The world will likely end soon.
At our school, there are special rules (well publicized, well in advance) about non-students attending the prom with students. Was that the case at this school, or did they just suddenly spring this on the girl?
They are both old enough to marry on their own. The district says it is because the young man is old enough to drink alcohol.
I guess their message is they think going out and getting drunk is a better use of the young man’s time than any social event they throw.
Guess they ought to know.
I used to hate the older dudes who would come back and steal our hot high school chicks. He won’t be getting any sympathy from the guys in the senior class.
I really hope both the reporter and editor didn't pay Ivy League prices for learning to write that line.
"You can't bar me from attending. I'm skipping it!"
Schools get their knickers in a knot over the darndest things now. As a 16 year old senior “more than a couple years ago” I came with my 22 year old boyfriend, now husband, who had recently finished a tour in the Navy, and no one said a thing. It never crossed my mind that anyone would object - and they didn’t.
No problems, I just mentioned to him I would drop a dime to the base commander, or CID, or whatever, if he didn't move on if he didn't move on and stop sniffing around. I seriously don't remember what happened or if I took her to the prom....but I remember him.
Our daughter is at her prom right now. It was well publicized at school that a person could not attend if they were 21 (or older) and a picture ID is required.
Sorry this girl missed her prom & that her Marine boyfriend flew in just to miss it, but I cannot imagine that the school did not let all students know the rules way ahead of time.
This doesn’t strike me as unfair. It seems perfectly appropriate for the school to set some sort of age limit (and also an age minimum). Otherwise, you’d have a few girls bringing 30 year old guys, and you might have some guys bringing 13 year old girls. “Under 21” makes sense because someone over 21 will obviously have an easier time furnishing alcohol to the other attendees.
Let’s face it the reason those liberals really didn’t want him there was that he’s a Marine and it’s their way they are showing their support for the troops, their families and friends.
Hmmm. My prom date was 21 years old. No one even questioned his age.
The most beautiful girl at my prom was a mystery woman. No one had seen her before or since. She was the date of a nice but quiet and low-key guy. She said that she was a secretary at a local college. Was it true? She must have been at least twenty. I danced with her, briefly. I still remember how gorgeous she looked.
I have no idea where he got her from, but it occurred to me that it wasn’t such a bad idea.
I’d bet he wouldn’t be too old if he were muslim.
>>Principal Robert McBride says the main reason is that 21 is the legal age for alcohol consumption.
But sex, drugs and flushing babies down the drain (NJ) is just fine.
Another example of the stupidity and anti-military behavior rampant in the government schools that we all pay for.
Message to Principal: “Bite me.”
Semper fi
I believe that the school officials are just concerned that the young Marine’s presence could cause other young men to enlist.
Think about it... Young Marine with military bearing and a little more maturity, not to mention wearing a set of blues, becomes the center of attention of many of the girls (and secretly admired by most of the guys). It would be a powerful influence on the boys to hurry down to the recruiting center, and the lefty school administration folks simply can’t have that.
This is just their version of trying to throw the Marines out of “that place in California that shall not be named”.