1.0 link 210432 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tracey-jackson/america-idolizes-the-prom_b_210432.html Recession and swine flu outbreaks be damned: that most insipid of American traditions, The Prom, shall go on. In our city schools have closed, exams have been canceled yet not one prom even postponed. While they may be fun for some they encapsulate everything that is wrong with high school: inclusion and thus rejection; the pretty and popular are glorified while the rest stand on the sidelines trying to cover their humiliation with a stiff upper lift and phony smiles. If...

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