So we are deep into the “prom” season. Across the land, children have been planning their school prom with military precision. Hundreds of pounds are spent on prom outfits, hair extensions, make-up, tanning sessions, nail decorations, shoes, bags, limousines, after prom parties (???) etc, etc, etc.
And across the land, hundreds of children are being excluded from proms for misdemeanour's and misinterpretation of uniform rules uniform.
Local news papers are full of parents bemoaning the cash spent on the prom that has been wasted as their child has been excluded.
A friend of mine has a granddaughter whose parents spent many hundreds on two, yes two prom dresses as the first fell out of favour.
Somewhere along the line, I must have missed the memo. When did we sign up to this extravaganza. When did the end of term school disco become such a huge, costly deal? Or am I being a miserable old git?
