[Student Reporters] Homecoming-A Night of Dancing or Drugs?
Candace Lee <12th, Ruben S. Ayala High School>
For dancegoers Ruben S. Ayala's Homecoming dance on October 10th was an eventful night. Nina was also excited to go to the first dance of her senior year. However she did not expect to see so many of her peers intoxicated and drugged out.
Aside from illegal substances even the dancing itself was an issue. Kelly Liu a senior at Ayala described how several people had their wristbands cut and were ejected from the dance for their sexually provocative "freak" dancing which is not allowed at Ayala or any other high schools.
Wikipedia defines freak dancing as two individuals explicitly grinding on each other. According to Liu freak dancing is a "social norm that happens everywhere. It would shock so many parents if they only knew." When asked for an estimate of how many people had been kicked out Liu replied "Definitely not enough."
This type of dancing was only one issue as alcohol and drugs were factored into the mix. A few students described their Ecstasy experience and said there were many students "rolling" that night. The "love drug" also called "E" is popular among teens. According to Wikipedia Ecstasy induces several effects on its users such as a feeling of euphoria decreased negative emotions increased sociability and enhanced senses.
In the end one question comes to mind: do parents have any clue what is going on? More importantly illegal substances should not be the outlet of fun for teenagers. However as that continues to be the case and as more and more instances of substance abuse occur an increased number of accidents and mishaps are bound to happen.