Dinner Dialogue: "Banned from the Prom"
(Read my introduction and instructions to this blog feature)
Many West Bank families were fuming Saturday after a teacher refused to allow the girls into the prom because of alleged violations of the Jefferson Parish school system's dress code, most of them related to excessive display of cleavage.
"I find it's wrong, because you can't help what the girl has. You're born with that," the senior said. "I think it was discrimination toward a woman who has features."
But Jefferson Parish schools spokesman Jeff Nowakowski said Gardner did nothing wrong and that the ones in error were girls who showed up with dresses that didn't comply with a district code that says: "A student will not wear clothing that exposes the student's back, chest or midriff."
Appetizer Questions:
1. Do you think these girls should have been refused entrance into their prom?
2. How does your choice of clothing communicate your priorities to the world around you? (Give some examples of how certain types of people dress, and what is said about them in reference to their appearance.)
3. What does a 'low cut' dress, revealing a teenagers cleavage say about the young lady? What do boys think, and how does it impact a teenage boy?
4. How does your attire impact your witness of Jesus' love and truth for the good, and for the confusing?
5. Style and fashion is great, we want to be culturally relevant, but when do you draw the line? Is "immodest attire" representative of "Godly nature" or an "earthly nature"? Feel free to explain your opinion here.
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