Freaked Out: Teen Dance Moves Split a Texas Town
From the front page of today's WSJ. I never cease to be amazed by the idiocy of some parents:
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> A new resolve by school officials in this booming Dallas suburb to crack down on sexually suggestive dancing -- and skimpy clothing -- has sparked a
> rancorous debate over what boundaries should be set for teenagers' self-expression. Argyle joins a long list of other schools around the country
> that have banned the hip-hop inspired dancing known as "grinding" or "freak dancing."
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But in Argyle, a once-sleepy farming community strained by explosive growth from an influx of well-to-do suburbanites, the controversy has gotten
> vicious. Some parents blame the newly installed school superintendent, Jason Ceyanes, 35, for ruining their children's October homecoming dance by
> enforcing a strict dress code and making provocative dancing off-limits. Disgusted, a lot of kids left, and the dance ended early.
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Freaked Out: Teens' Dance Moves Split a Texas Town
By SUSAN WARREN
November 19, 2007; Page A1
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119543673953997556.html
ARGYLE, Texas -- Karen Miller, 53 years old, saw her first "freak dance" four years ago when she was chaperoning a high-school dance attended by her freshman daughter.
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