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The Dancing Dilemma

By Renee Craig

Staff Writer

The person we are at dances is very different than the person we are in our classes. What we don’t think about though is our teachers might see us at dances too.

Our teachers are at the dances also, in the form of chaperones. If you pay attention at the next dance you might see some of your teachers posted around the cafeteria and/or gym. Chaperoning can be an extremely awkward situation for both students and teachers.

“I think for me I try not to pick out any students that I know. You kind of just look at this massive mob and pretend like you don’t see any familiar faces,” said teacher Heather Carney, an advisor for National Honor Society who helped organize the Heat Wave Dance.

This can be just as awkward for students. Brianna Harris, a sophomore, talked about how uncomfortable it can be to see a teacher at a dance. She once saw her history teacher at a dance and (as most of us would) immediately went in the other direction.

“It can be really awkward, especially the next day,” said Harris.

For both teachers and students, chaperoning at dances makes for awkward conversations the next day at school.

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