Word: prom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little girl, a sexless kid, I never considered that my gender would factor into my life except in clothing decisions and prom dates. I see now how every decision I make is affected by my being a woman, how it affects my place at this school, on this planet, and in my mind. Williams sings a song entitled "When I Was a Boy," which focuses on the jolting change from androgynous youth to adolescent and adult society, where gender determines rules for behavior and lifestyle...
...football teams, in bands, and on prom committees, Putnam says, kids learn how to connect with one another...
...Brustein: My first job, aside from working for father in the shipping room of a wool yarn business, was playing clarinet and tenor sax with a swing band at a high school junior prom...
...stakes are so high, the experience so searing that in retrospect we sometimes polish it up. These are the best of times; you'll remember your prom as long as you live. Tuesday pep rallies for Friday football games; band practice and the fall musical, Young Life and the Key Club and the astronomy class that met at midnight to watch the cradle moon rise. Even the pain looks poetic from a distance...
...talk about to girls. I spend a lot of time reading books, science fiction and horror. I guess I could talk to them about school or current events, but I wouldn't know what to say beyond that. My mom wants me to date more, to go to the prom and stuff. She says she'll rent me a limo. She's worried that I'm not socially active and stuff...