A High School Experience Never Forgotten

Christine Williams; An Unfair Ending to a Senior Year
By: Kelly Lake ENGL 336.002
Remember your high school senior year? The excitement, joy, and anticipation you had for your future? Remember the senior homecoming football game and the senior prom? Well for one senior her senior prom was nothing to celebrate about.
Christine Williams senior year of high school was just like anyone else. She hung out with her friends, did her school work, and prepared for college. Finally prom comes around, a girl’s favorite time of year. She got her prom dress and helped her date pick out the perfect color so that he would match her perfectly. They booked their limo and ordered their flowers and just waited for prom to come. When the day finally came she, along with the rest of her senior class, were so excited for their night. Williams along with all the other couples were taking pictures getting on the limo and letting one of the best nights being.
One of the girls in Christine’s limo brought a bottle of alcohol convincing the others to join her. The girls decided that it would be fine to start to drink because it was their senior prom and their last time all together. So, the whole way to prom the couples were drinking the bottle, thinking nothing of it because they would have a safe way to prom and back. Once the couples arrived to the prom, this is when the trouble started. When Christine walked into prom, the principle immediately approached her and claimed that he smelled alcohol on her. The principle dragged Williams to a small room, about closet size, and made her stand there for approximately 45 minutes. After the principle re-entered the ‘closet-like’ room, she was very rude towards Christine. “Why won’t you let me leave this closet this is unfair, you have told me nothing about what I have done?” The principle did not let her explain herself and continued to yell at her. Christine had an idea of what she did, but she knew she was in trouble. Williams did not get to enjoy her senior prom at all because her principle immediately kicked her out of the dance and told her she had future consequences.
The next week of school Christine was reported to the office to see what her consequences she was about to face. The principle enters the room and proceeds to explain to Christine that she will no longer be able to attend the graduation walk. After long negotiation, Christine was able to walk during her high school graduation and had to face the consequences of her actions during prom. Williams is now a successful college student here at Frostburg State University and is able to continue on with her scholars to continue onto a successful future.