Debs Disaster

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:23pm #1

This year in my school the parents association will be at the debs. Anyone have any idea what we can do to stop this?

dunner515 · 01-05-2012 6:34pm

Why are they attending it this year rather than previous years?

aN.Droid · 01-05-2012 6:36pm

GarIT wrote: »

This year in my school the parents association will be at the debs. Anyone have any idea what we can do to stop this?

You could set up your own debs and refuse to sell tickets to the parents in protest.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:37pm

Apparently its to stop people under 18 from drinking. IMO that should be up to the venue. This year under 16s aren't allowed go and students that didn't do ty can't go.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:39pm

Limericks wrote: »

You could set up your own debs and refuse to sell tickets to the parents in protest.

That was suggested and everyone seems to want to go to the proper debs.

Eathrin · 01-05-2012 6:39pm

Why would anybody under 16 be going to a Debs?

aN.Droid · 01-05-2012 6:40pm

GarIT wrote: »

Apparently its to stop people under 18 from drinking. IMO that should be up to the venue. This year under 16s aren't allowed go and students that didn't do ty can't go.

Even more reason to start your own debs in protest, why should certain students be excluded from an event that most school goers look forward too and remember for the rest of there life. To be honest email the local paper and let them know whats going on.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:40pm

Eathrin wrote: »

Why would anybody under 16 be going to a Debs?

A few of the lads gfs are younger, theres lads in out year that will be 16 themselves going to the debs.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:45pm

Limericks wrote: »

Even more reason to start your own debs in protest, why should certain students be excluded from an event that most school goers look forward too and remember for the rest of there life. To be honest email the local paper and let them know whats going on.

I meant students that left the school in 2011. Only people that left in 2012 can go to our debs, normally the people that didn't do ty and left the year before can come back.

aN.Droid · 01-05-2012 6:47pm

GarIT wrote: »

I meant students that left the school in 2011. Only people that left in 2012 can go to our debs, normally the people that didn't do ty can come back.

Ahh ok that makes more sense. The only way around it I see is too start your own debs and not sell tickets to the parents but you will need the support from the majority of the students in your year and if they already decided the proper debs is the way to go then there is not much you can do.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 6:53pm

Limericks wrote: »

Ahh ok that makes more sense. The only way around it I see is too start your own debs and not sell tickets to the parents but you will need the support from the majority of the students in your year and if they already decided the proper debs is the way to go then there is not much you can do.

I've gotten a few peoples support on a petition hopefully that helps.

spurious · 01-05-2012 7:02pm

It's quite possibly a requirement of the hotel.

dunner515 · 01-05-2012 7:16pm

GarIT wrote: »

Apparently its to stop people under 18 from drinking. IMO that should be up to the venue. This year under 16s aren't allowed go and students that didn't do ty can't go.

That is fare enough that the underage people are not aloud to drink, but lets face it if someone wants drink bad enough they are going to. My assumption would be that the parents association will be attending just as they may be seen as a deterrent to try and stop the underage people from drinking. At the end of the day they have no power over you from drinking and it is up to the venue themselves to detect the underage drinkers

Under 16's and transition year are not allowed to go, As in the school? is refusing to sell them tickets or whoever is responsible for tickets.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 7:36pm

spurious wrote: »

It's quite possibly a requirement of the hotel.

I checked with the venue, it's not. Its also the same place as last year.

dunner515 wrote: »

Under 16's and transition year are not allowed to go, As in the school? is refusing to sell them tickets or whoever is responsible for tickets.

Its not the TYs that aren't allowed go. Last year the rule that anyone that was in third year 2 or three years ago was allowed go. So say if I don't do ty and my friends did I would have my debs this year and they will have their debs next year but they were normally go to my debs. i.e. they could have gone to the debs that they should have been in as well as the debs that they are in because they did ty. This year is is 6th year only.

Its the parents association that are arranging it.

They also implied that your date must be female. I don't think it is an issue but it might be interesting to being a friend and say it is my bf :L

Togepi · 01-05-2012 8:00pm

GarIT wrote: »

They also implied that your date must be female.

That's ridiculous.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 9:34pm

Togepi wrote: »

That's ridiculous.

Its not really, it just says she and her in 4 different places, it should be they and them being pc and all, buts its not biggie. I think I've heard of people bringing male friends before, not that I plan to though.

BorneTobyWilde · 01-05-2012 9:36pm

LOl
Way over top, reaction

GarIT · 01-05-2012 9:38pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

LOl
Way over top, reaction

Is it though, Its gonna be soo creepy with adults people there. The last debs I went to was unreal with all that went on. It couldn't happen with people supervising. All I'm gonna say is the gf couldn't wait to get home, and the rest belongs in AH.

kitty9 · 01-05-2012 9:50pm

GarIT wrote: »

Is it though, Its gonna be soo creepy with adults people there. The last debs I went to was unreal with all that went on. It couldn't happen with people supervising. All I'm gonna say is the gf couldn't wait to get home, and the rest belongs in AH.

if the sex was so good, why did the gf not wait to go home?

Togepi · 01-05-2012 9:52pm

GarIT wrote: »

Its not really, it just says she and her in 4 different places, it should be they and them being pc and all, buts its not biggie. I think I've heard of people bringing male friends before, not that I plan to though.

Ah well that's fair enough, it would've been nice if they didn't make assumptions though. I thought you meant it was specifically mentioned that you could only bring girls to it.

Not letting the transition years go is fairly awful though, did many of your original year do TY?

finality · 01-05-2012 9:56pm

Why do parents have anything to do with it in the first place? In my year a group of students are organising everything, it's nothing to do with the school or parents. The idea of parents supervising makes it seem very childish to me.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 9:59pm

Togepi wrote: »

Ah well that's fair enough, it would've been nice if they didn't make assumptions though. I thought you meant it was specifically mentioned that you could only bring girls to it.

Not letting the transition years go is fairly awful though, did many of your original year do TY?

Yeah its a decently sized school though. There's 110 6th years, 48 people do ty every year. They cap it at 48 for some reason. Apparently its the numbers that is stopping them going. Its in the red cow though, so I don't see the problem.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 10:02pm

finality wrote: »

Why do parents have anything to do with it in the first place? In my year a group of students are organising everything, it's nothing to do with the school or parents. The idea of parents supervising makes it seem very childish to me.

That's what we wanted but the parents association just decide to take over everything.

We actually had a fight with the parents association recently. They wanted the bus to return home at 3, we wanted 9 the next morning, the letter we got about the debs say 6. Which is reasonable enough.

Togepi · 01-05-2012 10:06pm

GarIT wrote: »

Yeah its a decently sized school though. There's 110 6th years, 48 people do ty every year. They cap it at 48 for some reason. Apparently its the numbers that is stopping them going. Its in the red cow though, so I don't see the problem.

So almost a third of the year, to hell with that so!

GarIT · 01-05-2012 10:07pm

kitty9 wrote: »

if the sex was so good, why did the gf not wait to go home?

It didn't go that far, but more than it would have with your mates ma looking at you :pac: I should have said she didn't want to wait till she got home. At her debs there were at least 5 girls there were topples by the end of the night, that wouldn't have happened at all with parents around.

BorneTobyWilde · 01-05-2012 10:07pm

Its so silly,

GarIT · 01-05-2012 10:14pm

Togepi wrote: »

So almost a third of the year, to hell with that so!

Its actually more than a third. The people that are a year ahead and a year behind could go. In the old way it worked everyone was allowed go for two years. Everyone could go 5 years after you started first year and 6 years after you started first year. For someone who does TY they were allowed go the year before their actual debs (after 5 years) and to their actual debs (after 6 years). If you didn't do TY you could go to you actual debs (after 5 years) and to the debs the year after you graduate (after 6 years). So presuming the numbers stayed the same, there was 110 that should be able to go that cant.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 10:23pm

I forgot one of the most stupid parts. Anyone under 18 must either a) be escorted onto the bus and collected from the bus by a parent or b) bring a signed form with your parents names, address, two contact numbers and an email address.

Mysteriouschic · 01-05-2012 10:36pm

Don't some of the teachers go to the debs? a few went to mine last year .
Some places might not check id I don't think the place I went to last year checked anyones.

Canard · 01-05-2012 10:37pm

What the hell.

Our 5th years who did TY arent allowed to go because they'd be tired in school the next day - stupid yes, but I dont really care, I never liked them. :L

But that isnt a debs, that's a 5 year old's birthday party by the sounds of it...I'd boycott it, wouldnt be giving my money to a venue like that, how the hell are they expecting customers with those policies?!

I realize its the law but there is a line between responsible and overbearing.

GarIT · 01-05-2012 10:40pm

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

Don't some of the teachers go to the debs? a few went to mine last year .
Some places might not check id I don't think the place I went to last year checked anyones.

We haven't had teachers at ours ever before. I dono know about this year, because parents can buy tickets so teachers might too.

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