SOUND OFF: How Should Schools Handle 'Grinding' at Dances?
Some Rhode Island students were made to leave a homecoming dance early after protesting their school's "no-grinding" policy.
A Rhode Island high school is under scrutiny after administrators cut short a homecoming dance this weekend. Middletown High School dismissed students from the dance early because of "unsafe behavior by students who did not agree with the no-grinding rule as outlined in the Middletown High School handbook," the district announced in a statement Sunday. The school handbook, reported Middletown Patch, includes a "no-grinding policy," which notes that "sexually explicit dancing will not be tolerated." According to Middletown Patch, the DJ told some students they were not allowed to make song requests and that he only played music they could not dance to. Eventually, the students sat on the floor in protest and began to chant expletives. The …
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yaygrinding
3:49 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
I don't see the problem with grinding. We're kids and this is how we dance. When you were all young you had dance moves that were shamed upon as well. Like when Elvis Presley did his suggestive hip movements and Michael Jackson did the crotch grab. You were all just like us at some point, so stop freakiing out about it. If we can't grind at school dances, I'm positive we'll find alternative … more ›