BY EMILY DIAZ

Graduation is by far one of the most important events in a high school students life, and the best was to celebrate is to attend Grad Night.

This year’s Grad Night is going to be celebrated at Six Flags, but with some restrictions as far as attire. There is to be no T-shirts or tank tops of any kind allowed, no shorts, clothing in poor condition, or attire having to do with your school, sport teams or clubs.Those rules apply to both genders but there are specific restrictions for both guys and girls.

As far as guys’ attire, they must have a collared shirt with either jeans, khakis or nice dress pants. If they decided to go dressed with a sweater, the guy must have a collared shirt underneath and is to show proof whenever he is asked. For the girls, they can’t have revealing shirts such as tops showing midriff or see-through but are to wear things like a blouse with either capri’s or leggings.

When I was first handed these restrictions I said to myself, “If we are supposed to be young adults, why don’t they start treating us like one?” I dislike the fact that they don’t let us wear whatever it is we want. I understand the midriff because in a way it’s just not something someone wants to see but other things like no t-shirts or tank tops is just weird.

As I went over these things with my mom she stated,”Is this Grad night or are you going to an event at school?” As I thought about what she said, I had totally agreed with her statement because it feels like we’re going to school instead of going to the amusement park where in reality, they don’t have these rules at all. I think they need to cut some slack and let us wear clothing like t-shirts, tank tops and sports team because I find no problem with those.

I also think they should allow shorts, only because in this world today that’s really all that guys wear and maybe that’s the only piece of clothing someone is comfortable with wearing. The whole “dressy pants” thing needs to go as well, because we are there to have fun and not be uncomfortable the whole time there. I mean what if somebody only wears clothing listed under can’t wear, are they not going to be able to make it to this one time event? That is the question.

I believe they should accommodate with seniors or high school students in general so that they can make Grad night attire a bit more accustomed to what is that we like to wear so that it can make our Grad night a bit more to our liking.