What a great story by Jacob deNobel – “Prom, then and now Carroll
residents and high schoolers compare prom experiences,” Carroll County Times
April 12, 2015
Prom, then and now Carroll residents and high schoolers
compare prom experiences Jacob deNobel, Carroll County Times April 12, 2015
In 2015, girls throughout Carroll County schools preparing
for prom are protecting themselves from running into an inadvertant doppleganger
by uploading photos of their prom dresses to specialty Facebook pages
established at each school to ensure nobody runs into a dress twin at the
biggest school-sponsored party of the year.
[…]
Prom, then and now Devon Rothschild, Carroll County School
Board member
Carroll residents and high schoolers compare prom
experiences
Jacob deNobel, Carroll County Times April 12, 2015
Devon Rothschild of the Carroll County Board of Education,
said she was glad social media wasn't around for her high school experience.
"I've always said, it was never my intention to run for
public office. I'm glad Facebook wasn't around," Rothschild said. "I
was a good kid, but I do tend to say what I'm thinking, and I imagine that
would end up on Facebook. As you get older, you learn when to keep your mouth
shut."
[…]
Before prom-posals were uploaded to the internet as a
constant game of one-upmanship, they usually happened in private between two
people. Rothschild, however, said she experienced a surprising prom-posal in an
era before the term existed.
"My boyfriend and I had been dating for two years when
prom came about. He actually proposed to me on prom night, with a ring and
everything. So there are pictures of me, 17, in my prom dress with all my big
hair getting proposed to," Rothschild said. "I did accept, but I did
not actually marry him. My husband has a sense of humor about the whole
thing."