Courtesy of HuffPost
Is there anything that could make a middle school dance more uncomfortable or humiliating? How about being the only kid not in the “VIP room?”
That’s right, New West Charter School in West LA offered VIP room access, complete with laminated passes, only to students who paid an additional $5.
The exclusive area was described by blogger Marcy Magiera, whose son attends the school, the New York Times reported.
Magiera wrote in disbelief on her blog, BellaNoise, “What’s next, bottle service? $10 for a jug of Coke maybe, served by a high-schooler in short shorts? While everyone else gets Capri sun pouches grabbed out of a tub full of ice??”
She wrote, as any protective mother would, that middle school is hard enough as it is, with rollercoaster hormones, acne attacks and popularity contests.
Her son explained to her that the extra $5, on top of the $15 general admission price, would grant him the privilege of hanging out in the VIP lounge, enjoying a dessert bar and taking home some swag. “One assumes it also is supposed to buy belonging and social security, superiority even,” she added.