For several learners surveyed, the most important aspect of the dance is having a good grade 11 matric dance committee to organise the finer details of the dance, from the seating arrangements to the décor and music.
Matric dance farewell should be about saying good byes to your school and classmates as you are going to start a new chapter of your life after the results are out, making friends, having fun and enjoying the night in a responsible way. Today, it is all about who is wearing the most expensive extra ordinary dress or suit, the best exported weave, the best applied make-up, best shoes and the best everything. Also, it is about who is going to buy expensive alcohol for the after party.
If you don’t have money or rather enough money, then you should not wish to attend the farewell as you will either be a laughing stock or a loser.
In other high schools, the matric farewell is not there at all because of unusual incidents learners find themselves into in the name of “matric dance”. Learners try too hard to go to the farewell and when they are disappointed financially, they end up committing suicide. Whereas on the other hand, some try to look for temporary jobs and write letters to well-known fashion designers for sponsorships so they can also be present like other learners.
The farewell has turned out to be an enemy to learners. They overdrink alcohol and overdose on drugs and finds themselves in hospital beds and some in mortuaries. Some girls engage in sexual activities and end up catching sexual transmitted diseases and falling pregnant.
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