essay: in between
High school is weird. Daily life is rife with cliques, uncertainties, and the feeling of being somewhere in between childhood and adulthood. Take all of those emotions, add a pair of heels, and you have the Rock Bridge courtwarming dance.
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Cameron Grahl, 15, waits for her parents to pick her up from the Stoney Creek Inn after the Rock Bridge High School courtwarming dance. Since she isn’t old enough to drive alone, she had to rely on her parents for a ride home.
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A student removes her shoes and reveals her blisters in the bathroom during the courtwarming dance at Stoney Creek Inn. A majority of the girls came to the dance in high heels and left barefoot.
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A couple embraces during a “fast dance” and ignores the commotion surrounding them.
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Haleigh Warren, 15, Tasha Simour, 16, and Asya Powell, 16 gather to look at a photo they took of themselves in the bathroom mirror. The friends took several photos before they settled on one that was just right.
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Angela Zhang, 17, and Jeremy Davis, 17, share a quiet moment near the end of the dance. They occasionally joined their friends, but the couple spent most of the night sitting by themselves and talking.
