'No aggressive squatting,' 'bending' at Frederick County proms
Since the beginning of prom, school administrators have attempted to legislate student dance moves. The latest choreography to command administrative notice: "sexually aggressive squatting."
According to ABC7, students in Frederick County high schools are now required to sign a code of conduct agreeing not to engage in the activity at the schools' year-end proms. From what I can tell, though, the term "sexually aggressive squatting" has never, ever been employed outside the context of the Frederick County prom. Students may be more familiar with Frederick's other banned prom activities, like "freaking" and "grinding." Certain county schools have also outlawed "bending." That's right. Bending.
If you've seen a music video, it's pretty obvious which activities Frederick County is referring to with its bans on squatting, freaking, and grinding. Let's just say it's got something to do with the girls these days placing their behinds within a ruler's reach of a young man's crotch.
Still, it's excruciating to watch school administrators attempt to place a name on the abject horror they see when they watch a group of teenagers dancing. You've got to wonder what kind of committee meeting produced the term "sexually aggressive squatting," for example. At least it's more descriptive than "bending," which could also use a couple of descriptors to differentiate it from more morally acceptable maneuvers. Sorry kids: no limbo this year.
The problem with Frederick County's code is that its banned moves fall into one of two categories: They're either so specific as to be easily evaded ("It wasn't a squat, it was a crouch") or so vague as to be unenforceable ("define 'freaking''). Students are already prepared to skirt the code: "I don't know how they're going to enforce the rules," one student told ABC7."We're kids. We're gonna do what we want to do," another said. “We're rebels—we'll see what happens."

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Richard Phillips
As a Fredneck born and raised, it's always disappointing that the only news the makes it to bigger news outlets is always depressing. Also, I could see some initial difficulty in the terms and setting rules, but I'm not sure why they haven't caught on to terms like 'grinding' after at least 15 years?
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