The Significance of JS Prom

Dear ISA Seniors and Juniors, other ISAers, Guests, ISA facilitators, ladies and gentlemen

Good evening.

JS Prom has always been an affair of the teenagers, for the teenagers, and by the teenagers. This probably explains why in an occasion like this, I can hardly see the shadow of any of your parent. And if not because of necessity, any of us here who are 21 years old and above would be conveniently booted out at the very moment we set foot on this supposedly exclusive territory.

But why should you go through all the trouble of preparation just to have one night of JS Prom?

Yesterday, the manager of Emilion personally went to ISA to explain to you what fine dining is all about. He spent more than an hour demonstrating to you how to go through all the tiring process of fine dining. I guess, perhaps, this is one of the reasons why you have the JS prom.

Another reason I can think of, perhaps, is to give you the chance to look different with your beautiful attire plus the accessories you are wearing. The boys have the chance to learn how to fix a neck tie. Well, obviously the two reasons I have just sited are very superficial. There must be some profound reasons…. But as I said, this is an affair of the teenagers. I must be too old to feel the excitement you are experiencing right now and the days before tonight, let alone understanding the whole episode unfolding before my very eyes.

I leave it to you to ponder on the significance of the JS Prom. Based on the theory of evolution, younger generations like you are smarter than the earlier generations like me. Hopefully years from now, or even decades from now, when you have your own next generation of teenagers, you are in a better position to explain to them the reason why they should have JS Prom.

Thank you.