I went back to ny on Friday as my friends were selling lightsticks as part of their fund-raising project. Little did they know (so was I! xD) that lightsticks were too dangerous to be used by the students while they were having their "Disco Nite", as claimed by one of the teachers.

Hmm...I was still quite puzzled by that judgment about lightsticks causing danger to young adults of age 16/17. I could only come out with these plausible reasons that can, well, 'justify' the above statement. Here it goes... ...

1. Students will tend to get violent while dancing and accidentally throw lightsticks around hitting fellow peers.

Student A: *dancing to the music "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi with a lightstick....make it 2!*
Student B: *Singing along with the audio (with a armband lightstick)*
Student A: *Getting over-hyped and loses the grip of the lightsticks and coincidentally hit on Student B*
Student B: "ARGH!!!!!!!........" *Fell onto the ground, unconcious*
Student A: *Continued dancing*

2. Like movie censorship, lightstick also has it's own user age criteria.

It wasn't overtly announced to the public but I guess only adults of age 21 and above are suitable in using lightsticks. Also, the age criteria increases steadily year by year. This is evident as during my time (2 years ago), we were allowed to use lightsticks, but now, these people, who were of the same age as us 2 years ago, were forbidden to use lightsticks. Perhaps, people of the newer generations get mature later.

3. Students might break the lightsticks and do undesirable actions.

At their age, they would tend to try some things which ordinary people wouldn't have done before. To search for more excitement, students will break the lightsticks and do all sorts of daring stunts. For instance, sprinkling the chemicals at people (like what they do during some religious rites), or they might as well drink it in search for a new 'drug' which can give them a new 'high'. Whatever.

Whatever the reasons, we will never find out the real one(s). It's such a vagary to stop students from using lightsticks in the midst of partying on their last day of orientation.

Anyway, their 'Disco Nite' was much better than ours. At least they ended around 9pm, while we ended like 7pm? lolx However, their Happy Hour, as a matter of fact, was interrupted by a 'silent clap' requested by one of the 'bouncers' (student coucillors). The lively atmosphere suddenly turned into an austere one. The J1s were told to go home and report back by 07 30 the next day (Saturday...wonder what they were doing on a weekend?). Sad.