High school freaks out community with 'Prey and Predator' day

Crookston High School in Minnesota badly missed the mark on homecoming activities with a "Prey and Predator Day" in which guys were encouraged to dress in camouflage and girls to "show off their animal print." Outraged parents didn’t need a hunting scope to see the psychological implications of authority figures whimsically framing boys as flesh-hungry predators and girls as cute, defenseless animals. Public outcry has led the school to change the theme to "Camo Day," and Superintendent Chris Bates made quite the understatement to the press about the controversy: "In hindsight and looking at it from a different light, a better decision should have been made." [Source]

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