“We don’t have a prom. We were not suppose to talk to each other or look at each other.”

— Annie Lin, small-business owner, China

“Yes, I did. I wore a pink dress and a white fake rabbit stole.”

— Lynn Russell, job seeker, Chapel Hill, N.C.

“Yes. I had a boyfriend, and that’s what all the cool kids were doing.”

— Kara Rowden, dining room manager, Wichita

“Yeah, I went to my prom. We danced to Chicago’s ‘Color My World.’”

— Steve Shipps, manager, Topeka