“It's understandable that school is boring, annoying, useless.” What happened at the Balurilor Ball in Sibiu, where there was also a psychologist
The hall was delirious when the singer Lele took the stage. PHOTO: FB page of psychologist Mihai Copăceanu
Hundreds of teenagers from Sibiu participated on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at the Balul Balurilor, a controversial private event, organized for students from 7 Sibiu high schools, a party that the schools and the school inspectorate had disowned since the previous edition.
On Saturday, manele singer Lele and trapper Albert NBN took to the stage, the latter known for vulgar, violent and derogatory lyrics towards women. Psychologist Mihai Copăceanu was also present at the party, who attended the miss and mystery contests and the first concert of the event, that of the manele singer. He saw children who gave hundreds of lei for dedications, who staggered from alcohol and who sang vulgarities in chorus.
“I went there as a simple psychologist interested in teenagers' free time”, Mihai Copăceanu told us.
What he saw led to a series of conclusions that target not only the students, but also their parents. We reproduce below, with the author's permission, the message he posted on Facebook related to his experience:
“At the Sibiu Ball, I saw many happy children, hundreds or even over a thousand children who danced, smiled, saw their friends, hugged and felt good on a Saturday night. I saw 9th grade children, helped by other older colleagues, who really put effort into preparing a special program. I liked their dancing, the performances in the movements, the collaboration with the partner and some the video clips they had to work on, as well as the direction behind some of the ideas, because I have a few comments below. This is the satisfaction and goal of every parent. But it seems like I didn't like it at the ball.
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