i noticed the diff too, and am not sure when that happened. but what’s really hilarious is my 89 yo FIL who has clearly forgotten what PROM is, bc xshub told his dad that xsjr was going to prom, and he sent her $400 saying how proud he was of her “making prom” and that he knows how hard she works, and that mommy and daddy are very proud of her too. he clearly thinks it’s some academic honor she has acheived! we have been roaring about that all week!
Perhaps your father-in-law remembers a time when "making prom" was synonymous with "getting promoted." I'm pretty sure that "prom" is derived from "promotion." I'm "only" 64, but there was a time, before the libs foisted "social promotion" upon us, that the issue of whether you were going from fifth grade to sixth (for example) or repeating fifth, was not fully resolved until you received your report card.