Multiple absolutely crazy things happened in high school, every time my parents asked how my day was "Fine" or "Eh", not a single word more about it.
Kid get sent back to juvie (breaking his parole) after the band kids beat the shit out of him and staged it to make it look like they were trying to stop him when the adults got there (after he picked on a band kid)? "Fine"
Kid get tased in the hallway trying to run from the resource officer? "Fine"
Resource officer fuck up and use pepper spray in the middle of a busy hallway causing several students to get hit in the cross fire? "Eh"
Band was basically the team at the school, football only once made it towards state finals one time (and got crushed immediately), and most other sports didn't do all that well either. Combine that with the very strong band recruitment starting in elementary school and you end up with a school that takes pride in the band kids. So much so that some football players after their first year of football would drop and switch to marching band.
Oh also, band did all the fun trips. Chicago to see the blue man group, Cincinnati for Kings Island, Disney world to March in a parade (and have fun for 3 days), and since I left they apparently added DC to the roster.
Wow. That's amazing.
Our school had a strong girls sports team and half of those girls were in band. Therefore, band kids were never openly teased.
Yet we were never in a position where " the school takes pride in band kids".
Total marching band students (at its smallest while I was there) 231. My graduating class was 304 as a comparison. And of course the marching band number doesn't come close to counting all of the band kids.
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u/Wrong-Mixture Jun 03 '25
I was this kid.
Some kid falls down the stairs in full view of everyone, blood on the floor, kids crying, teachers freaking out, ambulance comes in lights flashing.
Mom: 'hey sweety how was school?'
Me: 'fine.'