A student who joins band or choir is most likely joining to try something new. Many students join to learn new skills like discipline or to sing/play an instrument. Along with learning a new skill, students can learn leadership abilities and time management. At Hebron Middle School, band/choir classes are important to many students. Although many students join band/choir, many do not find an interest or need to withdraw from the class. In many schools, 100% of students join band/choir and about 1-2 years later, at least 50% quit. With all of these reasons of which a student may join band or choir, it still is not enough to keep everyone in the class. The current rule for a student in band/choir who wishes to withdraw is very strict and must be taken into consideration to keep band/choir classes organized. “A student who joins band or choir is obligated to complete the school year in that program. If a student wishes to withdraw from band or choir, they must wait until the semester ends to get out.” With the current rule, if a student leaves, it may cause an interruption in the class. This is a big problem with students who wish to withdraw from band/choir and may cause more to leave. Since so many students are leaving band/choir each year, the existing rule needs to be taken into consideration. …show more content…
Students may believe they are not good enough, or find playing an instrument/singing to be difficult. Band instruments can be very expensive, and some parents might not be able to afford renting one. If a student is struggling in other classes, band/choir may take up extra time that a student may need to get help with academic classes. With the drastic amount of students that withdraw from band/choir after a couple years, many more students may leave band/choir if this rule is not
The band program means a lot to me because it has helped me become more outgoing and friendly to people. It has also helped me gain much more of an interest towards all things music. When I was a kid I always wanted to be a teacher, but I never knew what I wanted to teach. When I joined band and attended different music classes, I became interested in something that meant little to me at the time. During my time in band it became much more clear to me that I wanted to pursue music education. The band program means a lot to me because it made me who I am today and I hope to help someone find themselves through music like I
I started band in the 6th grade, I honestly thought that I wasn’t going to make it to my senior year, but here I am a senior in band. I am not forced to be in band I can get out at anytime anyday, but I choose not to. It is hard when you are marching and it feels like 100+ degrees. You feel like you want to pass out, but you just have to suck it up and be tough. Throughout the years I have been in band I have created friendships. I have my closest friends in band. I have created many memories in band that will last a lifetime, that I will share one day with my kids. I do not know what I would do without band. Getting in band has been the best decision I have ever made. Band has been the highlight of my high school years. One of the scariest moments I have experienced in band was when we messed up at U.I.L. contest, I was terrified I did not want us to make a 2, it all happened so fast. It was time to get our results, we made a 1, I was so happy. The judges said that if you were to close your eyes and listening to us, you would not know we messed up. We never stopped playing and we recovered so fast, we were so matured when this happened. Band takes up
This is extremely difficult for a band student to accomplish, not just because of the many hours of practice required of them, but also because one class period each school day is dedicated to band. Consequently, a band member cannot take as many AP courses that can increase their grade point average.
As a third and fourth grader, I participated in choir. I enjoyed it then but decided to stop so that I would have more time for homework. In the beginning of seventh grade, when it came time to decide if you want to join choir, Maria Abbulone and I chose to sign up. We thought it would be a fun experience because we enjoy singing, and we had done it in past years. As choir practices began, Maria and I thought that it would be a fun experience for the year, and we might decide to do it in eighth grade. As the choir kicked into full swing, everything was going well.
I have been actively participating in the school band for five years. While most of my fellow classmates have dropped out of band, I have stuck with it because, I know band teaches me valuable
“I could not tell you right now if it’s a problem for students or not. But, I don’t think that students would succeed more if there were not in the band,” said Stone. “I think that no matter if you are in band or not, you are going to have other things that want your time.
Summer band wasn’t easy but it did teach us lessons such as discipline, teamwork, resilience, and time management. Being in band is commitment all year round and through that commitment you are taught skills other people aren’t exposed to. Learning how to adapt to others is a skill you need to survive in a band. There are 200+ people in a lot of high school marching bands, which means over 200 different characters you have to work with no matter any difference. With most of us coming from different backgrounds of course there are going to be differences. Two years prior to high school there was a school split between and I lived on the edge of the zoning border. I lost most of my friends the following year and thought I would be by myself all throughout high school. When I joined band I knew that wasn’t going to be the case. The band was essentially my family and my directors were my parents. My school had a large band population so I never had a class without at least two other band kids. Also, the band kids were considered to be the smarter kids and since we all took Per-AP/AP classes we all had classes together. You couldn’t separate us because it was just that strong of a bond. Band on top of that was all
It is required that at least one of the arts, choir, band, or art, is taken at some point in one's high school career, but one of these fine arts is especially looked down upon. Band is seen as a program for geeks and nerds. Color guard, which is a sub-unit of band, is for girls who tried out for cheer and did not make it, and if a boy is in guard then they are seen as feminine. There is a different stereotype for each section involved in band. It is true that all of the other arts come with stereotypes, but they are not as degrading as the bands. These students are not receiving the recognition they deserve. Band is under appreciated for its physicality, challenges, and overall benefits.
All over the country band programs are being shut down because schools do not think they are important, or they do not think they have enough money for them. In this writer’s opinion this is a severely poor choice. Too many people the band program is of utmost importance to a school.
This research takes a look into some student's lives and how they manage their schedules. There are many students that participate in extracurricular activities, but there are some kids that don’t manage their activities and academics well. Every year coaches, sponsors, and directors have to go through with their members failing a class and not being able to participate on competition day. I'm a part of the Lopez Early College High School Marching Band and every year there's a couple of students that fail. This got me to think why do these students fail their classes? Is it because marching band demands a lot from a student and it's overwhelming balancing school and marching band or is there another reason. Marching band is an activity that
Music is a way for people to express themselves without having to make a drastic change. The reason I started to play music was because I love music in general to start off with and wanted the challenge of learning how to play an instrument. In sixth grade year there were probably 120 kids in band. Slowly through my band years many kids have dropped out. By the time I made it to the high school there were maybe 30 band students in, my grade and Mr. Rice the band director said, “They weren't able to handle it because band isn't easy.” One you have been in band you don't realize if you struggle or if you can't handle band and it's not a bad thing that students drop out of band. It just shows that they have decision making skills and don't want to hinder the other students acceleration in the class.
In conclusion, I believe that band is the funnest class. It helps you brain wise and social wise. It is a lot of fun and you should definitely try
Unfortunately, band is always overlook in high school. The students that don't participate in band fail to notice that we are more than just band nerds. Just because band members are A & B students and very good at their instrument dose not mean we are nerds. Marching band is the biggest student run organization at Miramar high school. Band does not get finically supported by the school so band members have to fundraise to keep the organization running. The sport organizations get supported by the school because they think students care more about sports than band. I am a member of the Miramar High School Marching Band/Concert season, and I can tell you thats not true and we should get supported. Miramar High students and teachers
Graziano, Matthew Peterson, and Gordon L. Shaw a group of children were given piano lessons and math training for a certain amount of time, while a control group received only the math training. At the end of the experiment the children were all given a math test; the children who had been given piano lessons scored fifteen percent higher on their math tests than the ones who received only the math training. (Deasy 110) According to Chorus America’s Chorus Impact Study, “parents with children singing in choruses report their children get significantly better grades than children who’ve never been part if one.” This fact is proven in their research that states that sixty four percent of chorus students reported that their language arts skills had improved, fifty seven percent reported that they improved in math, and sixty one percent reported an overall increase in their academic skill levels since joining fine arts. From those statistics, it is almost impossible to imagine that anyone would consider removing fine arts from public schools.
Music equals life, or the saying goes. I feel if I had dropped out of band I would have missed out on a great experience. The ability to play music is something that will live on in you for the rest of your life. Unlike playing a sport you can't ever get worn out or injured and lose the talent. All through school I played sports from baseball to soccer, sure it was fun but it was never my calling, but just being able to play music for a live audience is a feeling that is so amazing there are not enough