just goes to show you how immature your band is.

noone in our school.. no, noone in our district would even think twice about disrespecting our high school director.

he was wrong, as well, to blow up like that. however, if your band and director were focused on music and there to learn there would be no tolerance for them and they would be kicked out.

I think almost everyone in your band program, even the director, is really immature. There is absolutely no reason for a director to yell that kind of language. No reason. Especiallly not in a public school setting.

As far as your fellow musicians go, I'd suggest that someone's who's pretty high up in the program, a senior or a president of something, should speak to the whole band about their incredible rudeness.

Props to you and your section. If you have friends in other sections, talk to them individually. They can then pass info along to their sectionmates.

Hopefully some of this will help you. Good luck!

Despite what the others said, that is a REALLY comon problem in school band departments.
A kid gets a letter in 4th grade from the principal suggesting they join either band, foreign language, chorus, or some other elective so they BEG their parents to buy them a trumpet from a local music store. Inexperienced with purchasing instruments, the parent gets ripped off and forces the kid to stay in band till they've gotten their money's worth out of the instrument. The kid loses interest once they realize work is involved so they start to disrupt class. You'll notice it becomes worse in other classes as students get closer to the age that it is legal to drop out of school.
I hope it gets better!! Look forward to college. People can't get away with that there.

Eep.

Golly gee, that sounds horrible. o.o; My band's not like that. We have immature people in our band (in the trumpet and percussion sections), but our band teacher is fabulous and no one disrespects her.
I think just about every highschool band has immature people in it. Just, some are more severe than others.
I pray things go better later on. It's no fun when people mess up band class by irritating the teacher.

OH YEA, i know how it feels. Our clarinet and flute sections is great..but the restof the band. HMMM. It is SO ANNOYING to go through it everyday. My band director is a nice guy but no one gives any respect to him. I feel so sorry for that guy. We get nothing done. I mean we could play great..but no one gives any effort now. We talk half the time..it's very sad. I just can't wait for the higher band...freshman band stinks. NO RESPECT.

OH YEAH ALLTHE TIME
we were at a band concert and the jazz band(which i am in)went out on stage to preform. The stupid other band kids made lots of noise... messing us up and !***!ing our director off
he made everyone, INCLUDING jazz band write a 3PAGE APOLOGIE LETTER TO HIM!!!
3 days later we had to write a 7 PAGE THING ON A STUPID BAND MOVIE!!!!
the jazz band was sooooooo mad b/c we didnt do anything
UGH!
i know what yu are going through
i am first clarinet in my band and i finally got fed up w/ the stupid 2nd clarinets talking so i turned around and told them all off
just tell them all stright!!!
emily

I'm happy to say next year i'll be in a highest band and i won't be stuck in that freshman band.^^ But i feel bad we can't get better...well there's still some time left..*hopeful eyes*

I agree!!! Omg our trumpets are all boys and idiots! oh wait that goes together!! lol kidding anyways out director does the same thing!! Me and the first chair flute ( I'm first chair) get the crap scared outta us because we're right in front of him! I wish the trumpets would behave

My entire band is always disresptuful to our band directors, i was always in the top band, and i know that it is def not any better there, people tend to have attitude problems because they think they can play.

I'mdisrespectful to my band instructor. But she hates me. So I make her life hell and all she says is "Oh gosh Nudel, you look flushed" (when I'm having a screaming fit at the wall).

I'mdisrespectful to my band instructor. But she hates me. So I make her life hell and all she says is "Oh gosh Nudel, you look flushed" (when I'm having a screaming fit at the wall).

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Crap.. can't work out outa delete the double post. SORRY!

ok i understand that both the director and the band were out of line, but come on, its a high scholl band . . .children are going to be children, as bad as that may suck, and band directors are gonna get !***!ed and blow up. that is what makes the world go round.

HEy, i've been in highschool bands and some were inCREDible!! in honor band..everyone gave respect. Ppl had musical experinces in the room..ESPECIALLY me! ALSO in middle school, our band was rEALLY good..that's really strange. i don't know..the world's a mystery^_^

i just hope our band will give a better attitude..i know how good we could sound-__-"

Well my band director gets frustrated sometimes with us, but he can usually concentrate with people talking.. so it all goes very well .. but then again our band is very laid back and relaxed. but boys will be boys - especially the ones in band. so, just learn to block it out and show everyone else you dont need to listen to that immature stuff!!!