i was wondering, why do some people feel that it is appropriate to haze while in high school? and I don't mean skits or exercise, i mean beatings. why is it deemed appropriate to whoop a 7th or 8th grader's ass cause they wanted to join band? this also comes in with the whole dekalb hazing investigation (which was pure bullshit) because i cant name a dekalb band who hasn't at one point in time, save for the white schools. me personally, i think beating/hazing in high school is completely unnecessary because noone actually respects your organization/section enough to understand why you would put anyone through a process to become a part of it.
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lets look at it from the parents point of view *note: i do not have a child*.
Taken the fact that the school is 7th-12th grade
A senior in HS is avg 17, 18 years old.
A 7th grader is avg 12ish yrs old *depending on when they started school*
What would you do if you were a parent and you got a phone call from school, and that your 7th grader was hazed by 12th graders.....GROWN MEN AND WOMEN..
imma leave it at that.
Note; hazing is a felony or a misdemeanor in some states
They don't wanna talk on that. It happens tho. Tragic. Directors are closed minded at these schools and often went thru it already
I DONT KNOW OF ANY BANDS WHO HAZE 7TH GRADERS BECAUSE WHAT SCHOOL HAS A BAND 7-12TH GRADERS?...THATS VERY RARE. MOST HIGH SCHOOLS ARE 9-12.
i started in 7th grade cause i marched with the HS while i was in middle school.
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