Sophomore Year of Band
A teacher once announced to the entire school that the word sophomore means moron. I don't know if that's true but sometimes I'm forced to believe it. I mean, who else is stupid enough to walk into the girl's bathroom before the first football game and ask if anyone needs help with her suspenders? Me. But it was my sophomore year and all the juniors and seniors were "too busy" to help others in need. But it wasn't all work. Being a sophomore meant that I didn't have to be picked on for being a freshman. It means that when it comes to beating the freshmen over their heads with chairs so they get their sets right, you actually get to participate and be on the non-receiving side.
Sophomore year wasn't so bad. You get granted more responsibilities. But you still aren't expected to act perfectly because you don't have to be as much of a role modal as the upperclassmen. Don't get me wrong I'm not bashing other grades. I just write things as I see them. I'm a junior right now and I'm writing this from as much of an outsider's opinion as possible.
Sophomore year was much more entertaining than freshman year was. It just seems to be that everyone is more themselves after being in high school for a year. Almost like they were afraid to express their feelings and wants until they really know their place. I think that it is kinda sad that it takes a whole year for the person to become their usual expressive, loud, annoying self. So needless to say almost everyone breaks out of the shell they have built and that certainly makes sophomore year much louder. One of the major upsides of it being your second year is you get to see points like all of these and reflect on them.
Just remember that every year you knock down is one less year you have to stay in the safe world of bandhood. Treasure each time you mess up. Make sure you be a helpful sophomore, junior, or senior, which ever the case may be, and help those whose first year it is. I hope everyone looks onto their years of band with as much fondness (is that even a word?) as everyone in my band does. Keep the times good. And stick with it sophomores. Take it from someone who knows. It only gets better.
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