On Band

Haven't written in a long time. There's a lot of things I could have written about, but just didn't get the time. I've been doing homework and such. So I might as well post this essay I had to do for english...

Syntax Imitation Exercise #1—Of Band
Band serves for talent, for friendship, for personal growth; its chief use for talent is in teaching discipline and skill; for friendship in lasting bonds with fantastic people; and for personal growth in learning who you truly are; for a jock may say that football is his chief pastime, but a band geek may say that band defines his life. To spend too much time practicing a song is obsessive, to talk about band an excessive amount is annoying, but to base your life and morals off the lessons you learn is the humor of a band geek.

It perfects the incomplete high schooler, and is perfected by the directors who dedicate themselves to it.

Jocks ridicule it in their ignorance, nerds are oblivious to it in their own dedication to studies, and any other average high schooler wonders at it, for though it teaches skills needed in the field of music, those who learn from it demonstrate these skills in every area of their life. Play not to play better than your rival, or to impress those whom you wish to be admired by, but to improve upon yourself and promote inner growth. Some songs are meant only to be played as quick riffs during warm-ups, some to play all the way through in order to get better, and a few to dedicate yourself to fully and completely, to throw yourself into with careless abandon. Marching band makes a strong and disciplined man, jazz band a relaxed and quick-witted man, and concert band a man who works well with others; therefore, if a man isn’t in concert band, he will struggle to listen to and understand other men; if he plays little jazz, he must work harder to enjoy life; if he marches little, he must pretend to have the inner strength that he does not actually have. Salsas make men dance; ballads smile; marches perspire; solos shine; duets listen; full ensembles and marching bands enjoy the fullness of life.