“Left! Left! Left!” I had heard that word enough and it was only the first morning of band camp.
I was already overwhelmed with the number of new steps, drill and music I was dealing with. As well as how overwhelming marching band already was, if I want full PE credits, I would have to take it all four years of high school.
Students in a standardized physical education class only attend about four hours a week. Band students attend marching practice for at least eight hours a week, which is equivalent to the amount of hours sports like football practice afterschool. The amount of time band members spend on practice alone is double the amount of what a PE student attends…