Post by No friction dancing. on Apr 9, 2006 14:38:36 GMT -5
Okey dokey.
As far as not seeing any buttons/ murals/tickertape parades demanding Collins back, I've noticed that too. I don't know if it's because people don't care, or if it's because they figure that nothing will come of their protests, or if they are just all protested out.
As far as a lack of pride/interest, I think that it didn't just happen overnight. I think that it's been a trend. Lots of graduates say that nobody has ever had any pride in our school. Plus, I think that people are getting tired of the same old things. People expect the basketball team and math team to do good.
As far as putting life back into the school, I have a suggestion. This might seem like a joke at first, but I'm being dead serious. Word is bond. It is kind of a stupid idea, but it would work. Trust me. (famous last words)
There are plenty of unused rooms over at Quaboag. I'm thinking we use the one across from Mr. Anderson's, but that's negotiable. We need to go ahead and get some lights, get some speakers, get some music and turn it into a discotheque/club. People would go crazy over that. Obviously we wouldn't have it open all the time, and now with "work to leave" or "working for the weekend" or whatever it's called, it would only be able to be open for about half an hour. But I'm thinking that it would work. Every once in a while, you could have a local band come in and play, or have an open mic night, or whatever.
Kids like to dance. And most kids can't get into clubs, and when they do they get into crappy ones like the Palladium or Sh-Booms. They go crazy over the stupidest stuff. When we were down in Hyannis, a bunch of people were dancing outside of our room and blasting music from a boombox. And it was literally 1:00 in the morning. And we called security, because we like to ruin people's fun, but they still wouldn't leave. And I threatened to curb stomp their radio, and they still wouldn't leave. Finally we just hit them over the head with a lamp, and stuffed their bodies into vending machines.
So this would give a chance for kids to want to come to school and have some fun. Maybe the enthusiasm would spread from there to other places.
As far as not seeing any buttons/ murals/tickertape parades demanding Collins back, I've noticed that too. I don't know if it's because people don't care, or if it's because they figure that nothing will come of their protests, or if they are just all protested out.
As far as a lack of pride/interest, I think that it didn't just happen overnight. I think that it's been a trend. Lots of graduates say that nobody has ever had any pride in our school. Plus, I think that people are getting tired of the same old things. People expect the basketball team and math team to do good.
As far as putting life back into the school, I have a suggestion. This might seem like a joke at first, but I'm being dead serious. Word is bond. It is kind of a stupid idea, but it would work. Trust me. (famous last words)
There are plenty of unused rooms over at Quaboag. I'm thinking we use the one across from Mr. Anderson's, but that's negotiable. We need to go ahead and get some lights, get some speakers, get some music and turn it into a discotheque/club. People would go crazy over that. Obviously we wouldn't have it open all the time, and now with "work to leave" or "working for the weekend" or whatever it's called, it would only be able to be open for about half an hour. But I'm thinking that it would work. Every once in a while, you could have a local band come in and play, or have an open mic night, or whatever.
Kids like to dance. And most kids can't get into clubs, and when they do they get into crappy ones like the Palladium or Sh-Booms. They go crazy over the stupidest stuff. When we were down in Hyannis, a bunch of people were dancing outside of our room and blasting music from a boombox. And it was literally 1:00 in the morning. And we called security, because we like to ruin people's fun, but they still wouldn't leave. And I threatened to curb stomp their radio, and they still wouldn't leave. Finally we just hit them over the head with a lamp, and stuffed their bodies into vending machines.
So this would give a chance for kids to want to come to school and have some fun. Maybe the enthusiasm would spread from there to other places.