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Originally posted by marichiko
Well, I wouldn't feel too bad, Lady S. You know how the media tends to blow everything out of proportion. High school kids have had ways of blowing off steam from the beginning of time (or the beginning of high schools, anyhow). I attended high school in a town in the Rocky Mountains region. My school had the finest college prep program in the city and it now offers a baclaureate program which is a model for other schools in the area. It also has a reputation for being one of the scrappiest schools you can attend. When I was there I was a member of the pep band which meant that I attended every sports event my school participated in. More often then not, huge fights would break out after the game and the pep band (we wore school uniforms) was the obvious target for everyone's wrath. I quickly made friends with a tall black kid who played the tuba. I still have fond memories of making a run to the safety of the school bus, following close upon Henry's heels as he fended off attackers with his tuba. It would have made for great press, but the papers here took such incidents for granted and never reported them as news.
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It sounds a lot like you went to Poudre...was that the case?
I was also part of pep/marching band in high school and recieved plenty of harassings as such.