Marching Band Stereotypes

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I’m With the Band At one point or another in life most people will experience a stereotype. A stereotype is something that places individuals in a group and characterizes them all the same way. A lot of the time stereotypes can be proven wrong. One of the stereotype I believe is always wrong is the way people feel about the members of a marching band. The members of this group are often referred to as band geeks. Band geeks is a term that can be taken many different ways and have many different meanings. Some people take pride in being called that and actually enjoy the name, others think it’s funny and go along with the term to fit in. Typically you can define a band geek by someone who is not very athletic, someone who has no friends, and someone who is nerdy. This definition is not always the case though for most people in a marching band and can be proven wrong. Most people assume that being in the band makes you non athletic. A lot of people don’t realize what it takes to be in marching band though. There is a lot of practicing involved in planning a show and getting it as close to perfect as possible. A lot of the time there is more practice involved in marching band than …show more content…

A lot of people think of nerds and think of people who wear glasses, don’t have many friends, aren’t good with social situations, don’t get in trouble, always getting good grades, and playing weird card and video games. It would be hard to classify everyone in the band as being a nerd though because like every other group it is a very diverse group of people to be a part of. There are people from different nationalities bringing the things that they like to do to the group and introducing new things to people. There are also your typical groups in band such as the drummers usually being the more athletic type, the guard girls being your more girly type, and so on. There are actually fewer nerds in band than you would

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