Explain "School Spirit" to me

I think you answered your own question. Kids hate school, but their school spirit is mostly governed by showing up their 'rival' schools, and showing class for their home team just cause it's their home team. School spirit was BS though when I was in highschool. All our sports teams except the girls' basketball team sucked, basically we were the lowest rated school in the county, and yeah.

School spirit, for me, was about community. We were in the same school for six years. That's six years with the same 180 people day-in, day-out. It wasn't necessarily about the classes, or the sport teams, or the buildings, it was the relationship we all had together. I left at the end of 2008 and still keep in contact with most of my group there. If I see anyone from my old school we always talk and catch up.

School spirit is nothing if you are a "loner", so to speak, but when you have a great school where the singers have just as much respect as the footballers, then you are bound to have great communal feelings.

It's about supporting the team that lives in your community and supporting the school you go to and the people who represent that school. I don't think anybody should be obligated to do any of that though.

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

School spirit, for me, was about community. We were in the same school for six years. That's six years with the same 180 people day-in, day-out. It wasn't necessarily about the classes, or the sport teams, or the buildings, it was the relationship we all had together. I left at the end of 2008 and still keep in contact with most of my group there. If I see anyone from my old school we always talk and catch up.

School spirit is nothing if you are a "loner", so to speak, but when you have a great school where the singers have just as much respect as the footballers, then you are bound to have great communal feelings.

daqua_99

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

haggard_korn

Are you calling me an emo kid that tries hard to not conform? I am myself and I do what I want.AWildMeowth

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

AWildMeowth

lol, WATCH OUT WORLD!

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"]Are you calling me an emo kid that tries hard to not conform? I am myself and I do what I want.luisen123

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

AWildMeowth

Yes I am calling you an emo kid who tries hard not to conform.

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

BRod85

lol, WATCH OUT WORLD!

[QUOTE="daqua_99"]

School spirit, for me, was about community. We were in the same school for six years. That's six years with the same 180 people day-in, day-out. It wasn't necessarily about the classes, or the sport teams, or the buildings, it was the relationship we all had together. I left at the end of 2008 and still keep in contact with most of my group there. If I see anyone from my old school we always talk and catch up.

School spirit is nothing if you are a "loner", so to speak, but when you have a great school where the singers have just as much respect as the footballers, then you are bound to have great communal feelings.

AWildMeowth

Our school was quite a large school for the area. However everyone knew that the school was a whole lot better then the others. It was an all-boys school, and we ranked third (academically) out of the twelve schools in the area, just behind the selective school and all-girls school.

We were also very good at all areas. A group of about 200 students sung the national anthem at the State of Origin (TV audience of 2.5 million people, equivalent of a US programme rating nearly 40 million). We always have students ranking in the top three in the state for specific subjects, and our sports teams are some of the best in the state.

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

haggard_korn

Yes I am calling you an emo kid who tries hard not to conform.

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

It's just something else for emo kids to try hard at not conforming to.

haggard_korn

Yes I am calling you an emo kid who tries hard not to conform.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] Are you calling me an emo kid that tries hard to not conform? I am myself and I do what I want.AWildMeowth

Yes I am calling you an emo kid who tries hard not to conform.

Of course I try to conform. What's wrong with wearing Aeropostale and listening to rap music? It's fun.

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

Yes I am calling you an emo kid who tries hard not to conform.

haggard_korn

Of course I try to conform. What's wrong with wearing Aeropostale and listening to rap music? It's fun.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] So apparently you are one of those people who DOES try to conform. You're worse than the nonconformists.AWildMeowth

Of course I try to conform. What's wrong with wearing Aeropostale and listening to rap music? It's fun.

school spirit is gay and anyone who has it needs to die a horrible death i dont know how anyone could like anything related to school except seeing friends and chicks but other than thattheres nothing good about it and it isn't worth going for just those things and i dont need to know math for the military i don't get why they made it a requirement to finish highschool to join the military it didn't do any use for me half the stuff they teach you is brainwashing/pointless. just get out of it alive and dont get any school spirit thats just wrong.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] So apparently you are one of those people who DOES try to conform. You're worse than the nonconformists.AWildMeowth

Of course I try to conform. What's wrong with wearing Aeropostale and listening to rap music? It's fun.

That sounds completely original and unique. :lol:

school spirit is gay and anyone who has it needs to die a horrible death i dont know how anyone could like anything related to school except seeing friends and chicks but other than thattheres nothing good about it and it isn't worth going for just those things and i dont need to know math for the military i don't get why they made it a requirement to finish highschool to join the military it didn't do any use for me half the stuff they teach you is brainwashing/pointless. just get out of it alive and dont get any school spirit thats just wrong.

ihatecrysis

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

Of course I try to conform. What's wrong with wearing Aeropostale and listening to rap music? It's fun.

haggard_korn

That sounds completely original and unique. :lol:

"School spirit" is a ghost that haunts a school. Duh.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] If you like that kind of stuff, fine. But I wear plain white t-shirts every other day (black tee's the rest of the time) with black basketball shorts and plain Vans. I listen to rock and metal. I play videogames all day and sometimes hang out with my two best friends. And I love every bit of it.AWildMeowth

That sounds completely original and unique. :lol:

Nice one not realizing how sarcastic I was from the very beginning "dude".

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

That sounds completely original and unique. :lol:

haggard_korn

Nice one not realizing how sarcastic I was from the very beginning "dude".

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] Nice one dudeAWildMeowth

Nice one not realizing how sarcastic I was from the very beginning "dude".

Dude.

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"][QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

Nice one not realizing how sarcastic I was from the very beginning "dude".

haggard_korn

Dude.

I came from a secondary school that had no school spirit, it was quite vicious. Now I don't want to start typing out one of those stories to make it sound like I was hard done by and "came from the bronx" no it was not like that. It was just the way it treated, it was class of XXXX it was when the UK education was in a bit of a **** state and Labor party where just about to give it a kick in the butt to improve things. And improve things they did, but it only happaned for the generation after mine.

For me school spirit was no such word. Our classes put us down to the pace of the slowest, it neglected the lower set groups considering them "hopeless" and gave them nothing but a text book to copy from, banning them from Drama and gymnastic classes or taking part in the sports teams because they were too stupid and distruptive to become anything anyway so it was a waste of time (was the way they seen it). All resources were pulled into the top 5 groups, the rest were on their own.

[QUOTE="haggard_korn"]

[QUOTE="AWildMeowth"] Sure, dude.AWildMeowth

Dude.

For the record I don't like Aeropostale or rap music. I was just being a jackass.

It's that thing feeling of pride that adults want you to have so you can say no to drugs, stay in school, always try your hardest, always recycle, assimilate, never ask questions that aren't normal, keep your nose clean, Follow your parents' dream of being a sccesful doctor/lawyer, scoff at difference, follow the pack, listen to the elite, buy into their hypocritic morals, never search the meaning of life, as monetary gain is all you need to be happy....and such.