Pep Rallies
We are having a pep rally at our school. Some people can’t wait for it, while others groan. I am in the middle. I think pep rallies have some good and some bad.
At pep rallies, someone usually goes up front and hypes everyone up. If you are in a bad mood, a pep rally may just be the thing for you. For example, if you got a bad grade in science, a pep rally can allow you to forget it. There are also some fun games students get to play with a few teachers, like 3-point basketball shooting, and really crazy ones like skateboard racing with toilet plungers.
A pep rally is also a good way to take your mind off current situations. If you just need a brake from school, pep rallies are good for that too. Like if there is a huge test coming up, a pep rally allows you to miss about 45 minutes of class, so you probably won’t have a test in that day.
However, pep rallies have their negative points, too. Pep rallies at my school take up your advisory period. Advisory is the only free time your get to do your homework. Usually I have a ton of math homework. No advisory equals more–a lot more–homework. Without advisory time, you have a lot more homework to do at home.
Sometimes, pep rallies can get a little boring. When they’re announcing everything they have to announce, face it, it gets boring. “And now please greet the boys eighth grade basketball A team. The players are…blah, blah, blah. Also please acknowledge the boys eighth grade basketball B team. The teammates are…blah, blah, blah. Don’t forget the boys seventh grade basketball A team with…blah, blah, blah. Also there is the boys seventh grade basketball B team. The players are…blah, blah, blah. Now to the girls…blah, blah, blah.” Also sometimes the “performance” and “cheers” get really boring.
I like pep rallies because you get to miss some of school, but I don’t like the longer homework time required (who does?). Pep rallies are fun, but they have many cons.