Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Elizabeth Warren gets fact-checked by Elon Musk’s Twitter" video.
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High-school marching band really brings back the memories. I remember in the '70s, when I saw my first black high-school marching band. I felt like we were really good marchers, with our dressed lines turning corners in unison, with the guys on the inside marking time and each marcher as you went out taking bigger and bigger steps, so the line was perfect as you made the turn as a group. Then the black schools would not only do THAT, but they'd start bustin' dance moves with that same precision, and my mind was blown. I remember being jealous because their bands were way more hip than ours. It would've been a blast to have band leaders that taught THAT.
Marching bands and music programs aren't what they used to be. Band, team sports, vo-tech, ... THOSE are the things we need schools for, more than the book learning. The schools are failing on the book-learning part, already.
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