bluebellbrass07 Posted November 13, 2007 Posted November 13, 2007 My advice would be to talk to your director yourself and tell him why you think his decision is unfair as opposed to getting random people on a band forum to heckle him. I think that would only anger him more Quote
borchnork Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 bluebellbrass07 said: My advice would be to talk to your director yourself and tell him why you think his decision is unfair as opposed to getting random people on a band forum to heckle him. I think that would only anger him more agreed. but the group support wouldn't hurt. Quote
BassoonPadwan Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Man, that sucks. My director probably woud've done the same thing though. Quote
Aegis Fang Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Showing pride by doing something completely clean and unoffensive in a salute? WTF were you thinking?!?!?!?! = this whole thing is ridiculous. Maybe a punishment of some sort, but not anything NEAR the caliber of getting kicked out. I've seen a kid in my band cuss out a director before and he just got In School Suspension for a week, but he's still in band. That's ridiculous... Quote
thePIXELelement Posted November 14, 2007 Posted November 14, 2007 Any update Fernando? I said hi to Katie and Luis and they were surprised that I even knew you... Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 (edited) thePIXELelement said: Any update Fernando? I said hi to Katie and Luis and they were surprised that I even knew you... lol...thats funny nothing yet, but we're organizing and since he told me and my other 5 seniors that we don't care about the band and that we canceress(i'm filling a lawsuit against the assistant principal for saying that) we are going to make the band lose more people from the elementary and up... but we're just thinking about doing that our parents are meeting up also is there a way to make only members of the forums read this? Edited November 15, 2007 by drumajorfernando Quote
borchnork Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 yah, this topic is a little intense, and I'm sure guests will read this. I think admins have the capability to lock forums with passwords, but I'm not sure. Quote
SerialSleeper90 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 That ain't going to happen. You might as well just pm everybody cuz I'm pretty sure all mods and admins want this open. Quote
Aegis Fang Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 whoa whoa. Don't screw over your entire band program for something he did. If you're trying to convince students from elementary, intermediate, and junior high schools to drop band, that's messing up the entire program for a long time, that shouldn't be what you're after. Get rid of the director, sue him, get him fired, but don't tell students to drop out, that shouldn't be what you're looking for. Maybe I misread it... I dunno. Just an idea. Quote
Aegis Fang Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 drumajorfernando said: lol...thats funnynothing yet, but we're organizing and since he told me and my other 5 seniors that we don't care about the band and that we canceress(i'm filling a lawsuit against the assistant principal for saying that) we are going to make the band lose more people from the elementary and up... but we're just thinking about doing that our parents are meeting up also is there a way to make only members of the forums read this? canceress? was that a typo? Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 Aegis Fang said: canceress? was that a typo? no thats the exact word he told us, "Y'all are cancer! Y'all are canceress to the band!" Quote
SerialSleeper90 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 i think its cancerous? maybe. Seriously, i'm just guessing cuz then it would be like dangerous -same suffix. anyways. Our band director uses that term lol. Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 okay...maybe i wrote it wrong...lol but still i found that offending, considering i have family that has cancer Quote
borchnork Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 My friend from the FHS band was labeled as the bands cancer, and rightly so. She was a very bad influence. lol, but I still loved her. Keep us updated on things that keep happening. Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 I will...I told my mom about the "cancer" thing, she's going to talk[yell ] at the principal that said that, I truly did find that offense Quote
thePIXELelement Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 This situation is getting more bizarre as the days stroll by... Quote
dtxtrmpt Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 wow...thats ridiculous.... your director needs to calm himself down.... Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 thePIXELelement said: This situation is getting more bizarre as the days stroll by... that's mineral wells for ya... Quote
Aegis Fang Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 dude, I wish he would have kicked me out, I would've gone ape... doo... on him, lol. I've always wanted to yell at a superior, it seems like so much fun =) Quote
bluebellbrass07 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 Calling you cancerous has nothign to do with you having cancer. Its a phrase meaning something or someone that spreads bad things quickly. I'm pretty sure you can't sue somebody for that....if you want to ruin the band program by making everyone leave that statement would be correct. I really think you are handling this the wrong way though, you should just talk to your band director. Quote
Dynasty Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 It was said before.... Guests can read this. As your site admin, I suggest we keep this topic friendly and don't attack the public school teachers who serve us all. As your friend, I remind you that anything you say here is available to the public. If your director or school staff find out that you supplied contact information so strangers can get involved, that does NOT help your case. And, in my honest opinion, you do not have grounds for a lawsuit over the word 'cancerous'. Zach already explained what it means. Chances are good the school district already pays a lawyer, and by filing a lawsuit against the Asst. Principal you are filing a lawsuit against the district. Even then, there is no proof that the Asst. Principal had prior knowledge that your family had cancer (which I am sorry about) and took advantage of it to harm you. The end result is just a loss of respect and probably money if you hire a lawyer too. Quote
SerialSleeper90 Posted November 15, 2007 Posted November 15, 2007 I hate to say it man but 'cancer' is a really common term among band directors. Quote
drumajorfernando Posted November 15, 2007 Author Posted November 15, 2007 Okay...well I guess I over reacted a tad bit :] well...back to the subject...lol Quote
bossman Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 WTF? that salute reminded me of reagan 03', whats wrong with it? Quote
Clarinot Posted November 16, 2007 Posted November 16, 2007 Just as a thought, you might want to privately discuss it with your director in person. I have a strange feeling that having people from the internet email him to say his decision was stupid will only make things worse... Quote
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