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Speaking as a UK citizen living in Switzerland, I have to ask: what is a high school pep rally?
by david-given 11y ago
Speaking as a UK citizen living in Switzerland, I have to ask: what is a high school pep rally?
- Retric 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_rally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_rally It's really just a time filler to cover the gap between when classes end and a school game begins. Growing up in the US I think we had ~1 or 2 per year from ~8th-12th grade. They were also generally fairly short as in 10-15 minutes with I think one lasting 45 when the other team was late. PS: Most games did not take place during the school day, but I think they scheduled a few that with a small overlap if a team would otherwise get home really late during a week night. I think there much more common in low density areas for this reason. Edit: Though like all such traditions it's been morphing for a while. With some schools holding them before big events and or in the middle of the day.
- david-given 11y agoFrankly, that sounds pretty creepy --- it looks to me like an outright indoctrination session. I couldn't imagine my school in Scotland doing anything similar (and we were a very sporty school, with compulsory attendance at a lot of inter-school games, which I mostly sneaked away from).
- mturmon 11y agoYou are in for a treat. This excerpt from Fast Times at Ridgemont High (worth watching in its entirety) tells you what you need to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLTTugZ4BIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLTTugZ4BIw