Why School Spirit Sucks

I was looking at my yearbook today, and saw pictures from the spirit assembly that we had. The bleachers, the cheerleaders, the screaming. And in the big pamoramic picture, I could see me sitting in one of the middle bleachers, with a distant look on my face, my head resting in my hand. I had a terrible headache. And all around me were kids. Jumping. Screaming. Booing. All this actually made me want to be in class. Yes, its that bad.

Someone asked me, during this whole thing, why I didn't show any 'good ole' school spirit.' I told him I'd rather kill myself then to even think about it. Why?

Heres why, 2 reasons: Number 1 is that i dispise being part of the herd. Number 2 is the fact that I absolultly hate O.L Smith middle school. Yet I have to go with all these kids who willingly get up on the bleachers and cheer on their grade on these stupid games to show who has the most school spirit. Now honestly, if it sickens me, and I don't want to be part of the herd, why should I have to? Why should I feel an obligation to love a school that has, for 3 years, made my life a living hell?

School spirit is, in my opinion, just something to make the school look good so people will come the school district and they will make more money. Gasp! For some reason, its all about money... it all conects to that purpose. So to all those school-spirit obsessed people out there, you're wasting your time. You're just a pawn in their hungry little selfish game. Go do something else with your time, like banging your head against the wall, complaining, or wallowing in your own self pity. All those things are better than cheering for a school that is just exploting you!