My best friend Sarah, Staci Lyn.

I noticed that during my reading I find myself laughing to myself because of all the things the author and I have in common. One main subject would be her adolescent years in band. The first sentence that I noticed that made me burst into laughter was when she said, “But nothing brings kids together like hate. The one thing the band kids and orchestra kids had in common was unified disgust for the chorus kids, who were, to us, merely drama geeks with access to four-part harmony.” She continued on to complain about how they can jump out of anywhere and belt out random tunes like High School Musical at any moment during the school day. I thought that was the funniest line that I’ve read. I agree with her statement because the chorus kids always thought they were superior to everyone in the school, even teachers. I imagined myself standing by the lockers with Sarah wondering why these choir kids were being obnoxious in the hall for no apparent reason. That brought me to my conclusion of how great of a friendship we would have.

Of course I don’t think every choir kid is exactly the same, but some of them sure do live up to the irritating stereotype. I played classical violin for 9 ½ years. I absolutely loved being an orchestra nerd, as they would call it, but I loved it up until high school. I remember when I entered sophomore year I was finally in the main campus, where the music hallway was notorious for being filled with instruments and singing teenagers all day. One of the most annoying parts about walking from the orchestra room to the D Hallway was passing the choir room. The choir students would be standing out in the hallway, in and out of the practice rooms, screeching random show tunes and butchering classics. We had the practice rooms for a reason. They were sealed off and sound proof so everyone could focus, but I guess since they are superior they can do what they want, whenever they wanted.

I agreed with Sarah so much in her musical experiences in high school that I wondered if we would ever be friends. I knew right then she would understand my pain and sorrow of my high school career. All around we have so much in common that I wanted to write about how we would become great friends, especially in high school. We would definitely have a lot of fun chuckling at the choir kids.