Pep Band Stereotypes

For my community service hours this quarter, one thing I worked at was Pep Band for various basketball games, mostly the Friday home games. I play the Baritone in our band, and I believe that I chose this project due to reasons stated in the social cognitive personality theory. As I know that I play in a group and I need to help the group, I set goals for myself, and for me to get better, I need to practice, and I can get practice at the basketball games. I also believe that as stated in this theory, your belief in yourself or your abilities can change depending on the scenario you are in, and as I know that I can play the baritone well, I perform at these games, while if I was performing labor I wasn’t as good at, I would slow down, as I wouldn’t believe I could do as well. As playing baritone is simple to me since I’ve done it for years, much like how most people in band can play their instruments easily, I consciously thought about playing my baritone, as it was something that I knew would be effective for me personally for community service.

Another reason for
In the time I have been in the band, I have known them to be one of the groups I have the most fun being with, and they are not geeks as some people might say. Many of the people in band are kind and go to parties often and they do not fit the stereotype of “the band geek.” While it is not something that bothers me, I have noticed that some people have this stereotype, and it is very inaccurate. The band is full of gamers, partiers, and athletes, groups that obviously break the stereotypes that people have of the band. I believe that the reason I enjoy being around the band so much is that they break this opinion and can be very social and are one of the most vocal groups I have been