I'm gonna start with saying he's fresh out of college, so he has a pass on most things, but some of the stuff he's been doing is simply careless!! We are going to the third to last competition of our year this Saturday, and we JUST started setting the closer this week and he expects us to march it at said competition (mind you we only rehearse Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and he's just letting anyone by with literally anything on the field, someone even did a cartwheel once. It's making me genuinely consider not coming back my senior year and just trying to audition for drum corps because the way he's doing things this year is just killing my love for marching, and I'm not sure how true it is, but I've heard that both he and the assistant director (who has a doctorate in music) have both said that they only care about concert band and that's not helping at all. Should I just stick with the idea of dropping hs band and going to an all age corps (which tbf I'm gonna try to either way since they won't interfere too much with eachother) or should I try to stick with it solely due to being my senior year, plus I feel bad leaving my section behind so idk what to do.

Where I'm at right now, people are pretty understanding that I'm just gonna be worse at balance and walking straight, but I'm pretty worried about when I go to college next year. I've been pigeon toed my whole life, which means my feet naturally angle in, which causes me to trip over myself. I also have trouble with spatial awareness, knowing where my legs are pointed and what they're doing, which may or may not be entirely because of the physical issue. That makes it harder for me to walk straight. It also feels very weird and unnatural to put my feet together sometimes, and my knees don't really sit right against each other. I'm also prone to stepping on my feet when marking time. Is that something that's gonna mess me up in college? Right now I just have to lock in and work hard to compensate, but I'm not sure how that's gonna go when I'm in a higher level of band.

I’ve always wanted to do marching band but due to me moving a lot I never did till now. This was my first season and I did color guard. Mainly because I wasn’t in a band class so I couldn’t march with an instrument. Now that the season is slowly coming to an end I really want to march next season with baritone. I already talked to my band director he has no problem with it and the plan is that next school year I join band so I can do it. And while that’s happening I’ll be learning it on my own. My main thing is how hard would it be? I’ve only really ever played string instruments (violin and cello) so I know how to read both bass clef and treble clef. And I’ve dabbled on the saxophone I know they’re different but I have an idea of how your mouth should be. But what else should I be expecting since I also plan on marching with it?

Tomorrow is eighth grade night and we stay afterschool before we do the football game. However its going to feel like 92 degrees outside and our band directors don't typically have us stay inside when its that hot. But because it was so cold for the past 2 weeks, I couldn't even handle the 90 degrees weather today. I still have a heat migraine hours later. We will probably be outside tomorrow from 1-4:20 and maybe even later if the eighth graders dont get here on time. What the hell am I supposed to do.

For context, I was able to get a job teching at a texas 6A high school, but this is my first time ever teaching or doing anything like this. Sometimes I find myself letting reps pass by without giving feeback and sometimes I feel like I don't know what to say or look for. I have marched two years of world class DCI, so I feel like I have an adequate understanding of what performers need, but I can't just get it off the top of my head. In addition, I serve as both a mellophone and visual tech but i don't know what exactly to be listening for, looking for, etc. The other day I was handed a group of trumpet players to clean choreo, but I didn't really know how to move forward. If anyone could offer me some advice or resources on how to be a more effective teacher, I would very much appreciate it.