three days to get the instrument isnt enough. it seems like they want to force you into getting it through the school.
to me it seemed that way still only giving a little over a week to get a instrument is BS
well if he wanted flute they start Monday so would only had 6 days to get that seems band teacher getting kick backs or something lol
At this time he seems excited about it so I hope he likes it and stick with for while ....did not stick with baseball long
I will see
I didn't give my kids a choice-when they came and said they wanted to do band, I told each of them "If you sign up for this, you're sticking with it at least three years-be absolutely sure about it". My daughter tried to gimp out of it this year (sixth grade), but we make her go. Honestly, once the school year gets started up again, she loves it, it's just that first week each year that's a ---smurfette--- to get them to go-she tried the same thing for fifth grade, too, and ended up making first chair for the junior band.
It not only protects your investment in the instrument, it's a good life lesson for them. I know my mom let me drop out of band after a few weeks in 4th grade and I still regret it, if nothing else I would have really learned to read music.