School Spirit

             School spirit is a lot like faith, you either have it or you don't. Its taking pride in being a part of a community, a community of people not much different from yourself. School spirit is taking time to support your school's integrity and believing that its good name is a direct reflection upon yourself. School spirit is essentially drawn from the students that have it, without students that truly believe in supporting their school in all of its endeavours, school spirit couldn't exist. School spirit is what drives people to put their school name up in lights and advertise their school as though they are bragging.
             School spirit differs from place to place because of the students. School spirit has to come from the heart, and if the heart isn't there, neither is the school spirit. When you go from school to school or even year-to-year, you can usually see an obvious difference between them. The difference is the people, the individuals that either come together under the name of their school, or simply put, don't.
             Raising school spirit in a school isn't an easy task, because if it isn't there, you're probably starting from scratch. Gonzaga doesn't have a lot of school spirit, and it's a tragedy. Those who play sports take pride in making it known but those who don't, walk around oblivious to the fact that their team is even playing. There are many ways of raising school spirit within a school; its just finding the one that best fits the individuals that you are targeting that decides how effectively it works.
             An easy and effective way to raise school spirit is to have some healthy competition. Give something to the girl/guy with the most school spirit. Something everyone will want, gifts certificate or a prize. People love getting free stuff, and it will bring out all those looking for some attention.
             Another way to raise school spirit is to make an a
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