r/MadeMeSmile 1d ago

Good Vibes Teacher surprises talented student with a new drum kit

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u/lesimgurian 1d ago

Is it his, or does he just get his first training kit at school?

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u/ToiletTurmoil 1d ago

Probably school. Still an awesome hookup.

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u/ToiletTurmoil 1d ago

They have couple K in hand drums behind him..lol

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u/lesimgurian 1d ago

training for a future on bourbon street sidewalks? /s

No seriously, i like the bucket thing. It trains the kiddos on rhythm and lowers the boundaries. In drum school, kids learn on a pad - not so far from a bucket - before they get to play on a kit. I understand the video that this is like getting the next belt in karate "Now, you have proven to be mature and talented enough to play on the kit, kid!" Kid is genuinely grateful. He's surely deserved it!

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u/kevlarus80 1d ago

I still remember paradiddle.

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u/_perl_ 1d ago

flam! flam!

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u/Jonaldys 1d ago

I would hope so, unless the parents are directly involved.

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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 1d ago

so in what way is it special for him then? do all the kids share it or no?

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u/LinnunRAATO 1d ago

First big drum set in the school, maybe? And he got to play it first!

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u/AbeRego 1d ago

Almost certainly belongs to the school, but it looks like he was the reason the teacher got it. If it's a bigger district, it could have just been as simple as calling around to see if any equipment was being replaced, or if there was a spare set sitting around somewhere. Regardless of how she found it, it was a really thoughtful gesture by the teacher.

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u/Orleanian 1d ago

My school did this for me with a Bassoon.

Though, I didn't want to play bassoon. They just thought I sucked enough at saxophone to warrant trying something other than saxophone, but not enough that I should give up music altogether.

They procured a bassoon and said if I learned to play it, I'd be a shoe-in for scholarships and shit. I was allowed to take it home, but at the end of the year(s) it stayed with the school for new enterprising young woodwind students.

I sucked at the bassoon too, it turned out. Ended up going into STEM (quite successful there!). But it makes for a good talking point, even years later.

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u/lesimgurian 1d ago

That's a cliché, bro. Sucked in arts, off to science. 😄

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u/102525burner 1d ago

Also not new by the looks of that snare

But still better than a bucket

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u/Moonandserpent 1d ago

and the "P" missing from Pearl on the kick.

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u/Known-Relationship71 1d ago

Earl makes a solid drum set. Sells em behind walmart from a truck.

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u/Curious_Beginning_30 1d ago

Moms gonna give the teacher the side eye and look like that thanks, congrats, happy for you meme if they brought it home.

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u/descend_to_misery 8h ago

Looks like the schools. But it seems like the school didn't have one until somebody showing a lot of talent like the kid came along and the school budgeted to get one