The Band

A student was in the percussion section of the band, and was not doing well. The band had a performance that night, and the conductor had an annoucement to make.

The conductor said, “When a student is having trouble playing an instrument, we can give him two sticks and make him a percussionist, and let him play the drums, which—”

The conductor was interrupted by a student in the back of the room who said, “And when that’s too hard for him, we can take one of his sticks away, and make him a conductor!”