final pep rally

As my time in the Japanese schools dwindles to about 15 days..., I've found a renewed interest in the formal and rigid style of the pep rallies. Maybe its cos I know I will never experience something like this back in the States, unless I join the Army, or maybe I've come to appreciate order and the way such routine student assemblies take away any need for planning or preparing. The students, always on auto-pilot mode, know exactly where to go/what to say/where to stand. its so rehearsed that the teachers don't have to say a word. The self-discipline and self-motivation of the students is unparelled.