Should I quit my school's band?

-I guess this is my first question asking here... (Heh heh) Anyhow, I have a question to ask and I'm quite... unsure of my choices.



I've been in band for almost five years and I play multiple instruments. I mainly play the flute, in which I really love to play and practice all of the time. But now at my sophomore year, I feel really pressured by my school on the academics and I want to take as many classes that I want to take for the rest of my high school year. I also wanted to join in clubs and do afterschool activities that I love to do like the Chess Club and HOSA.



So in my previous year (freshman), I was in Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band... All the band options you can ever think of. So I also joined in HOSA and they usually have afterschool meeting on Monday. I can never attend them and I can't even stay afterschool to ask my teacher about a question I have without being late to band. I use to have straight As in all of my classes before, but when I was in my freshman year, my grade has been shaking like crazy. Usually it's because I'm staying up late and not having enough time to study without any good rest after football games/competitions. What's even worse is that sometimes I have a test on the next day after one of those late band practices, which resulted me not doing so hot on a lot of my tests last year.



So this year, I'm planning to quit band and do become a normal student (er, more like a silent student like my usual self. :P). I really want to do the activities I like to do that I couldn't do last year because of band and I really want to have more time to study without having football seasons and band practices mess up my test grades. Also this year, I'm taking a couple of online classes (since my curiousity is killing me. X3)



But what makes me kind of nervous is how my high school band director is a "pusher." One of my friend last year wanted to quit band, even though he's really good on the clarinet. (He wanted to focus on his studies) So he went up to our band director and told her about quitting. Then ever since that day, she has been bothering him nonstop, always asking him to stay after class and ask why he wanted to quit band. (Since he's really really good at the clarinet) When he kept saying he didn't want to be in band, she even called his home everyday, in which pisses him off badly. What's even worse is that most of the band members in band kept on asking him multiple "Why" questions.



So in other words if you're too lazy to read all of that up there, I want to quit band and yes, I do love them and plan to continue in the future, but for now, I want to quit my school's band. However, I don't know what to react to with my band director. I really want to improve my academics score and join in clubs without having to worry about overlapping my band practices (in which I can't skip)



Thank you so much!i think you should just tell him. I really love band and your classes but my grades are shaky. And i really need to improve them before returning to band.
Don't quit you'll regret it :)
don't quit!!