Oh Beagle...you made my day!!!
I was thinking about this earlier and cringing in shame at the memory. I was in 5th grade, in class, when the teacher made the announcement and was the only one who cheered! We were a rabid Pub family, my mother having immigrated to the US after surviving Nazi-occupied France.
I feel so less guilty now and so much better thanks to your post!!!
In my school the cheers were loud and it was by far the majority.
This was JR high so that might have been the difference.