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Society? Fail...

I want you all to know a bit about me and how I recognize most institutions are failing. I would like to bring attention to the economy for second, we can describe it as "Recession." The standards are being lowered and decisions are becoming more corrupt. I am a witness and victim to this.

It started my freshman year of high school, I was eager and ready to achieve my dreams. I had a college in mind and a proffession as well, but what really matter was my band. I am a skilled musician, I play roughly 20+ instruments all of which are woodwind in relation to each other. I play in my jazz band as a lead and have shown my talents by being accepted into several high end musical organizations. I love playing but one dream I always wanted to achieve was becoming my Marching Bands Drum Major. I am the only individual present today at my high school (and Band) who has participated in all of the auditioning and leadership processes the band has had to offer. I set my goals and failed the first year, the judges were petty and as skilled to any person walking down the street. My second year I had undergone several changes, my hair was longer, I was working hard and becoming even more active in my band and community. I was ideal for the Drum Major position, I was a leader and I could do all and more the directors asked me to do. I was denied the position and lesser people for the job were chosen. The Drum Major later got his girlfriend pregnant the next day and the second in command was not good enough to take the position over. I cringed, and I sucked it up. I spent my summer even more diligently working for Drum Major. I went with an All-State Band and not only played first chair for them but directed a piece as well. I also commenced in community activities in Montana, a foreign place to me. I was a fine active player in their convenient fine arts fair along with my cousin and his band. I improvised my jazzy way through the month of June and some of July. I next found myself in SCC, a college in South Carolina known for it's great Marching Band. I was attending a Drum Major Academy, here I spent five grueling days working myself to the bone from dusk to dawn. Here I learn how to be the best in every way, I was ready. I sat through the marching year watching the failure of my band and feeling as though I could have prevented this were I picked. I watched us get our asses handed to us at every competition and moral drop to about zero before we even started. I was disgusted. I now found myself on this very day, Thursday, March 26, 2009, prepared to take the position I had worked so hard for. I breezed through the audition amazingly doing a grand job. The results were appalling, A Juvenile black freshman (Head) and the recent Dead-Beat-Dad of a Drum Major (Secondary) were instated as Head Drum Major and Secondary Drum Major. The two worst possible choices for leaders were picked because they presented the best directing when everyone else was just as good, if not better. Why? What would make this organization fail so miserably as to pass up the best candidate and instated the worst. Take a look around you, this is but one example of the failing society we have. This is a Society where the worst is chosen over the best.

Updates:
He brought me up to his office to essentially tell me I was the best candidate and that the Drum Major isn't the leader of the band. BULLSHIT! Now I'm really angry!

He sent me a riddle (and easy one) the answer was Time I sent a message back saying "I Understand." Kinda... thoughtful but at the same time it doesn't solve my problem.