Essay

Disclaimer: I will not sugarcoat this essay. The Type of Person I feel I should be is myself. I feel I should be myself and that the mistakes I make are my own, even though sometimes I do not do the right things, most the time I make the right choices, and they get things done. I always tell the drumline to watch, and I help out every part of the line. Even if I do not seem like it sometimes, I am very reliable I learned my part for all three songs over the summer, like most every one should do. I also try to help everyone in the band out with whatever they need. It doesn’t matter if it is loading their things onto the truck, to helping them put their uniforms on, I always try to help. I try to keep out of very bad situations, but sometimes, people just have to know my opinion on certain things, especially if I’m not the only person with the same opinion, because numerous people in the band feel the same way.

I did not want to lie to you, but I didn’t want to say anything with Stefani in the room. After what we had talked about that morning, I had planned on telling my thoughts and feelings after we had gotten back. I know I shouldn’t have lied to you, but I don’t like being under pressure, if was just me and you, I would have voiced my thoughts, but it was different with her in there. Saturday was the only time that I have ever lied to you if you are wondering, and I swear by everything that is holy, that I had never told the drumline not to watch Stefani, you can even ask last years drummers. I understand why you are mad and disappointed at me, I really do understand, and I accept the fact of that. I know why you took my privileges away, and decided not to let me go to BOA this year.

I feel that I did do an injustice by lying to you, but about the way I feel about Stefani, she is one of my better friends, but even a lot of people in the band feel that she cannot hold a tempo. Even other people, like band parents, people in other bands, or people that were previously in our band feel the same way. But, I’m not saying she doesn’t make up for it, because she has a very well organized pattern of conducting, and the majority of the time, the band and drumline stay with Stefani. The only thing that I don’t like about this year is how she never gives the drumline compliments when we do something good. We wouldn’t get so made if she would something good every now and then, but all she ever does is criticize us and tell us to fix this and fix that when we are trying are hardest to do that.