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9:53pmMe
I didn't really want to argue in my comment box, so my reply:

I give him plenty of respect, I have to deal with you guys-remember? And you still got on drumline!

9:53pmAndrew
he was desperate

i wouldnt have made drumline if he had a choice i was just lucky

9:53pmMe
You still did, though.

9:54pmAndrew
so? i didnt deserve it. smith probably knows you dont like him at all. you have two more years and most sophomores dont usually make drumline

if anything, justin should have made it because he works harder than everybody else

9:55pmMe
Justin does work incredibly hard. It's just not fair, when he keeps changing his mind so often!

9:55pmAndrew
he only took four snares because he didnt have enough people in pit

its not like he wanted a four man snare line with a three man tenor line

9:56pmMe
Gemma would have been in pit if Ancelet hadn't decided he wanted yet ANOTHER saxophone marching.

The numbers would have been even then.

9:56pmAndrew
lauren just chill the ******** out

you have TWO MORE YEARS

9:56pmMe
sigh sorry...

9:56pmAndrew
youre only going to be a sophomore

9:57pmMe
and there are stil you sophomore guys who would do anything to make me quit.

9:57pmAndrew
honestly, if youre good you should stay. im putting more emphasis on talent since we have a small section. but you do need to work on your attitude

9:58pmMe
I'm trying, but you guys aren't letting me. Denny's an a*****e and Marc isn't helpful at all!

I'm at least trying!

9:59pmAndrew
when it gets down to business, me dylan denny and marc work the s**t out of everything. youre getting there, but you have a ways to go

10:00pmMe
I've never seen Marc work. I know he does, but I don't usually see it.

It just seems so unfair.

10:00pmAndrew
that declan jared and dylan made it and you didnt?

10:00pmMe
No.

10:00pmAndrew
what

10:01pmMe
That Drew didn't get what Smith said he was going to, that Gemma didn't get what would have worked out perfectly.

Declan should have made it, Dylan and Jared too.

10:01pmAndrew
smith had NO CHOICE

10:01pmMe
Ancelet could have let Gemma do pit! He wouldn't let her!

10:01pmAndrew
then dont blame smith for keeping Drew on bass when he didnt want to

10:02pmMe
He could have done it.

He could have moved him.

10:02pmAndrew
no he couldnt. he cant have the same size line as last year because we dont have enough people in pit

10:03pmMe
If we had only had one more person-Gemma, say, or another freshman coming in, we could have had it.

10:04pmAndrew
then stop blaming smith for things he couldnt control

this is the attitude problem i was talking about

10:04pmMe
Explain, please?

10:05pmAndrew
youre just showing your contempt for Smith. he had to make a tough decision that would be best for the section and you still criticize him

10:06pmMe
Contempt is a good word. I don't like him. He seems like he's sexist, and it's hard to work through it.

10:07pmAndrew
yeah, this is what im talking about. smith doesnt think you deserve it probably because of your attitude, maybe you didnt have the chops to back it up either. i dunno, i dont think ive ever heard you play

10:07pmMe
Then how do I fix it, in your opinion?

10:09pmAndrew
show him the respect he deserves as your teacher for one thing. has he ever actually singled you out for being a girl? has he ever really done anything that makes him sexist other than not put jenny or other girls on drumline?

10:09pmMe
yes.

He ahs.

*has

10:10pmAndrew
go on

10:10pmMe
During marching season, and now even still, if it's a B day with me and you guys, he always says "boys carry this" or "boys haul that". Never "guys" in general.

10:11pmAndrew
would guys be any different? not really

10:11pmMe
Yeah, it would be.

"boys" is singular. "guys" isn't really.

10:12pmAndrew
no boys is plural for boy, guys is plural for boy

guys is more slang for our generation

10:12pmMe
i didn't mean singular as in one, I meant just boys in general, instead of both boys and girls.

10:12pmAndrew
yeah i know, guys still means "guys"

not "boys and girls"

10:13pmMe
But that's why it frustrates me. He doesn't expect me to be like you guys.

10:14pmAndrew
no, he expects you to work just as hard as everybody else in the section. you do, thats good enough. but he knows you have contempt for him, and he knows you have an ego

10:14pmMe
I have contempt for the way he treated me, Jenny, Deana. Explain my ego, please?

10:15pmAndrew
it shows lauren. youve been almost positve that you had a spot on drumline for awhile, so did matt

just practice and dont expect anything

dont keep your aspirations low, just dont assume

10:16pmMe
Alright. Thanks, Andrew.

10:17pmMe
You said Smith didn't like you last year? I don't even know how to deal with him and K, and then you sophomore guys.

10:29pmAndrew is offline.