Speech Choir Competition

"And the true reward he's seeking is the glory of a smile", "And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for". So short but makes so much sense.

Well what can I say. After a big loss in the Speech Choir competition we can still beam up a bright smile like children on Santa's lap. We have done our very best and we will keep on doing so until we lay to rest. Dramatic much? Well it's true. When we graduate in the near future and be thrown out to the cruel realities of life, we would fight with all we have got, bearing not the APC standard but the standard that we have set for ourselves.

The only depressing thought about this is the fact that not everyone gave it their all and the majority paid for it. I don't want to snitch but I must call it as I see it, after all, if there's anything I have learned in the Academy is Honesty which is significantly essential to the Honor Code, again, I digress.

Some of my blockmates don't seem to be in the same level or degree of dedication to the performance as with the others. Some don't show up during practice, and when they do, they just sign the attendance and leave. What's worse is that there are those who stay the entire time during practice but don't participate at all. They even don't cooperate with the leaders and other members. These are the people that barely contribute to the presentation at all and even have the nerve to demand "participation" in the group for the sake of their grades which I doubt that even Buddha, Allah, or Christ can help them. They are like parasites. Latching on their host, they think of nothing else but themselves, their survival, without even stopping to think that when the host dies, they die alongside with it. When one person messes up, everyone's part of the picture. What turns my stomach the most is that these people can actually stand the idea that they are practically dragging the whole class down as they are nothing more but carcass, corpse, dead weight, decay. It's saddening that not even I, nor 3 other leaders can influence them to cooperate. It's sad that I left the academy thinking that the people there were savage, and here I am, forcing adolescents and young adults to listen as if they were infants of less evolved primates. INTEGRITY and RESPONSIBILITY, two simple words that don't necessarily require an individual to be a cadet to learn and incorporate.

At the end of the day, certain matters shall be dealt accordingly and improved in the future. As of now, we still stand proud that we have presented with complete  resolve in the face off an unbearable obstacle.