<p>Okay so this is gonna sound really weird.
So last year, I was a member of the Speech Team at school. I did Radio Speaking, and I absolutely loved it. Speech was my passion, my favorite thing to do. That's what I was known for. I was "the speech girl who won't shut up about speech"
But this year, it was different.
I tried out, and I didn't make it.
I tried out for Radio Speaking and Poetry Speaking, and basically what my coach told me was that I shouldve auditioned for Informative Speaking since it suits my voice better and that's why I didn't get in, because I auditioned for the wrong thing.</p>
<p>This was a few months ago.</p>
<p>I'm still heartbroken.
Weird comparison, but imagine if your fiance just walked out of your wedding like the minute before.
That kind of hurt. Or maybe I'm just overreacting.
It may sound weird, but I truly loved speech. It was the one thing that I loved to do.
Now I still get crap from my parents, and I internally cry whenever my speech friends mention it.</p>
<p>I can audition next year, but its going to be so much more competitive.
I feel so terrible inside.
And even if I get in next year, its going to look terrible on my resume since I skipped a year.</p>
<p>Once I found out I didn't make it, I cried every day for like two hours at home.
I miss speech so much
Its been so hard
Sorry about the rant just had to get that off my shoulders</p>
<p>I know there is nothing I can do now and there's no point in wallowing in a pool of self pity, but this has really really affected me.
any thoughts/questions/comments?</p>
<p>That’s really unfair that you weren’t allowed to stay on speech. I’m on the speech team, and for us if we do well in speech and are dedicated we won’t get cut the next year. Did you speak to your coach about it? This could be your college essay. You can talk about how much speech meant to you and how you kept trying. I think colleges would understand.</p>
<p>As a parent, I am curious about the “crap” that you “still get” from your parents? Are they giving you a hard time for not making the team? Or for being so upset? </p>
<p>Foodlover001-Nice! Speech is awesome. Yes, I did speak to him, and he said I should have auditioned for the category that suited me and I would have gotten in. He also said that my frustration over not getting in is a “sure sign that my future will be golden” which is probably one of those other things I won’t get now but allegedly will in the future.
Hmm…I see where you’re coming from for the college essay thing…but will it really portray me as a standout/good applicant?</p>
<p>Pootie-Its a bit of both. They know how much it meant to me and that’s why.</p>
<p>Also, they feel that speech is a very important activity, and are therefore very disappointed with me for not making it in. They also think I’ve been really down all year just because I didn’t make speech.</p>
<p>I am in other activities that I love equally, such as Science Olympiad, but its just that in that one year speech has made such a lasting impression on me and I loved it. </p>
