I started my first year in ETC in my 5th grade year, I was part of the New Generation, the elementary group, I had so much fun with that group I kept going through the groups. In my sixth grade year I was finally old enough to be a Main Street Singer, …show more content…
But the singing didn't go as well as I had hoped, And to tell the truth from that moment on I knew I didn't make it. Sure enough I didn't make it, after I got the letter that told me I started to text all my friends, and to my dismay all veterans from revere got in and I was only one who didn’t. For a while I slipped into depression and it haunted me for awhile. After I found that out I was asking myself why I didn't get , my first thought was the director just doesn't like me, but with time I realised it was because I didn't work as hard as the others.
The whole experience taught me that hard work trumps talent when talent doesn't work hard. Exposure to this event has awoken a understanding in me. Since I got the letter on May 17th 2016 I have been in and out of deepprison, and I have started to pick up the work I had negated last year. I have continued to work very hard, and have been putting a lot of effort into my singing so that when auditions come this year; I will be ready. If my work pays off hopefully next year I will find myself as an All American, and finally have my dream come