Flute

I know this sounds like I am being arrogant and boastful, but sometimes people truly go up to me and ask,"Why did you quit band? You were the best flute player!"

I hate answering this question. Does being the "best" mean that I enjoyed band or playing the flute? I think being involved in something means that someone should full-heartedly enjoy it to stay in it for years. The truth is, I liked playing the flute and its serene quality, but I just couldn't stay in band.

I hated it there. It just wasn't right for me, because many people there couldn't cooperate and play music as a group. I guess having experience being in an orchestra helped me to become agitated and impatient about this, and I couldn't get those annoyed feelings out of my system. A lot of people seemed to not want to cooperate. A lot of people wanted to just sit there and talk, not play music. I also realized that even though music was very much a part of my life, I did not want to be in the band, because I wanted to sing in the choir. I longed for when I could do so because singing is one of my most favorite things to do. I could release my tensions and emotions into it, and put drama into it. I just didn't feel I could do that in band, because I really couldn't understand how to do that with the flute. At the end of the year, when I filled up my application for 7th grade, I skipped over BAND and checked off CHORUS. I've been much happier ever since.

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