People that don't take things seriously...

So I have a couple of pet peeves. One would be people who don't take things seriously. Another would be people who interrupt while others are trying to learn. With the whole "people who don't take things seriously" thing, that has been on my mind for awhile now, especially after today. I am in the "advanced" choir at my school. I have wanted to be in this choir ever since I heard it for the first time (about back in junior high). I was inspired and touched by their singing the first time I heard it. But what I didn't realize, is that each year, there are a whole new group of people in it. I set a goal for myself to be in this choir before I graduate from high school. I am a senior now and I am in the choir, but slightly unhappy. Why you might ask? Well, for one thing, this years choir is made up of about 3/4 of new people, including me. Ok, so what's wrong with a primarily novice group? Well, they aren't working hard enough. This choir is known for singing well and having outstanding performances, and I know I can't judge this years choir based on last years, but it is hard not to. Just today, our director told us that we might not be going on tour(this particular choir also goes on a tour each year) because the new people aren't practicing outside of school and sound "suckish" (well he didn't exacty say suckish but somewhere around that) I go home and listen to my cd and practice, but I don't know about the rest of the new people. Clearly I have picked the wrong year to be in this choir. This is a perfect example of how lazy people ruin the experience for others(me) who are actually taking it seriously. It just makes me so mad and it's my last year so if we don't get to go on a tour I will be very upset. Especially after I made my down payment for the airfare and it's non-refundable. Now, to the people who interrupt while others are trying to learn. In a couple of my classes (the choir is one of them!), there are a rowdy bunch of boys who still act like they are in elementary school and are just pining for attention when the whole act is really just juvenile and stupid. I am sitting in class trying to learn and they are acting up, making jokes, and talking. And they really don't listen to the teacher. The thing that makes it even worse is that in one particular class, the main ones who act up have a higher grade than me and they don't even have to pay attention because they understand it but I actually have to struggle to grasp the concept. It is so unfair. But hey, life's unfair. When it comes to people like that, sometimes I just wanna knock all their lights out, but then again, What Would Jesus Do? Clearly not that, so I guess I just have to ignore the losers out there in life, cause I know there are more to come!

-Laurel