where can i find some work ethic? ...sorry, we're sold out.

my choir class really made me mad today. our director is out of town, so naturally, we have a sub. but it's not like it's just any sub. mrs. heaney puts enough planning into her life that she is able to get us a musically inclined substitute teacher nearly every time she's gone, which should mean that we actually get something done in choir on those days. i can totally understand her giving us a worksheet or something when we don't have a sub who can do the choir-y stuff, but when we have a sub who can play piano and is experienced in directing a choir, one would think that there shouldn't be a huge change in what we do in class, besides that we have a different teacher. its no big deal.

but the choir as a whole gets absolutely nothing done when we have a sub. and that makes me mad. yeah, mr. tavis isn't mrs. heaney, but he knows enough about what we're doing that he can teach us. but no one will do anything. we sing like we're 8 years old. we slouch. everyone reverts back to the melody. we're half the volume and tone that we are when mrs heaney is here. that just shouldn't happen. some people say they don't do anything because they don't like the way mr. tavis teaches, but i don't see how that's anything near an acceptable excuse. its 40 minutes. deal with it. and i'm sure that he'd be a "better teacher" if people would listen. i wouldn't even try if i was in his situation. someone told me today that she couldn't sing because we didn't warm up. she never even opened her mouth and tried (well, actually, she did open her mouth, to talk to the girl behind her).

the lack of work ethic makes me want to slap these people. i do my best in these conditions to sing and at least try, but i usually end up being stared and laughed at because i'm the only one making any recognizable sound.