Sorry, But You're Not Cut Out For This (Beastie Boys, VG Cats, Kung Fury) [Daily Bloggity Entry #45]

[El Héroe Oscuro]

Date: 07 April 2014
Time: 3:36 PM ET
Mood: Little disappointed

As some of you may have read in one of my past entries, I had to take part in an election that ultimately made me miss one of my entries for this blog. I am currently part of a college organization - keeping the name of it null just for privacy reasons - where we go into poor school districts and teach positive themes and building characteristics through a wide variety of games and small "peacemaker projects" to kids who otherwise might not have role models in their lives. This past year - Fall of 2013 and Spring of 2014 - I was a part of this club's eboard as a School Coordinator, which ultimately meant I was a representative from the club in charge of a specific school and helping new volunteers transition into the classrooms and help them with whatever they needed to get accomplished. When elected into a given position in this club's eboard, you are given 2 semesters in that position before you have to run for reelection. Unfortunately for myself though, even with my hard work, I was not given that chance, and was abruptly kicked off of eboard.

Daily Music - "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" by The Beastie Boys

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Let me recap a little of this past semester for you. In January I had decided to change majors from Nursing to what is now Human Services, and ultimately I had to leave campus and move back home. At the time my parents did not want me to have anything to do with the school so I could focus on my choice in career, meaning they wanted me to quit eboard and the organization that I was in. However, I stood up to them (for once) and told them that I had a commitment to the club and the other eboarders to fulfill my duties in my position, and that I wouldn't put the burden on the club for my sake. So, for the past four months every Monday and Friday, I would make a 50 minute commute to Boston by car or train just to make it to the clubs meetings and days of programming - ultimately taking a huge chunk of bank account along with it (ended up spending well over $255 on commuting alone). At the same time of doing this, I would be working +40 hour weeks at home, as well as trying to decide on a major, as well as personal interal home issues and managing everything here on PC. So you can probably imagine, that took a pretty big hit on my health as well as my performance with the club. Yes, at times I didn't perform as well as I had hoped to this semester, but my comitmment to the club was at an all-time high and I made sure they realized that. I even payed an additional $150 of my own money to get gift cards for my volunteers as huge thank yous for their awesome work this semester in the schools.

Daily Comic - "Technical Problems" by Scott Ramsoomair of VG Cats

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The way the actual election went down was this: for our organization we work in five different schools, meaning we needed six School Coordinators, or six people total in charge of communicating and working with the schools (because one of the schools is so large and the volunteers needed there outnumber most of the other schools, we assign two School Coordinators there.) When it came time for elections, we ended up having six applicants - two School Coordinators reapplying (myself included) and four new members. So theoretically, there should be a 100% chance of myself getting it right if there are six applicants and six open positions? Not exactly. To get an eboard position, an applicant must get 2/3 majority of the votes. While you are voting for six people, you have the option to vote "no confidence," meaning that you don't think that the person can fulfill the role of the position. Putting two and two together, I came to the conclusion that there was a majority of people who voted "no confidence" for myself, which ultimately feels like a slap in the face to everything that I've done for this club.

Daily Video - "KUNG FURY Official Trailer" by movie makers LaserUnicorns

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Going into the interview, I basically wanted them to know that the spring semester did not characterize the potential and performance that I had. If they had looked back at my Fall performance, they would have seen that I had a spotless record; it was just that with all of the things going on for myself the Spring semester with the transitioning, there was absolutely no way that one could be flawless. I had realized that I had made mistakes, but they were unavoidable. It just sucks knowing that my passion for the thing I love and my commitment to it won't be utilized at it's most potential this upcoming Fall. But don't take it the wrong that I'm holding a grudge or anything like that; I'm sure that the people coming into my position will do an excellent job, and I am 100% going to be coming back to the club as a regular volunteer in the Fall. My plan is just to show them that they were wrong in their decision and retake the position when elections come around again. It just sucks knowing that they have this impression of you, that you're not capable of taking responsibility, when they themselves have not been through the hell that I've been through nor how much flippin' money it takes to keep up with the club.

Have you ever experienced anything like this? Have you ever held a position in a club or something similar and lost it? Comment below as I'd love to hear and discuss what you have to say about this topic!

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- elheroeoscuro

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[derozio]

DUDE. My respect for you just sky-rocketed! I love you, man. You're such a 'great' person. I mean, I'd be grumpy as hell if I were to go through anything like that. But you're not petty like me. Which makes you really admirable.

What happened sucks. But it is life, I suppose. I just hope they give you the position back this time around. You deserve it for being so dedicated and such a great person. I'm really, really wishing you'd get elected this time. Do your best. But don't burn yourself out. Do take some time off - have a few moments of peace in your chaotic life, please. Take care, okay?