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Regrets
I lost a very competitve club election at the end of sophomore year and I still have regrets about it. I feel that I should be one of the elected officers right now because I devoted a lot of my time for the team. These officers also seem to get a lot of respect and I feel that I am not taken seriously by anyone on the team. The main reason why I wanted to be an officer was I wanted to make a difference in the team and for once people can take me seriously. I know I blew the election speech because I was too nervous, but I really don't know how to move on. It wasn't just the speech that was relatively bad, but it was also how the coach's favoritism was involved. I got the bitter end of her sarcasm when she asked us questions on the spot after our speeches; she gave me hard questions while she gave my other competitors easier ones. I'm still in the club because I love the activities we do, but I'm not so crazy about the people. I have a feeling that that is getting in the way of my passion too. I want some respect, and I do give respect in order to get it, but this is unrequited at the moment. Help?
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Sometime to become a great leader you have to work with a team of rivals. These people may despise you, make your work difficult and give little respect. This was the case with Abraham Lincoln.
He picked cabinet members who said and did such vile things to him and to a lesser extent Barack Obama picked people like Clinton (and others) who don't like him either. It challenges you to take the high road and become a better person and leader.
You did your best with these people and that's all you can do. You may not have been president but I'm sure that somebody in that school noticed the work you did even if they didn't come out and say it. What did you do all this for? Did you do this just to get pats on the back or recognition? You should be doing it to learn and give back.
Do your best and don't worry about how others see it. You're causing yourself to be miserable. In the end you've learned how to work with difficult people and can lead just about anything. Maybe God has a bigger role for you to lead in than student council.
The teacher might be an SOB but I think not. Maybe they wanted to ask you tougher questions because they knew you had something in you the others didn't. You may have lost because of nervousness or for other reasons not necessarily having to do with favoritism.
You have to move on and look for a better opportunity knowing that you picked up skills in this tough situation you can use to lead just about anywhere. Just know that something good will come out of this.
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