Jill Stein sounds like Hillary paid her or threatened to kill her <| sep |> Not sad , but enough to make me cry . I ' m in high school choir and part of one of the , if not the most competitive district for choir in the entire state of Texas . There ' s this competition where individuals compete to go to the AllState Choir . Now , I knew that I wouldn ' t be able to make AllState . But all my determination was set on making region . If you make region , you get to sing with all these amazing people in a huge church . It ' s a choir geeks dream . Before competing for Region , you have to compete for the top 35 people for your voice part in your District . I ranked at 25 , but I still wasn ' t satisfied because I made it the past two years and wanted Region too badly . Well , I didn ' t make Region , so I was REALLY disappointed and sad . All my friends made it but I didn ' t . On the way home , I told my mom how I should ' ve practiced more , that I feel so saddisappointed etc . That ' s when you pulled the car over and said thisshe points to my ears Cole ! You have SEVERE TO PROFOUND hearing loss ! You shouldn ' t be in choir , let alone make district ! When you were diagnosed at 6 I was really afraid that you would struggle your whole life . I never knew you would make straight A ' s and B ' s ! I ' ve talked to your choir friends and they all love you and are so proud of you ! I am so proud of you ! Now it ' s time to be proud of yourself ! Cue the tears . All this time I never really thought about my hearing loss . Ive just grown and adapted to it so much that I didn ' t realize how bad my hearing was . What my mom said really got me thinking about all of the achievements in my life . I also never knew how much my choir friends loved me I ' m really shy and don ' t get involved with friends that muchThank you Mom !