Do Better

Right now, I'm listening to Do Better by Say Anything, courtesy of Pandora. It kind of made me feel better after the reviews I just read.  I just got my UIL results, and needless to say, I am not happy with them. For those of you who do not know what UIL is, well, it's United Interschoolastic League (I'm pretty sure that's what it is), and it's a huge deal in Texas, if it's not in your states too, and I love doing it. I participate in a lot of events every year, and sometimes get placed in others just because!
Well, my favorite thing to do is write, and those are the main events that I do - News, Feature, and Editorial Writing is what I participate in. I also compete in Computer Applications (which is using Word, Access, and Excel; if you have a BCIS class, you know what I'm referring to). Anyhow, I usually place in more than one event, and, this year, I placed in only one - one that I got in just this year! You would think that I would have placed in any of the writing ones, or the Computer, but no. I placed in Literary Criticism. I'm not complaining that I did, I'm just upset that I didn't in my writing events.
After finding out my results a few months ago, I was disappointed enough. Then, to rub it in, I got the actual writings I did, and the teachers' supposed constructive criticism. One featured a statement saying "You need to work on the editorial format and take a stronger stance." This is fine. This kind of criticism is perfect for me. Then, reading further, she (I'm assuming it is a she, as the writing is curly and feminine), said my stance was very passive, and my solution to the problem in the prompt was too passive as well. It's an Editorial Writing! You cannot go out and say "Hey, screw your statement, I do what I want!" My writing was "elegant" and well thought-out. It wasn't brash or harsh. I try to keep it neat.
Then, reading from the same paper, she said "Where did this come from?" This really doesn't make sense to you, the reader, because you haven't seen the prompt. The most I can tell you, without being even more long-winded than I already have been is that (clearly) in the prompt I was given to write from there was something about the marching band wanting new uniforms, and I used that in my writing. However, the grader, must have not read the prompt thoroughly. All in all, this was disappointing enough, and to read my other competitive entry (also graded by the same person), said the same thing about another statement I said in my paper. How can you grade something when you haven't even read the prompt?
People like this annoy me so much! And, I'm sorry to who ever may read this as it could be seen as tl;dr, but I had to get this off my chest. Anyway, more to be written later.

Hope you all are having an amazing day. :)