my school is seriously fucked up

i can't enter the state fair. well, i could if i wanted to falsely enter the High School Category which awards the schools winner money instead of the students and doesnt give out proper fair ribbons but like hell i'm going to do that considering I've financed all of my artwork by scrimping and saving the change my dad gives me.

see at county level i entered the in the Open Class Fine Arts catagory but at the State they only allow people 18yrs and older to enter and i'll only be 17 by fair time. and they do have a "youth show" but A) it's not until the spring and B) it's for people up to the age of 15. whats up with that? are people my age simply not creative and artistic people outside of a fucking "being forced to do art" class?

it makes me kind of sick.