No Dance No Cheer Research Paper

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“No, Dance; No Cheer.” Those words rang in my head non-stop I thought about what done to my foot the night before. The doctor told me that it could be for 6 weeks or career ending. That was not what I had wanted to hear, especially after all the hard work and time I had put into dancing since I was three and cheer for the past couple of years.

All summer long I had been getting up at 7:00 A.M. to go to the open studio and summer sessions starting the first day of summer. I was practicing and working on my technique. A couple of afternoons a week I went straight to cheer practice. I had high expectations for myself and my team as I was going to be my 8th grade year.

When I arrived at the emergency room I knew it was bad, but the thought

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