Personal Narrative: Fa Fab Four

Improved Essays
There is No I in T E A M A lot of the time cheerleaders are stereotyped as stuck up, pretty girls, with the mindset of being better than everyone else, well that is not always true. Being pretty is not only an outside appearance but, it is also the attitude you portray when dealing with others at Maumelle High School taught me a valuable lesson. I was on a team of twenty four girls and a hand full of them always wanted the spotlight. It was almost like they were all in competition with each other. Three of my teammates and I was not really in to being in the front all the. Cheering time like they were, so majority of the time we were left out. It escalated to the four of us always being in the back of group pictures to not being invited to “team” bonding outside of school. The more they thought of only themselves the less important we became. Being isolated from the group majority of the time brought us closer together we called ourselves the ‘Fab Four” and from that day forward we always had each other. …show more content…
We also had Triority and The Glam Girls only thing difference about the two groups and us was they had no problem inviting each other to outside functions. Fab Four would always see pictures or videos of how much fun the team had together. We were convinced that was the closest we were going to get to “team” bonding. We tried not to sit and pout about it, so we took it upon ourselves to have our own fun. The girls at practice would always see us dancing, laughing, and always making practice seem better then what it actually was. We even had a theme song for our group that we would say every once in a while. We started to notice that ever since we got the name Fab Four that they were starting to notice us more and they did not like what they saw. They saw that we now have the

Related Documents

  • Superior Essays

    Bring it on. When people think about a typical cheerleader, they always think short skirts, loud voices, and tons of energy. Cheerleaders are not just spirited people in uniform. Cheerleaders are commonly seen on the sidelines of a football game. They normally not thought of as a sport because they cheer for another sport playing like football.…

    • 1293 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My heart was pounding so quickly I thought it was going to fly out of my chest. I’ve been waiting almost a month for this and it’s finally happening. I was at The Who concert. My mom told me to pick something fun to do as a graduation present and as soon as I saw the concert online I knew this was the one.…

    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Many stereotypes that I have about cheerleaders have been ingrained into my mind by the media, and from personal experience. From what I had observed in high school, cheerleaders are the “in crowd”. They are the popular girls, and only associate with each other. Not only do cheerleaders seem popular, but they’ve always struck me as a very promiscuous and nasty group of girls.…

    • 1731 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Cheerleading Satire

    • 293 Words
    • 2 Pages

    “U.G.L.Y you ain’t got no alibi!” You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it, we’ve all hear this horrifying cheer, that cheerleaders use all around the country. Cheerleading is a very dramatic activity. When you first hear the word drama, what do you think of? You might be thinking, chaos, exclusion, crying, fights, judgement, etc.…

    • 293 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cheerleading should be considered a Sport Go Fight Win!!! Go Scots!! Is probably the first thought to burst into your mind when you first hear the word “cheerleader”, am I right? This is a stereotypical idea of the sport; cheerleading is one of the most demanding sports out there. It requires a lot more strength and endurance than notice but the naked eye.…

    • 779 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Every part of the definition is displayed by high school cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are expected to be in good physical condition and they should be able to master skills that require working physical strength and stamina. Also, a cheer squad not only supports teams that are competing for the school, they also train and repeatedly practice to compete against other teams across their region or state for awards and titles just as every other sport does. Another reason that cheerleading should be a sport is because of how similar it is to other activities that are considered sports.…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cheerleaders work just as hard as football players and deserve to be recognized as a true athlete. Cheerleading requires strength, coordination, and skill. So when someone is talking down about cheerleading, stop them and make sure they know what cheerleading is truly…

    • 498 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cheerleading has always been a very important aspect to my life. In high school our cheerleading squad had an experience that proved cheerleaders do not get the respect from other athletes that they deserve. As a cheerleading squad, we were at every football and basketball game, even the away games. We were there to show support for our fellow athletes, however when our squad was in a cheerleading competition, not one of the other athletes came in support of us. This showed the lack of respect other athletes had for our cheerleading squad.…

    • 912 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Transitioning from middle school to high school is scary enough, not to mention finding out that your best friends won’t be attending that same school adds a little pressure on a pre-teen who, for the most part is really shy. When I first started high school I had a cousin who was a year older than me, she showed me around school and I ended up hanging out with her and her friends for a few months. Then she introduced me to some of her newer friends who were in the same grade as me. They were nice people and they got me through the first year of high school, but I never felt like I belonged to “their group”.…

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Persuasive Essay On Competitive Cheerleading

    • 1043 Words
    • 5 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited

    Though still new and misunderstood, competitive cheerleading is a sport and should be treated as one by society. It not only requires an undeniable amount of endurance and strength, but it also fits the definition of a sport perfectly. When it is considered a sport, the amount of injuries will drastically decrease, protecting the lives and bodies of our sisters, brothers, daughters and sons. Cheerleaders defy gravity and look good while doing it. Their teammates are their brothers and sisters, and their coach is their second mom or dad.…

    • 1043 Words
    • 5 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cheerleading Is A Sport

    • 1198 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Cheerleaders are expected to have a high level of physical activity to participate. At the beginning of the season try-outs are hosted. Participants are required to do a number of things in order to make the team. They must be able to tumble, cheer, dance, and stunt.…

    • 1198 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Cheerleading takes hard work, dedication, and determination. Nothing in life is ever just handed to you, and if it is it’s probably just a knitted christmas sweater from your grandma that is two sizes too small, otherwise, you’re required to work for what you want most. As I have walked these imperfect high school hallways for four years, I start to realize that soon our high school experiences will become distant memories of the past that seem to just be fading away…

    • 383 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    They work as hard if not harder than any other athlete to win a competition which is their sport. There is rules and a winner at the end of the day like any other sport. This makes cheerleaders the same as any other athlete. “Cheerleading is a very difficult sport and is very competitive today and continues to get more competitive as years go on” (Valliant…

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Once there was a girl who was going on a trip. The trip consisted of hiking the mountains of Georgia. Everything in Georgia was so beautiful, she was all dressed up and ready to go. The girl was ten minutes away from the mountains, and she walked until she reached the top. Finally, she hit the top, now she wanted to rock climb down!…

    • 120 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Cheerleading gets argued about being a sport every day, and if you think standing on the sidelines of a real sports team game, yelling you`re very wrong. The whole stadium is yelling and cheering, a bunch of girl voices don 't make that much of a difference. Cheerleading is very much not a sport, especially high school cheerleading. A sport is an activity that involves physical exertion and skill. What doesn’t define as a sport is cheerleading.…

    • 1220 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays