Personal Narrative: The Joy Of Cheerleading

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It’s the joy it bring that is how I know all the tears were wo4rth it. You compete with your head high , your bow higher, and your confidence highest. Not many people think you’re an athlete, but you throw 100 pound girls well they throw 5 pound balls. It started when I was little, my father would send me to try a lot of sports , however I did not find any of them enjoyable. Then one day I found a flyer on the floor it was on the way to class I picked it up it up. It was for cheerleading it looked fun, so I showed to my parents to look into. They thought I would love it . But the first thing they wanted to know was the price, they saw the price on the flyer and their faces opened at shocked, it looked like they never saw a number before. Finally, I let it go and continue to dance for the rest of the year . my brother went to middle school and told me there was a cheerleading team .I practiced all summer,Forcing my friends to let me lift them sometimes, just say it was not all smooth sailing. I also tried …show more content…
So we are at our first at the competition we got last place I thought we were good but proven wrong. We did really bad the whole time and there was apparently a lot of bullying so at the summer time I decided not to go back next year .But I stilled won't to do a cheerleading so I convinced my mother to let me sign up at the East coast spirit all-star cheerleading I tryout and I made it, she saw that I was committed so she gave me the money but I would fundraise each week to get money. We practice and practice it seemed a lot different and it seemed a lot better, but it was a lot more money! So finally competition season came around and we got first at all our competitions so far and we are off to Halifax for provincials soon. I am so happy I learned a lot from both teams I am extremely happy at where I am at and I’m excited for the

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