Constantly consumed by my own thoughts, I had felt a flurry of emotions, struggling to differentiate my feelings of excitement from my feelings of angst as I first attended tryouts for the cheerleading squad. Never had I been forced to say chants or perform dances to multiple eight counts. It was not commonplace for me to be found along the sidelines, cheering for others. Rather, I was the student who was on the court, reacting instinctively to the movement of the ball, but after enduring such an experience for two consecutive years, no longer was I filled with trepidation. Instead, each moment along the sides of the football field that required me to pick up my megaphone and pom-poms became ones that I anticipated.
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The individual who had once wanted to become a competitive cheerleader and dedicate all her time to learning to tumble no longer felt passionate. As my aspirations diminished, I began to struggle to identify what it was that motivated me. My anger that stemmed from being on a team that neglected to practice became my downfall as I began to acquire demerits, but it was those very moments in which I began to see my leadership skills flourish. Recalling my last moments of cheer camp for the last time, I remembered as they herded us aside like a group of cattle, calling upon all those that would be seniors and all those that were captains and co-captains. Our cheer camp instructors began to explain the importance of accepting leadership roles even when they weren’t granted to us. Being an asset of a team was an important role, as well as being able to liberate our personal lives from the lives we had while cheering. Utilizing such information and disregarding all prior feelings, I found myself wanting to develop an authoritative mantra. I had become persistent in my desire to help create a more united and focused team; despite not possessing a title of significance, I became willing to teach others the motions for every
The last few months of school …show more content…
The individual who had once wanted to become a competitive cheerleader and dedicate all her time to learning to tumble no longer felt passionate. As my aspirations diminished, I began to struggle to identify what it was that motivated me. My anger that stemmed from being on a team that neglected to practice became my downfall as I began to acquire demerits, but it was those very moments in which I began to see my leadership skills flourish. Recalling my last moments of cheer camp for the last time, I remembered as they herded us aside like a group of cattle, calling upon all those that would be seniors and all those that were captains and co-captains. Our cheer camp instructors began to explain the importance of accepting leadership roles even when they weren’t granted to us. Being an asset of a team was an important role, as well as being able to liberate our personal lives from the lives we had while cheering. Utilizing such information and disregarding all prior feelings, I found myself wanting to develop an authoritative mantra. I had become persistent in my desire to help create a more united and focused team; despite not possessing a title of significance, I became willing to teach others the motions for every