The town that I grew up in is known for being a very diverse town – the high school that I graduated from back in Clifton, New Jersey, had around 3,300 students enrolled from many different backgrounds, races, nationalities, class, and religions. Walking through the hallway of Clifton High School one would hear many different languages and see many people who look exceptionally different from one another. Because the high school had many students from different backgrounds and wanted the students to be well aware and accepting of this, the school offered various clubs and organizations such as: sports teams, French, Spanish, and Italian clubs, a cheerleading team, and even a pep band. These clubs and organizations allowed many students of different
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Students fail to realize the opportunities that a team like the cheer team can offer. A leadership role such as being captain of the whole team can teach someone a lesson throughout his or her entire lifetime. The team itself usually consists of about or around 45 Clifton High School students who are required to tryout to be on the team. The program splits the cheerleaders in half onto either a Junior Varsity team or Varsity team. Typically the Clifton Cheerleading Team has three captains, each having a different strength that they can contribute to the team. Being that Clifton High School is a diverse school, the cheerleading team reflects on that as well. When looking at the roster of the cheerleading team you will see many ladies and gentlemen who are of various colors of skin. When speaking to different cheerleaders on the team, one might notice the different dialect or accents the students speak in. Clifton desires to keep their cheerleading team as diverse as possible and one main way that the coaches have been doing that over the past three years is by keeping the varsity team “co-ed”, meaning male students are allowed to try out as …show more content…
On the other hand, I will be using my past knowledge of being on the team, for three years and held the position as captain my senior year. One main advantage of passive observations versus participant observations is being able to distinctively notice a change in the program since I have graduated because people seem to notice change in something when they are less involved or dealing with it every day. A disadvantage of passive observation versus participant observation would be not personally knowing everyone on the cheerleading team. I mainly only know the seniors that are currently on the team because they were the younger ones when I was a member of the team. While observing this group, I plan on paying close attention to the students’ capabilities in terms of stunting and tumbling when it comes to mixing it up with the JV and Varsity teams. Stunting is when one (or more) person lifts another member so that the one in the air can lead the crowd. Tumbling is when a single cheerleader does backflips of some sort across the cheerleading
Students fail to realize the opportunities that a team like the cheer team can offer. A leadership role such as being captain of the whole team can teach someone a lesson throughout his or her entire lifetime. The team itself usually consists of about or around 45 Clifton High School students who are required to tryout to be on the team. The program splits the cheerleaders in half onto either a Junior Varsity team or Varsity team. Typically the Clifton Cheerleading Team has three captains, each having a different strength that they can contribute to the team. Being that Clifton High School is a diverse school, the cheerleading team reflects on that as well. When looking at the roster of the cheerleading team you will see many ladies and gentlemen who are of various colors of skin. When speaking to different cheerleaders on the team, one might notice the different dialect or accents the students speak in. Clifton desires to keep their cheerleading team as diverse as possible and one main way that the coaches have been doing that over the past three years is by keeping the varsity team “co-ed”, meaning male students are allowed to try out as …show more content…
On the other hand, I will be using my past knowledge of being on the team, for three years and held the position as captain my senior year. One main advantage of passive observations versus participant observations is being able to distinctively notice a change in the program since I have graduated because people seem to notice change in something when they are less involved or dealing with it every day. A disadvantage of passive observation versus participant observation would be not personally knowing everyone on the cheerleading team. I mainly only know the seniors that are currently on the team because they were the younger ones when I was a member of the team. While observing this group, I plan on paying close attention to the students’ capabilities in terms of stunting and tumbling when it comes to mixing it up with the JV and Varsity teams. Stunting is when one (or more) person lifts another member so that the one in the air can lead the crowd. Tumbling is when a single cheerleader does backflips of some sort across the cheerleading