How do you feel the qualities that you have gained by being a Varsity cheerleader will help you in your future endeavors?
“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun The lessons I have learned and my experience of being a Varsity cheerleader is invaluable and vital to success in my future. It has helped me find myself and brought out some of my best qualities; community, accountability, and resiliency. My future endeavors may not be set in stone and life doesn’t always go as planned, but I know these qualities will be important in my future despite what I am doing in 10 years.
“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things” – Mother Teresa Community, in my eyes, is trusting and relying on others to pick you up while also being trusted and relied on to be there …show more content…
We had a goal of going to States and Nationals. My resiliency first presented itself at Districts. We performed our best routine all season, but we didn’t get a bid to compete at States. We had 20 points in deductions due to illegal skills that we were unaware were against the rules. As a team, it was hard to accept the fact that we were not competing at States. But as a senior, I was not going to let this bump in the road ruin the rest of our season. We channeled all the emotion into our practice and we completely transformed as a team. We became stronger and focused on our biggest goal: Nationals. Resiliency is an important quality for future endeavors because life in unexpected. Even the most organized and planned out life can take an unanticipated turn and have unforeseen obstacles and bumps that knock you down. You need to know how to pull yourself back up, brush yourself off, and go back towards your goal without hesitation. Being resilient will ensure that no matter what comes my way, I will be successful because I will never give
“Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” – Heywood Broun The lessons I have learned and my experience of being a Varsity cheerleader is invaluable and vital to success in my future. It has helped me find myself and brought out some of my best qualities; community, accountability, and resiliency. My future endeavors may not be set in stone and life doesn’t always go as planned, but I know these qualities will be important in my future despite what I am doing in 10 years.
“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things” – Mother Teresa Community, in my eyes, is trusting and relying on others to pick you up while also being trusted and relied on to be there …show more content…
We had a goal of going to States and Nationals. My resiliency first presented itself at Districts. We performed our best routine all season, but we didn’t get a bid to compete at States. We had 20 points in deductions due to illegal skills that we were unaware were against the rules. As a team, it was hard to accept the fact that we were not competing at States. But as a senior, I was not going to let this bump in the road ruin the rest of our season. We channeled all the emotion into our practice and we completely transformed as a team. We became stronger and focused on our biggest goal: Nationals. Resiliency is an important quality for future endeavors because life in unexpected. Even the most organized and planned out life can take an unanticipated turn and have unforeseen obstacles and bumps that knock you down. You need to know how to pull yourself back up, brush yourself off, and go back towards your goal without hesitation. Being resilient will ensure that no matter what comes my way, I will be successful because I will never give