Cheerleading has taught me things about myself that will help impact me and my future. Cheerleading taught me how to be a leader because I had to learn how to be able to lead the entire crowd to support the team. This experience as a cheerleader taught me to work hard during and outside of practice. In this sport you learn that you are not only there for you team, but the team you are cheering for, and the crowd. To contribute to this team I taught new cheers and dances to them. There was a time during the season when we were having a hard time working as a team. Everyone had given up, no one was working hard as a team anymore. I was the one who brought the team back together so we could finish the season. We were even able to get a halftime
