Cheerleading

1. The writer attempts to establish common ground in the fifth paragraph when she presents a possible compromise. Based on the Rogerian argument, she is successful because she presents a solution to reach common ground. 2. She states her position that instructors are justified in requiring students to turn off their phones in the third paragraph and supports it with research findings showing that cell phones are distractions. 3. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of making sure that…

Drama was a whole different palette of flavors I could experience. Here there wasn't the pressure that cheerleading gave, it was like the passion came naturally and from deep down. It was astonishing to me that I could do this or be that -- any way I wanted to come to people, they would accept me. Sure I was accepted in cheerleading, but they accepted who I thought I needed to be -- and that wasn't me. I remember my very first play, Annie, I felt like a small fish in…

As a child, I grew up playing soccer. On my father’s side of the family my uncles as well as my father were fanatics of the sport. Both my father and my uncles raised my siblings, cousins, and myself to play and love the sport. Soccer was an intense sport in my family; we would get together and have scrimmages usually once or twice a week against ourselves or other teams. I also had soccer practice on weekday evenings and games Saturday mornings. Soccer helped me get fit as a child, before I…

influences I have had throughout my life have brought me to wanting to pursue my life in the career path of nursing. Also I have been exposed to many other things, but one thing that has stuck as an interest to me since I was four years old was cheerleading, and I would consider myself more knowledgeable in that subject than most. All of these things wouldn’t be in my life if it had not been for my sponsors of literacy that I have had throughout my life. The Path of My Literacy: My mom has had…

I have been an outstanding and very dedicated Cheerleader and to prove it, I was previously awarded with the Most Valuable Player award during my junior year of high school. For the 2015-2016 varsity cheerleading team I earned the position as a team captain. This position has rewarded me skills that will help towards my progression into a responsible adult. These skills include leadership, decision-making, and problem solving skills. All of these strengths…

Laila Durham English 9B Ms. Sofich April 16th 2024 Is cheering a sport? Many studies have found that cheerleading accounted for 70.5% of all female catastrophic sports injuries in high schools. In 2016, the International Olympic Committee designated cheer leading as a sport, although many people still believe cheer isn’t a sport. However, many states and committees have stated that cheer is a sport, including California, Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma,…

these are both true, sports have also taught me lessons that I can apply towards my own life. Throughout my entire athletic career, I have been involved in Cheerleading and Volleyball. As a senior, my experience in these two sports is over and this gives me the opportunity to contemplate the lessons that I have learned from them. Cheerleading was a fantastic sport to be involved in because of the people and what we valued as a team. I cannot remember one day that me and the girls were not…

of Independence High School was a struggle, I came from a private community. It was very hard for me to transfer from uniforms to wearing what we want to wear. I got bullied a lot, girls did not like me , and I did not fit in. i tried out for cheerleading my freshman year, I did not make the team. I was really down about it, so instead of giving up i tried out for the dance team, and i made the dance team. It was a great experience. It made me feel comfortable with the school more, we had a…

were online. I found that I had made the football team, but not basketball cheerleading. I was devastated, as many of my friends had made basketball. I shared my feelings with Shelby, who assured me that everything would be all right. She, too, had not made basketball cheerleading her freshman year at Eureka. She used this news to push me even harder. I spent a lot of time in the gym with her training for high school cheerleading. In April of my eighth grade year, My mom received a phone call…

inclined to leadership and helping others in group situations. My four years of high school have been spent not only in a classroom, but also out in front of my peers performing as an athlete. I have been involved in year-round sports, specifically, cheerleading and outdoor track and field. Over the course of freshman year, I soaked up as much information as I could to become both a better athlete and role model for both the girls on the team and students at my school. Sophomore year, I was…