Cheers

February 12, 2003, at mercy hospital. I am a short girl with ombre hair living in West Des Moines Iowa. You will find me at starbucks drinking a delicious cotton candy frappuccino, And at the lake with my friends. Some favorite things of my own are cheer, breadsticks, and 6 year old yorkie ruby. On the other hand, I would love to share some more with you about myself, by telling you about my family, activities, and future. Although, my family is small . My dad Mickey works for mj electric…

"Let's go generals let's go!" What do you think of cheerleading not being a sport? Then get your Pom Poms and come along. They keep the crowd going, I would definitely not enjoy football games without them. The first cheer squad started in 1898. The university of Minnesota had the honor to be the first school. I think that cheerleading is not a sport because it's not athletic and it has not been in the Olympics for that long. A lot of cheerleaders only call it a sport because they do…

Cheering my way to College It was a gorgeous day out at the beginning of August, I was eight years old when I limped my way into my first day of cheer practice. But first, let me go back to what happened earlier that day. I was with all my friends playing on a swing set in my friend 's backyard, when I realized I didn 't know where my phone was. I panicked when I was on the swing, picked my tennis shoes up off the ground, and sprinted inside to get my phone. As I ran, I stepped on a huge nail…

Sport” Blonde bubbly girls, wearing short skirts with loud voices, defines the common stereotype of a cheerleader. They are known to be the girls who are the “air heads” of the school and it is thought that all they do is promote school spirit and cheer on other sports, so why do they deserve to be considered a sport? In most cases, they don’t receive this title. Cheerleading is often deemed not a sport, but rather an after school activity or club. Fans of basketball or football only see high…

The crowd screams, the lights shine, the music starts, and I preform my heart out. This was my life three years ago. I was a competitive all-star cheerleader for a gym called Premier Cheer. I cheered competitively for about eleven years and even won a national championship in 2011. 2013 was my last year cheering because every cheerleader has an expiration date; I aged out of the sport and my body ached too much to keep going. Now, three years after my last competition, I entered my first…

cheerleading is a sport, school cheerleading is not a sport. A sport requires that there must be some competition involved and in school cheer there is not. Alyssa Roenigk, a writer at ESPN and former cheerleader at The University of Florida, states that, “Sports teams exist to compete, not to perform and entertain or support another group that competes. In the cheer-as-sport conversation, this is the most important element to understand. One can be an athlete and not participate in a sport.”…

immediate family has a history of cheerleading. My father was a cheerleader at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco back when it was an all-boys school. My mom was a part of the Edwardsburg cheer squad in Michigan. I was not aware of my cheer lineage until after I joined the Drake High School Cheer Team. The history of cheerleading is strongly bound to the history of athletics in the United States. This includes American Football, basketball, etc. At the first American Football…

also not expected to know anything about the sport for which she cheers." In my personal experience this has proven to be false. Cheerleaders must know when to call specific cheers for touchdowns, first downs, offense, and defense. In the movie, even though the cheerleaders are shown more favor than the football team who is not expected to win the game, the cheerleaders cheer them on anyway. They know exactly when to call a defensive cheer and how to get the crowd engaged all at the same…

I’ve heard it, we’ve all hear this horrifying cheer, that cheerleaders use all around the country. Cheerleading is a very dramatic activity. When you first hear the word drama, what do you think of? You might be thinking, chaos, exclusion, crying, fights, judgement, etc. All of these words lead back to one thing. Cheerleading. Most girls, teenagers especially are full of drama. So cheerleading could easily turn to bullying, by saying hurtful cheers, judging girl’s or boys based on their skill,…

For the past two years, I was a Leader in Training at Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco’s Camp Mendocino. During my experience there, I have discovered the significance of leadership within communities and in society as a whole, whether it is instilling inspiration or setting the pathway for others to achieve their full potential. My responsibility at Camp Mendocino revolved around my ability to guide and encourage youth to participate in various activities and develop their own personal…