The Cheerleaders

For example surgeons requesting new operating tools. In which Dr. Fisk in outrage blurts out to the CEO when asked about doing a televised event with Dr. O’Donnell, in which he replies with “Dave, why don’t you ask Fred Jones? He’s the biggest cheerleader of the heart clinic!”…

a certain trait or characteristic about a person that is different and will exploit it. More often than not, popular, fashionable students make fun of those with less sense of style or those who are “nerdy” and unpopular. For example, a cliche cheerleader, who is preppy, blonde, and unintelligent, will make fun of the girls who are quiet, studious, and…

Advertisements are everywhere, inside magazine pages, during television commercials, the clips before the movie at the movie theater; ads cannot be escaped as they are a part of Americans’ lives. The movie, The Truman Show, is based on a man named Truman whose life was staged for a television show ever since he was a baby, making a hit out of his life and marketing multiple products without Truman’s knowledge. If Truman from The Truman Show were to compare his life with Americans today, he would…

H.G. Bissinger, author of the novel, Friday Night Lights, tells the story of the 1988 Permian Panther football team and their families as they go about their lives in the scanty town of Odessa, Texas. Bissinger uses unprecedented techniques such as exposing his readers to several points of view, using a journalistic style, including strong diction and rhetorical terms, and setting the tone throughout the novel. These factors collaborate in order to allow the readers to understand Bissinger’s…

The concept of the teenager was nonexistent until World War II, when young people began to be grouped by age (Hine, 11). Since its introduction, the young adults that make up this group have experienced harsh criticisms, double standards, and inaccurate representation in film and literature. Many teenagers find themselves being treated as children, yet expected to act as an adult. There are several notable texts that attempt to capture the essence of the teenager and explore perceptions held by…

Some people say that cheerleading is not a sport, but I believe it is. The cheerleaders practice and have games just like other sports, you have to be strong and rested like other sports, and cheerleaders dance as well; so if dancing is a sport, why can’t cheerleading be one? Anyways, not only do I cheer, I also play volleyball, I’ve played softball and basketball, and ran track in my fifteen…

One evening when I was about 11 years old, my parents came into the living room where I was watching television with my twin sister Chanell and they told us that they had something very important to talk to us about. Being so young I really did not think that it would be something too serious. My parents informed my sister and I that they would be separating and my dad was moving out and would no longer be living with us anymore. Instantly my world shattered, my dad is my best friend and my…

classes and the next day you’re applying for college. Freshman year I had what seems like tons of friends, I was in volleyball and I became a cheerleader. I had a best friend that I did everything with and a boyfriend that I thought I loved. Now that seems like ages ago, and those two people seem like strangers. Little did I know that being a cheerleader wasn’t cool anymore, after volleyball I stopped being “popular” and I lost most of my friends that I thought would always be there for me.…

mudita, the nurse’s efforts to affirm the patient in her abilities and to find joy in her restored sense of holism. The idea of mudita has provided me with insight into various parallels to the role of a nurse: a cheerleader, a mother figure, or a host, among them. The nurse-as-cheerleader sees, believes in, and values the strengths, abilities, and potential of her patient, providing encouraging and support as the patient pursues their goals. The nurse-as-mother-figure nurtures her patient…

Starting Cheer I was standing watching the parade downtown Middleville with my Mom when I saw the Middleville competitive cheer team The cheerleaders dressed in red, black, and white uniforms were doing ‘flips’ or as I later found out, handsprings. I turned to my Mom. “I want to do that!” “What? Walk in a parade?” She asked confused as the parade kept moving downtown. “No, do flips.” Later that week my mom signed me up for the competitive cheer team. At the age of four I would be placed on…