The Cheerleaders

making a great push to break these gender roles, especially with females, we have a long way to go. Men are shamed for acting feminine, because of course masculinity is superior to femininity. Feminine females are shamed for following these roles, cheerleaders for example are often shamed for dancing in skimpy clothing. Evidence of this need to gender is everywhere. Dove soaps for men, contain the same ingredients,…

I relate closest to the participative goal style. This style allows everyone to contribute ideas and come to an agreement with a decision. When I was a high school cheerleader, we did not have a team captain. Because of this, the seniors on the squad would usually create cheers and routines while the underclassmen watched and learned. There was the occasional underclassmen who wanted to change a motion or had a better idea altogether. If everyone liked that cheerleader’s idea, that motion…

Conversations in cheerleading Every basketball game starts of great, until we get to chit chatting… “ Guess what happened today,” or “ look at that cute boy over there,” and “ wait what cheer are we doing?” Then there’s a full time out and we have no idea what’s going on! Then my coach will look at me like and say what are you doing? Later on I can’t remember the cheers and I’ll do the same cheer over again or I won’t do a cheer at all. After a while of cheering we will start talking and…

National Honor Society. Alexus has enjoyed being the editor of the yearbook for the last two years, creating memories for her peers. She gladly accepts challenges and is excited to see a project come together. Alexus has also been a varsity cheerleader for two years. She has performed on the All-State competition team during that time and has had to work hard, giving up Saturdays, to do compete with her group. Alexus has a positive attitude when it comes to hard work. She enjoys the…

My grandmother moved in, not too long after, to help out with taking care of my brother and paying certain bills. I quit being a cheerleader so I had extra time to focus on working and school. That way I could maintain my grades, be able to pay my own expenses on my car and certain school expenses, such as clubs and other activity dues. It was very strange to not have her there on our…

Since I was younger I always wanted to be a cheerleader at the middle school I went to. I was one out of three 6th graders that was on the cheerleading team. I begged my parents for a relaxer in my hair so it will not be puffy anymore. My cheerleading teammates helped me to gain some confidence in myself…

My educational and career goals are to get my certified nursing assistant degree at the end of May 2018. I then want to acquire an associate's of science in nursing at Des Moines Area Community College and then get my bachelors of science in nursing in an online course through University of Iowa at Des Moines Area Community College. I plan to work as a nurse for about 5-7 years and then go back to school to become a nurse practitioner. I plan to work at a hospital hopefully on the pediatrics…

tailgate games being played by students who could only wish they were on the tennis team. You will also see a large number of lower and middle school kids with jerseys of their favorite tennis players with their names on the back of them. The tennis cheerleaders and rally girls will also be there. These girls do a great job of getting everyone excited for the match and give out gift baskets to the players before every match. It is amazing how the coach of the year, George Westlund, has been able…

“Jadyn, you look like you need to wrestle!”, My Dad would yell before he would grab me a tickle me. “Come on #2! Hit the ball hard!”, He’d yell before I would serve. “Jadyn guess what? My old classmates went to see Jake the Snake!”, He tell me because he knows that I love wrestling. “Jadyn, I need to buy a Mellow Yellow before WrestleMania”, He told me while we were driving to the WrestleMania party...that was going to start in two minutes! I love my Dad and he is my hero. Firstly, everyday…

If you have a son, then you can go with costumes such as a goblin, pirate, pumpkin, Dracula, fireman or a ghost. If you have a daughter she will more than likely want to be a princess, angel, cheerleader or girl pirate. To make sure that you have the greatest selection to choose form when it comes to trick-or-treating on Halloween it is important that you start looking for your costume early, no matter what type of costume it is. Even if you get…