Cheerleading : Not For Me?

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Cheerleading : Not For Me?

Eversince I was in elementary school, I've dreamed of becoming a cheerleader someday. When I was a freshman in high school, I tried out for the cheering squad. The problem was, I had too many things to do, being an honor student and a new member of the student council, so I wasn't really able to focus on the try-outs. So that year, I became really jealous of the other freshman girls who passed the try-outs that year, making them more popular than the rest of us. As for me, I became stuck on my goal of maintaining my straight A's, and even my Mom was so happy that I didn't pass the try-outs, because of her constant fear of me not making it to the honor roll if ever I did pass. The following year, my sophomore year, I tried out again. And yet again, I did not pass. But I gained a few friends from the squad who allowed me to train with them for a few months. I trained for two months, but my Mom noticed that my grades were not as high as they used to be (but not failing!) so she made me quit. I felt so bad that I cried, but I guess that's the way it was. From then on, I decided to forget my dream of becoming a cheerleader and start focusing more on my studies and the student council. I even became emo for a while, which surprised most of my friends (they have always thought I was one of the preppy girls). I'm not really affected now, but every so often I see our cheering squad training or competing, I get jealous. But I guess it's really not for me.

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	kati		24-Feb-08

If you want something bad enough you need to be willing to work as hard as you need. It is not impossible to maintain grades and be a cheerleader on top of many other activities. But I think the other girls are right if you want to do something it has to be because you want to do it for yourself not because you think it will make you more popular or make you have more friends.

	katie		11-Jan-08

and lisey is right. i not only did all-star cheerleading and varsity cheerleading, but i also did varsity soccer, varsity gymnastics and varsity dance, all while keeping my grades up and being an active member in our school's SADD program. and i graduated as a solutitorian at my school. i think you're just using that as an excuse for why you don't make it because you're too lazy to actually practice leading up to trying out for the squad. i know girls that practiced for over a year just to make a squad.

	katie		11-Jan-08

yeah, it's not for you because you obviously just think it's a popularity contest. stick with the Student Council. you don't sound like an athlete to me...

	lisey		05-Jan-08

everything happens for a reason. Although you could try harder, i mean i balance allstar cheerleading (a thousand times harder than reg. school cheerleading), soccer, swim team, basketball, AND to top that all off i get all A's