Honors Junior English: Having My Say

Although I appear to keep to myself about alot of my opinions, I am a very opinionated and headstrong person. One thing I am very opinionated about is cheerleading. And yes-- I do realize that I talk about this all the time. Most of the time, I'm not really bothered when people say that cheerleadings not a sport. That's their opinion, although I know they are misinformed. When most people think of cheerleading, the usually think of Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders or kicklines or waving pom poms. I agree, that is not a sport. What bothers me is when people look down on cheerleaders because of their opinions. I cannot count the number of times i've been on facebook or other social networks and seen horrible statuses about cheerleaders and giving us horrible reputations. The reputation of cheerleaders has made me somewhat ashamed to tell people that i'm a cheerleader.

But what these people don't think of when they hear cheerleading is what I do: Allstar Cheerleading.
Allstar cheerleading consists only of competitions. We don't cheer for any team, we are the team. we are given 2 minutes and 30 seconds on the mat, and within our time we fit in as much flipping, twisting, jumping and throwing as we can. Its as fast paced as a basketball game and as nerve-wracking as a football play. Our season goes from May-April and we work endlessly perfecting our routines. We work for the thrill of having our name called for 1st place and for the screams coming from the crowd. Our sport has idols and "cheerlebritys" similar to many other choices. All the best teams come together for The world championship at disney world. Worlds is the equivilant to the Superbowl or olympics. It's the ultimate goal for any cheerleader. Cheer is what i live for, and it just bothers me that my sport works just as hard as any other sport and we don't have nearly enough respect.

Well, this is alot longer than I meant it to be, but thats my say .(: