CAUSE ESSAY 2

Cool crisp air, getting colds, shivering under layers of clothes is what cheerleading is all about. Jumping, dancing, yelling, screaming, supporting the boys on Friday nights, is one of the best feelings in the world, when I am in front of hundreds of fans.
Cheerleaders aren’t known as being athletic because everyone thinks that all we do is whimpy, or pathetic. Being a cheerleader I know that there is definitely more in cheering than just wearing short skirts, being flirts and being all peppy. I think that there is way more to cheerleading than a lot of people realize. I believe that cheerleading is fulfilled with a lot of hard work and determination. I think that a lot of people put us down and stereo type us just because they think of people like me as snobby, stuck up bitches. Well, I got a news flash for everyone. I am not like that, nor is a lot of girls. Yes, I am giggly and like to have fun at games and practices but I also put a lot of hard work into what I do. I feel that if we was to ask a lot of football players at our school what their motto to cheering is, they would most likely say “Cheering. It’s harder than football!”
I feel that determination is one of the biggest things that play’s in the role as a cheerleader. I know that if I’m not determined the stunt that I’m helping to put up, isn’t going to go, or the dance is going to look sloppy. I feel that everyone that is on a squad needs to make sure that we all look the same and think the same way. What do I mean by this? Well, everyone needs to think when there is a skinny little scronnie girl up in the air being supported by my strength and someone else’s. I know that when I’m looking up watching my flyer I think to my self "Alright, I am one of the only things supporting this girl. Everything will work and nobody will hit the floor." When I get ready to enter the field after the second quarter buzzer goes off, all I need to think is "this is going to go, I will not mess up, and everyone who’s watching will love it." Being determined that everything will work, and look good isn't the easiest thing to always do, but I know that I need to in order to have a good positive outcome. I think that determination in cheerleading is basically everything. It's the frosting on a cake.
I think that spirit is another main thing in cheering. If I have a lot of spirit than all the people in the crowd thinks that I am being snobby, preppy or just a stereo-type cheerleader. I honestly think that my spirit and other girl’s spirit during the games helps gets the football players motivated, and feel like they have support and they get their heads into the game and play. Not only do I and other girls on the squad give spirit to the football players but we give spirit to the school. I have events that I go to, and the other girls also go to get all the fall sports pumped up and help them get their heads into the game. I feel that spirit is a cheerleaders main job to spread. I try my hardest to show everyone how to get psyched up for a game and not worry about acting like idiots, and so do a lot of other girls on the squad.
I know that being a cheerleader stereo-typing is something that brings me and a lot of other cheerleaders down. I asked someone what they thought about cheerleading and this is what he/she told me. "I believe a cheerleader that is very into cheering is most likely say is blonde, skinny, preppy, and very annoying. Yeah, it's good to be happy. But when they are normally happy, it makes them look very stupid. They try and act smart but don’t always work. They are so into cheering they usually don't have any other interests. Like academics." I know that things like this is what makes me and other girls not want to get out in front of people and do what I need to do, and what other girls need to do. I think it's kind of bull crap that I nor other cheerleaders get no respect from anyone. We have had football players actually come to our practice's and do the some of the stunts that we do and they have actually admitted to us that they think that cheering is harder than football. I think that if everyone would actually get to know me and some of the other girls that are cheerleaders than the "model" of a cheerleader would change.
I don’t’ think that cheerleading is a dumb sport. I know that people think is whimpy , ridicules or stupid. I as a cheerleader know that I am a nice, caring, athlete, and I take pride in everything that I do, and so don’t a lot of other cheerleaders. I know that cheering is a sport, a very hard sport that some of these things play a role in. I think that everyone should give cheerleaders a chance and not stereo-type them as skinny, preppy, blonde bitches.