Many have started to gain the thought that cheerleading is an inappropriate activity for children and teenagers to participate in. Parents are worried that schools are beginning to be a little too lenient with letting their children dress in “skimpy” uniforms and performing inappropriate routines. There is no evidence proving that cheerleading is making people’s children participate in sexual activities but many people think otherwise. Schools need to stop young students from performing
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English 3 AP 7 January 2017 What comes to mind when you hear the word cheerleading? Did you know there are two different types of cheerleading? People generally think of girls waving poms‚ girls obnoxiously chanting and girls in short skirts. Some of those factors may be true‚ but people do not realize there are two types of cheerleading. All-Star (competitive) and high school cheerleading are similar in nature‚ but All-Star cheerleading is a much more demanding. There are many similarities and differences
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sweat. Imagine these people having to stay fit and workout as much as they can so they can perfect their routines. This is a group of hardworking individuals putting their best effort into what they do. This is a cheerleading squad. Most people do not consider cheerleaders athletes. Cheerleading should be considered a sport because cheer squads can compete and they are required to maintain a healthy lifestyle. To begin‚ cheerleaders have competitions and can win trophies and medals. Competitive cheer
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Most people say cheerleading is not a sport‚ but to me it is. It all began when I was four years old and my mom signed me up to cheer for the Harrisburg Packers. I was nervous at first‚ but then it turned out to be a lot of fun. Everyone on the team was tall except for me and one other girl. Her name was Tatum. The first thing I thought was that I was going to get picked on by all the other girls because I was so little and shy‚ but it turned out to be totally different. As the years progressed
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up when they hear the phrase “Is cheerleading even a sport?” I personally have been a cheerleader for fourteen years and the sport is like any other. Every team must come together to perform athletic skills such as jumps‚ dances and chants to gain a response from spectators at a competition or school event. Cheerleaders all over the world want to get the same respect like any other sport because it meets all qualifications to call it an official sport. Cheerleading jumps range from simple‚ quick jumps
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Something that I describe as a talent that is meaningful to me is cheerleading. I have been a cheerleader for as long as I can remember. Cheerleading‚ over the years‚ has become a very important part of my life. Through cheerleading I have learned the values of hard work and being a part of a team. People often confuse cheerleaders as girls who just stand on the side and cheer; but it’s so much more than that. With every tumble pass and stunt we put ourselves through extreme levels of difficulty
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"O Captain! my Captain!" Walt Whitman wrote the poem "O Captain! my Captain!" after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Whitman describes Lincoln as the captain of the ship‚ as the leader of the country; he also refers to him as a father: "Here Captain! dear father!"(13)‚ "My father doesn’t feel my arm‚"(18). Clearly‚ a captain is not a father. Why‚ then‚ does Whitman connect the two together? Are there certain similarities between them that can’t be avoided? A captain is
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“O Captain! My Captain!” Literary Analysis Every great nation’s past contains a great leader who sacrificed everything for his or her country. Abraham Lincoln gave his life after striving to abolish slavery. Soon after Lincoln’s murder‚ Walt Whitman wrote an apostrophe poem to Lincoln. In this eulogy‚ Whitman praised Lincoln’s accomplishments and mourned his death. In “O Captain! My Captain!”‚ Walt Whitman uses repetition‚ symbolism‚ assonance‚ and metaphors to portray the theme that every great
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Cheerleading started as a male endeavor in 1898‚ when a University of Minnesota football fan led the crowd in verse in support of their team. It was not until World War II‚ when men shipped out to war‚ that women took over. Then cheerleaders came to represent the American ideal of femininity: wholesome apple pie with washboard stomachs‚ perfect teeth‚ and flawless complexions. Stereotypes cast them as blond‚ petite‚ and impossibly perky. “From its humble beginning cheerleading has blossomed into
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Introduction: Cheerleading is a physical activity‚ sometimes a competitive sport‚ using organized routines‚ usually ranging from one to three minutes‚ which contain the components of tumbling‚ dance‚ jumps‚ cheers‚ and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions. The person involved is called a cheerleader. The National Cheerleaders Association (NCA)‚ the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA)‚ and the United States All Star
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