A time I felt at my "best" would probably my senior year. I was involved in varsity cheerleading for football and basketball as well as competition. As one of the few seniors on the squad I had to help lead us and help the squad. Mostly we needed to work on technique and timing.
Since, well most of you know by now, I'm not that shy of a person and I have a loud mouth, I was mostly in charge of getting all the girls' attention. We had 18 girls on our competition squad with 2 alternates and 26 girls on our varsity football squad. Boys Basketball only had 6 for varsity. Most of the other few seniors on competition were involved in other groups and activities and I was not so I was sure to be at every practice.
I felt like I had a lot of responsibility and I led our group. I always made sure I didn't yell at them or put them down I gave constructive criticism to help them. If a stunt (when cheerleaders throw people and catch them or hold them up in the air) doesn't work I help them figure out what's not going right. Being a senior and having 4 years previous experience helped me to have this responsibility and knownledge.
Since I did this I feel like I have been able to help others my freshmen year here on like things. Such as others' papers or assignments. I give them constructive criticism and let them know I'm always here if they need help.
Way to step up and take initiative. I see you as a better person knowing now that you help others in this way. And yes, I believe we do know that you have a loud mouth.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a way of coming up with constructive critism. I am extremely bad at it. It's a fault and I need to work on it. but i'm glad you were able to lead people like that!
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to give constructive criticism!! That's a whole lot of cheerleaders though lol. Jeepers haha. It's good that you are a leader and not a follwer!
ReplyDeleteI can definitely see you taking the leadership position, and I'm sure that it felt great to help out people in a way that was both honest but not harsh. That's a skill that will help in any situation!
ReplyDeleteBeing in a leadership position is never easy, so it's awesome that you were able to do it successfully! I've been in similar situations with color guard, and coming up with positive ways to lead is always hard. Sounds like you did a good job of leading though!
ReplyDeleteYep. You sound like you were a very good leader. Congrats. I like the fact that you stuck with cheerleading for all four years. Its good not to quit something. So then you knew you could help the freshman with things.
ReplyDeleteWhy people like to lead I know not. People are a pain to deal with. Congratulations though I know I wouldn't be able to lead.
ReplyDeleteI was a cheerleader in high school as well and I've got to give you a lot of credit for leading the squad. I know from experience with my squad that cheerleaders can be a lot of work to lead and it takes time and effort. Good job for taking on the responsibility
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