Why you should join a cheerleading team..

In my opinion, every little girl should try out for cheerleading. Cheerleading is an awesome sport to become involved with. It teaches you how to be part of a team. When you are a cheerleader you have to perform stunts. These stunts usually involve four people. You have two bases, which are girls who are strong and can lift another girl together. And you have a backspot to ensure that the flyer(which is the girl that is being tossed in the air) does not fall and has back support. These four people all have a job and have to work together to perform the stunt safely. Cheerleading is soo much fun but it also teaches young girls so much. Another thing that cheerleading teaches girls is discipline. If you are late to a practice you are going to have to do alot to make it up to the coach no matter who the coach is. You have to keep good grades or you will be kicked off the team. Cheerleading is very demanding. When you try out for the team you have to be able to do certain types of tumbling or "flips". You have to have experience with gymnastics and be able to perform in front of large crowds. Cheerleading can give low self esteem girls confidence. Because once they are performing a well rehearsed routine with a team of girls that has become her best friends then she can feel good about being in front of a crowd. Cheerleading can be a very positive sport to get involved with. It will not only encourage girls to keep their grades up but it will get them more involved with being a team player and give them confidence. Cheerleading is awesome. You get to go on trips all over to perform your routines. You also get to be in all the pep rallies at your school. You also get to go to the football games at home and away to cheer on your school football team. It is a great way to meet people.

An experience that changed my life

I have had many good and bad experiences in my life. There has only been one that has changed my life forever. My best friend, Katie Pomirko, passed away in December of 2008. I was best friends with Katie since forth grade. We were more than friends. Katie was like an older sister to me. If someone had a problem with me then they had to talk to Katie about it first. She was my rock. We were never apart from one another for more than a day. We loved each other's company. We both graduated from Crisp County High in May of 2008. I moved to Warner Robins shortly after that to be closer to my boyfriend. Katie stayed behind in Cordele for the summer until her college started in August. I stayed close with Katie. We talked on the phone everyday and visited one another as often as possible. But pretty soon I started to hear rumors from some of my other friends in Cordele that Katie was getting involved with the wrong crowd. She was hanging out with people that were involved with all types of drugs and I heard Katie was using as well. I talked to Katie about it and of course she denied it all. A few weeks went by and Katie and I were drifting apart. I did not hear from her as much. So I decided to visit her. I went to Cordele and stayed with her for a few days. She had lost alot of weight. She was already a tiny girl before these things started. She was very very skinny. I expressed my concern and she did not really seem interested in what I was saying. I went back to my home in Warner Robins and thought about her all the time. I could not always reach her anymore. One early morning I recieved a call from one of my friends in Cordele. I answered the phone and it was my friend Charly. She was in tears. She told me that Katie had been found dead in an apartment that morning. She passed away late the night before. Right away I knew it was a drug overdose. I was in disbelief. My best friend of almost ten years was gone. I had not talked to her for at least a week before this happened. I went to Cordele right away and sat with her mama. I went through pictures and stuff in her bedroom. This was a nightmare. I loved Katie. She was apart of my family. She was my only friend that I had been through everything with. I could not imagine my life without her. Now its been almost three years since her death. I still mourn over it all the time. Her birthday is coming up on September fifth and she is heavy on my heart this time of year. This experience changed me. I lost my best friend. And now I do not hang out with anyone besides my boyfriend. She was my only true friend, I could always count on. Without Katie in my life I feel as if I am not complete. My life had been extremely boring without her here to make me smile and laugh all the time.