What Is A Cheer Essay

A cheerleader has been and continues to be defined as an enthusiastic and vocal supporter. Cheerleading is something that I used to eat, breathe, and sleep. For four years, my weekends consisted of pom-poms, stuck up football players, and team rivalries. Before I was able to cheer on others, I went through a grueling tryout called life. I am the individual I am today because of my experiences growing up. My mother and father had three children together, with all being girls. Unfortunately, I do not posses memories of my mother and father together in the same house, sharing the holidays together, or even sitting down for a family meal. We had a strict schedule written by child services that told my two sisters and me where we were to spend

I could not wait to get away from the people who had everything in life handed to them. I felt bad for them as they had no idea what the real world was like. Thanks to my mother, I was prepared for the worst. I had a great work ethic, knew how to budget my money, and most importantly, I knew what it was like to cheer on others. I realized that while I cheered throughout high school and experienced losses on the field, my mom was experiencing losses in her life. This led to the conclusion that cheering on the sidelines was not the only kind of cheerleading that I did. I was indeed my mother’s cheerleader. As I lead my classmates to victory, I was attempting to do the same for my hopeless mother. In order for this role to be filled, I had to go through my “grueling tryout.” The tryout was everything life and my greedy friends from school had taught me. I was not able to be a cheerleader for my mother until I knew what the real world was like. As I am now in college and away from home, I leave my mother alone to go through her tryout. I giver her this time to find herself while I stand in the bleachers cheering her on from afar. I dream that her tryout will someday lead to a personal victory and will therefore inspire others as I did for