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drhunny t1_j9td5g2 wrote

Before everybody gets too emotionally invested in this story, I suggest we hear from the 3 freshman who all mysteriously quit "for personal reasons". And maybe also all the sophomores, juniors, and senior girls who didn't even want to give cheerleading a try. Doesn't that sound a little odd to you?

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FlippityMcBunnypants t1_j9ub3yv wrote

I went to school near here and the schools are so small that most of the kids have to do all of the sports or else they wouldn’t have enough for a sports team. Cheerleading on top of that is just too much for a lot of people.

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Jim3001 t1_j9tzobt wrote

From my read, it was this girl and just the Freshmen. Not Sophomores or Juniors.

Once the Freshmen dropped it was just her. And it sounds like they weren't that competitive. She finished 8th of 12 and that was their best showing in years.

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WateronRocks t1_j9ueqj5 wrote

>From my read, it was this girl and just the Freshmen. Not Sophomores or Juniors.

That's what the person you're responding to said. They're pointing out how odd it is that not only did 3 freshman quit, but nobody else even wants to join.

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Jim3001 t1_j9v2mdi wrote

I wanted to point out that there were no Sophomores or Juniors. Which is weird for a HS sport.

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lolabythebay t1_j9uhdvo wrote

This is exactly how it was in my high school. The cheerleading coach was a tyrant and expected that, if you were a cheerleader, you wouldn't be in any other extracurricular activities or demanding electives like band or show choir. You couldn't join Student Council or National Honor Society. (Our pom-pon squad, which was a different thing, encouraged well-rounded participants and had to turn away auditioning girls every year.)

She disregarded safety protocols and wouldn't let a friend of mine call her parents when she hit her head. We thought it was retaliation because the girl had auditioned for a school play. Did I mention the woman's brother was a longtime school board member?

In a school of around 1,000 kids, the only senior cheerleaders left by my graduating class were her niece and a greatly disliked girl who always thought being a cheerleader would elevate her social status. It didn't.

Things have changed in the intervening years, but cheerleading was not a popular extracurricular choice at my school 20 years ago.

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Ragnar_DanneskjoldSr t1_j9w2qhi wrote

It's in the town of 900 people. I'm quite sure there's not 100 kids in the high school. They probably play six Man football

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drhunny t1_j9w8183 wrote

If 3 freshman tried and then quit, that tells me there were another 3 sophs, 3 juniors, and 2 seniors that didn't even give it a shot. That's kind of telling.

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Ragnar_DanneskjoldSr t1_j9wakt2 wrote

They probably either play sports, or are in bed, or have chores to do. It's a very rural community.

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GoodAndBluts t1_j9tszwu wrote

I thought the same thing - like maybe this one girl was absolutely horrible and everyone else bailed out because she was domineering and making the cheer team a toxic place.

Why do I have such a cold, bitter soul?

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L3onskii t1_j9u9p64 wrote

Because we've read feel good stories before but they turn out to be deceiving?

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