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Angelene Xiong

Mrs. Mua

Public Health English Per. 3

9 April 2019

My Prideful Accomplishment

Throughout my education career, I have accomplished many things that I take much pride

in. Many of those things are milestones but one important one to me that I never really spoke of

was always being the center flyer on my cheer teams. I started cheerleading in 6th grade, ever

since then I have continued to cheer until my senior year of high school. With 7 years of

experience in cheering and being a flyer, I knew a lot of skills and techniques. I was always a

flyer because of my size. I was short and light, it made it easier for my peers to lift me up. As I

grew up, I realized that being apart of a team was an amazing experience. I made new friends

that I would never have met if I didn’t join cheer. I was able to learn many skills not only

involving the sport but also skills that would greatly benefit my own character. Cheerleading has

taught me many things that I am so grateful for.

Through all my years of cheerleading, I was the center flyer in almost every routine we

performed. My coaches were always there to help me become better, and thanks to them I was

the best. I learned quickly and efficiently and was able to apply both the positive and negative

feedback I got. Learning so many new skills and memorizing so many things did get me

frustrated at times, but it made me work harder to become even better. I was always eager to be

the best at what I did. I loved to see people smiling when I was performing, it motivated me.
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When I started cheering in high school I had more people to help teach me. I witnessed a new

world of cheerleading. My skills as a flyer were amazing. I never was able to speak good of

myself because I thought it was rude and not very humble. M teammates and coaches always

spoke so highly of me that I believed I was good. I was loved so much by them, it made me feel

good.

Being the center flyer in almost every routine was a great accomplishment for me. It

showed that I worked hard and had the skills and ability to pull off such amazing things. It was

always a scary process of trying so many new and uncertain things. I used to be scared and timid

to try new things but I knew that it would help me and my team. The center flyer does things that

others can’t necessarily do, so knowing that I was able to keep that position for so many years

made me happy. After a while, I was tired of being the center flyer and having to do everything. I

started to get lazy and too confident to the point where I did not put in much effort anymore.

However, this allowed me to teach the other flyers and help them gain more skills. As the senior

and center flyer on the cheer team, many of the younger girls asked me for advice. I actually

loved to teach them because it meant that they looked up to me. So many people believed in me!

After I fell into that slump, I wasn’t the same anymore. Cheerleading became annoying and

stressful for me and my teammates felt the same way. Things changed as we got older and school

became more important to us. Cheerleading has brought many positive and negative things into

my life but I do not regret anything at all. All that I’ve been through has shaped me into a truly

better person. I fought and was determined to stay in something. I was able to learn, teach, and

lead my peers. So many of the things I learned because of cheerleading, I can now apply them to
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my everyday life.