Dixie
Cheer Parent
- Mar 9, 2013
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Glad I wasn't alone. Total Mom moment, but Belly ring and no seat belt? No bueno.
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Glad I wasn't alone. Total Mom moment, but Belly ring and no seat belt? No bueno.
@King makes a good point, when you know what is driving someone to do something, it all makes sense. I've had teachers who thought the whole idea of cheer was silly. It wasn't until I wrote the essay about why I cheered - the escape from problems at school, a sense of pride, as I was the performer I wanted to be, that they understood it. This is an element that many cheer documentaries leave out, and I wish they'd cover it more.
at 4:09 the narrator says something along the lines "carlys mom believes this all serves a greater purpose" then carlys mom says "she learns lessons that she wouldn't learn outside of cheer"The segment was about the extraordinary families in cheerleading and what they go through to participate in cheer. The families themselves (and athletes) looked and presented themselves well and honestly, but the segment did nothing for cheer as a whole. I have said it a few times about this segment. Viewers watch and know that cheerleaders and cheer families would give up school for cheer, pay 100k to do it, and get really stressed and take it really seriously. No one ever covers why they do it. The 'why' is the most important part. All the time people want cheer to be taken seriously. They watch this segment to say 'look at this! We work hard!' Well pretty much anything you take seriously you will work hard at. We want a segment that covers why cheer is so addicting, why others should do it or watch it, why people should put their kids into it!
Possibly while glossing over our current scoresheet though... :eek:
I agree with the comments about the hair. We all have had that experience and we get it but it comes across as the kid is acting like a spoiled brat on national television - too "toddlers and tiara like" for me.
at 4:09 the narrator says something along the lines "carlys mom believes this all serves a greater purpose" then carlys mom says "she learns lessons that she wouldn't learn outside of cheer"
at 4:09 the narrator says something along the lines "carlys mom believes this all serves a greater purpose" then carlys mom says "she learns lessons that she wouldn't learn outside of cheer"
yes, but i just wanted to show you that it was mentionedIsn't that a bit vague?
yes, but i just wanted to show you that it was mentioned