All-Star What Do You Or Your Cp's Do?

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Cheering for my high school, all-stars, and working 15-20 hours a week taught me great time management skills. I used to do my homework and study during breaks at practice, between classes at work (I taught gymnastics), study hall at school, and the moment I got home. I graduated in the top 10% in my class. Then, in college, I was able to manage everything I was involved with because I was already used to doing it, and graduated magna cum laude. Even today, I help coach, rock climb twice a week, bowl once a week, occasionally teach gymnastics, and well, teach full time (+ you know, correct, plan, etc)...AND have a social life.

As long as the expectation is that grades must stay up, athletes will rise to the occasion, and learn valuable life skills. Kids (and adults for that matter) find out quickly where the "bar" is, and will do what's necessary to reach it.

 

[arilt95]

If its an outof town competition i do it in the car or on saturday becuase level 5 is always the last level to go. but usually i do it in my 7th period class, it's kind of like a second study hall because the teacher always falls alseep! I know that won't happen next year though! haha

 

[Allstarcesi]

My old gym used to have a homework room:)

As far as competition weekends, it's about managing your time. Get whatever you can get done on the bus/plane/car ride there. There's always time at competitions, as well as in the hotel.

That ^^^^ is good advice.... don't do what I did in hs and college- saving everything for the last minute so I could drink a pot of straight black coffee and pull an all nighter lol

I haven't done those since i started back cheering! Last time i did i was freshman here @ UMD and thought i was gonna die of a heart attack from a 5 hr energy and amp, then i thought i was gonna die that morning because I was so tired I couldn't sleep...bad...bad memories....ugh thank God for time management. =)

 

[Iamshannon]

im a senior and my case of senioritis is seriously the worst EVER. so if i do my homework at home/on the weekend, its late at night! haha im up past midnight almost every night. then i do the rest of it in class.. haha i have 2 study halls and last semester i had a mentoring class where we didnt do much so the teacher didnt care if we did other homework. ive gotten lucky because ive always competed late, and on the weekend of cheersport the last 3 years ive had 5 day weekends because its our winter break. jamfest, on the other hand... i tried to focus on the plane but it didnt work out to well :) haha

dont follow these habits... theyre terrible... i really dont know how ive kept a 4.2 gpa...

 

[bxxtanyer]

i have last period study hall this year every day, im pretty lucky so i get all my work done at school.

 

[cheeeeer93]

You guys are so lucky to have studys!
But usually I'll try to do the most possible on Friday. Either it gets done at school during downtime in class or after school. Then I'll try to do some Saturday before we get to the convention center and even sometimes before bed. If we go out to dinner with some of the team, I'll just go back to my room after and do some.

 

[klaudiak96]

in study hall and in the car on the way to practice although i get distracted EASILY.

 

[nhgurlnh]

High school was often a miserable time for me because of the amount of schoolwork I had. I had about 4-5 hrs of homework every night, and I worked extremely diligently and efficiently. So when I would spend 3 hrs at a gym everyday, (not even going to bring up the fall and spring when I did high school cheer and lacrosse) it would be so difficult to get homework done. Most nights, I was up until at least midnight. Weekends were the best, because I would get ahead on my school work whether or not I had a competition. I had to learn to just put in those headphones and do that work while my friends were off running around having tons of fun. Part of doing so many things I love, which includes school :)

At my gym, an athlete submits a copy of every report card they get. If we have concerns, we make them clear to a parent and ask how we can help. Cheerleading is always a major priority, but school comes first! If cheering gets in the way, we want to help so the athlete can not only be a successful athlete and person, but student. Education is really important in this world, and so we do the best we can to make sure all athletes are on track.

 

[kickdblcj]

I just dont do the hw....