Personal Narrative: Pursuing A Career In High School
One of the hardest experiences for me was having two shoulder surgeries in high school. Although it may not sound very traumatizing now, two surgeries meant that my cheerleading career of 14 years was over. When something that was such a big part of your life for so long is taken away in the blink of an eye, it feels like your whole world is crashing down! My senior year was exceptionally hard for me considering I was trying to make the perfect decision on my future college, my father was traveling 2 hours for work each week, and I was trying to recover from a right and left shoulder surgery. These surgeries prevented me from trying out of the cheer team as a fourth year member and it left me devastated. At the time, I was concerned about regaining
my range of motion as well as my overall physical health. I felt like my physical stamina that I had spent nearly 14 years on was deteriorating by the minute. As my senior year began winding down, I was released from my doctor and found myself at the gym running, doing Pilates, and participating in Zumba classes. Two weeks before I moved in, the Hendrix Cheer coach recruited me to try out for the team! Needless to say, I relearned all of my tumbling, jump, and stunting skills in order to participate in a sport that I love. I never thought that I would get the opportunity to cheer again, but I did and it was one of the best decisions that I have ever made. Before I even knew I was doing it, I was physically preparing my body for what was to come and give all of my thanks to my parents who instilled a hardworking attitude in me. Reflecting on nearly five months toward an undetermined goal, this made me want to work a thousand times harder in everything that I do in case an opportunity is waiting around the corner in the near future.
my range of motion as well as my overall physical health. I felt like my physical stamina that I had spent nearly 14 years on was deteriorating by the minute. As my senior year began winding down, I was released from my doctor and found myself at the gym running, doing Pilates, and participating in Zumba classes. Two weeks before I moved in, the Hendrix Cheer coach recruited me to try out for the team! Needless to say, I relearned all of my tumbling, jump, and stunting skills in order to participate in a sport that I love. I never thought that I would get the opportunity to cheer again, but I did and it was one of the best decisions that I have ever made. Before I even knew I was doing it, I was physically preparing my body for what was to come and give all of my thanks to my parents who instilled a hardworking attitude in me. Reflecting on nearly five months toward an undetermined goal, this made me want to work a thousand times harder in everything that I do in case an opportunity is waiting around the corner in the near future.