Im currently a junior in high school, and in one of the states best color guard, band, and drumline. For four years now, I ve been in color guard, and I love everyone on the team. The band director is the best person in the world, people are themselves like being weird, theres so much bonding, and we travel a lot. It s like having a family and a bunch of sisters, but I hate the actual art of color guard. It s beautiful and fun, but it s never been my well “sport.” As a kid, I did cheer, and I fell in love with it. However, people weren t that kind to me, I don t know if it was how I looked or what. I ve been missing cheer for the past two years, and I m really considering joining cheer next year for my senior year, but I m terrified of losing all my friends in band and guard (they HATE the cheerleaders. At my school they rarely win and are terrible. The football team always loses not to mention. The band and guard I am in wins all the time not to sound conceited). Plus, I don t really know anyone In Cheer, or I would have any friends, no bonding, nor do I know if they d accept me. I m terrified of what people would think of me, and I m torn between doing what I love or keeping my family. How are colleges going to see it as? I don’t really want them seeing me as someone who gives up or something. Any advice?
Unless you were hoping for a special scholarship, then I’d say do what you love.
Keep doing color guard! Stick to what you love! I did orchestra all four years of high school even though it meant pushing some required classes off to the side.
One, don’t you have to try out for cheer? This all seems like unnecessary projecting.
Two, I get that you don’t like the sport of color guard, but that you like the people. Why would they hate you as a cheerleader, if they “are family” and already know you? Seems like jealousy and sour grapes. Why would they hate cheerleaders who are cheering for the schools’ teams?
Three, we were taught that we support our teams, no matter what. Our cheerleaders came to each team event that they could get to within a day. (Baseball, soccer, tennis, Lacrosse, football, swim, Cross) They put up support signs and brought treats for the teams. Indicating that your color guard wins more and football loses more means that you really wouldn’t support the team that needs you most.
The colleges don’t give a hoot that you are changing your EC from drama one for drama two.