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To: TigerPaw who wrote (237135)	6/14/2005 1:43:45 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578398

The other segment is the professional cheer schools and gymnastics centers. These are expensive but have good facilities and boast staff that may be ex-Olympic athletes. These are where the girls who are desperate to be high school cheerleaders train. There is a whole system of competitions and recitals where these schools showcase their talent. See. I've never heard of cheerleading schools. The girls I knew who were cheerleaders tended to be popular and athletic but there was no formal training for them prior to getting on a squad. I will check to see if there are any schools for cheerleaders here. To be accurate, cheerleading is not the only suburban activity that is stratified, expensive, and organized way beyond any input from the children themselves. That type of organization is really the norm since the roadways are not designed to allow any transportation without a car or SUV, so kids can't bike over to a pickup game (and the field would be reserved for an organized practice anyway).<?I> That is what's amazing to me.........the parental involvement. Its almost as if they are trying to be cheerleaders themselves. My cousin's daughter is a cheerleader........now she's only in 8th grade.......but there was no real prepping before the tryouts. Besides, her parents are too busy with their own careers to make a big deal of cheerleading. ted