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im currently a sophomore. im on jv this year and im captain. i tried out today for varsity for next years squad and did not make it. the varsity coach said im the next alternate for varsity if someone on varsity quits. she said i was 25 points away and i was so close. im the only junior that made the jv team for next year. its so embarassing! i dont want to do jv again but im worried if i dont and a girl gets hurt, i could have been on varsity. i just dont want to do the whole year on jv being the ONLY junior and get made fun of, but i really want to make varsity if someone quits. i just dont wanna get crap for being the oldest but im dying to get on varsity! please give me advice?!?!
Wow, I'm really sorry you didn't make varsity. I completely understand how you feel, and it really does stink. But here are a couple things to think about:
If you stay on JV, then yes, there's a chance you'll be on it all year. However, if you really love cheering, at least you'll have the chance to do it. Plus, you'll be keeping up your skills, and hopefully improving them, all year... which will make it easier to make varsity when you try out for your senior year. And who knows, maybe they WILL need an alternate, and you'll end up on varsity next year after all.
If you quit now, then of course there's no chance to move up to varsity if they need an alternate. And if you're out of cheer all year, you'll probably lose some of your skills, making it even harder to make varsity next time around.
Of course, none of this deals with the embarrassment factor. So let me tell you about Rachel and Julia, two girls at my High School who made JV their junior year. Julia stuck with it, and did JV all year; Rachel quit and didn't cheer at all. And here's what people said/thought:
As for Rachel, everyone said she was being a spoiled baby and should've been happy to make any squad. By quitting, she came across as a snob who only cared about the status of being on varsity. People really looked down on her for quitting. As for Julia (who was the only junior on JV)... nobody made fun of her at all. If they said anything, it was "Wow, she should've made varsity! She's so good!". They respected her for doing what she loved and not caring how it looked. And of course she made varsity the next year, and all was good.
So yeah... I think you should think carefully about how much you like cheering, and how much you'd miss it if you quit. If it's something you love, then stay with it!
(Rating: 5) thank you so much..that really made me think!