[Sca-cooks] American high school idiom for Buffy fans overseas (OT)

[Patricia Collum]

My daughter didn't understand my lack of enthusiasm about her becoming a
cheerleader, so I've tried to keep it to myself. So far the cons are: my
dishwasher is away at football and now basketball games and a few strains
and bruises while having other girls land on her while doing pyramids. The
pros are: getting my sixteen-year-old out of bed at 5:30 am for practice
(given the chance she'll sleep til 11am) and a much better posture than she
got even from the ROTC (junior American Marines). She's also bugging us for
that letterman's jacket (leather and wool, about $300) and she's a junior
(third year high school) and plays varsity golf. And she is a darned good
cook.

Cecily
----- Original Message -----
 > > Why does everyone get so worked up about cheerleaders? (Vacuous *and*
loud
> > > doesn't seem to be a combination to laud, to me)
> >
> > It's the "popularity contest" thing.  The people who get worked up about
it are
> > usually the ones who were not chosen.
>
> That's the "anti" side, the "pro" side is, um, well, girls in short skirts
> and tight sweaters bouncing up and down. I don't know how to phrase it any
> more delicately than "girls on trampolines" ala the Man Show on the Comedy
> Channel. In most schools the cheerleaders are the "pretty girls" with a
few
> athletic exceptions.
>
> Lann (still lurking)