>>Requiring a crippled girl to do jumps and kicks to make a high school cheerleading squad strikes me as quite unreasonable.<<
I’ll bet you think it is unreasonable to require a cab driver to be able to see as well.
Or do you think the Cheerleading squad should make up a special position for “uncoordinated” people that want to join.
You need to reread your own post and compare to the attitudes on DU. I can only assume you are trying to spice up the thread. And yes, I’ve thought about it. It is TOTALLY reasonable to require members of the cheer leading squad to be able to do the things they are expected to do.
let us hope they just forgot to add the /sarc (end sarcasm) tag.
It was clearly obvious she wasn’t making the squad. She has been watching too much “Glee”.
However in saying that. A kid with no arms and no legs tried out for the cheerleading squad. Think about that. She needed a routine. She needed an outfit. She needed choreography.
Everyone here makes it out to be, she showed up and was expected to be put on the team because she... Well, has no arms or legs. I give the kid credit. She made an attempt to do something with her life instead of gathering dust. That takes a special kind of person. Imagine what she could do if she didn’t have a disability. This is a kid I would want on my side.
It’s the parents who are complete a$$clowns for suing.
I do not.
Or do you think the Cheerleading squad should make up a special position for “uncoordinated” people that want to join.
Again, since we're not dealing with competitive cheerleading, I don't see what coordination has to do with being on a cheer squad. In fact, because of the risk of serious injury/death, I'd go so far as to say that non-competitive high school cheer squads shouldn't be doing the types of stunts that require athletic ability beyond that which this girl possesses. But that's neither here nor there. Other girls can continue to do pyramids and flips.
This is high school cheerleading, for goodness sakes. She is required to hold up a sign that says "GO TEAM" and wave pom poms. She can do this. Comparisons to flying planes and driving taxis and being in the NBA are asinine.
It is TOTALLY reasonable to require members of the cheer leading squad to be able to do the things they are expected to do.
Yeah. Like hold up a sign and cheer when the team scores a touchdown. Check and check.