I guess I’ll be the dissenter here. I’m just not sure why a crippled girl couldn’t be a cheerleader. There’s nothing in the article to indicate that this is competitive cheerleading. This girl is equally capable as anyone else of sitting on the sidelines and doing her part to fire up the crowd.
Requiring a crippled girl to do jumps and kicks to make a high school cheerleading squad strikes me as quite unreasonable.
A bullhorn and duct tape would do nicely.
>>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.