At my school, the cheerleaders would decorate the football players' houses on game days. A friend of mine, who had done dance and gymnastics since she was little, joined the cheerleading squad because her guidance counselor told her that her college applications needed to show that she was more involved in school activities. She was probably one of the best athletes on the squad, but they all shunned her because she wouldn't do stuff like decorate football players' houses on game days.

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Oh?

There weren't rally girls in my high school,just cheerleaders, but they covered the girls' teams as well.

Why wouldn't she decorate with the rest of the squad, Hil?

Why wouldn't she decorate with the rest of the squad, Hil?

She thought it was dumb, and most of the football players were the same kids who'd been bullying her and her friends since kindergarten. She'd signed up to cheer, and she would go to all the practices and all the games and do her best, but she wouldn't do the extra stuff that she thought was more about popularity than about sports.

There weren't rally girls in my high school,just cheerleaders, but they covered the girls' teams as well.

Really? That's cool! I shouldn't make assumptions, because they always make an ass out of my umptions.

In middle school, I was a cheerleader for the girls basketball and soccer teams.

In middle school, I was a cheerleader for the girls basketball and soccer teams.

That is so much cooler than the schools around here. Really.

I think one of the reasons I've been slow to get into FNL despite the good press is just plain not getting high school sports in the US. Not that we weren't sport crazy in Jamaica, but it was just different. And never mind England, where we really didn't care about sports at all. I played hockey for the school for 3 or 4 years, and we sucked so hard. At a trust rally/tournament thing, we were in second to last place, and some chick from another school commented snottily on it, and Ruth just said "Yes, but we get more girls into Oxbridge than you do."

Shut snotty chick right up, because if there's one thing that's true about the Girl's Public Day School Trust (or was then)--they're not trying to make you well rounded. They're trying to get you into the top universities through your grades and your grades alone. Maybe also your charity work, of which we did a lot.

eta: flights booked to JFK. Damn, the hotel guy made it sound like there's no sense public transporting it into the UES. We can hop on a SuperShuttle there, maybe? Looks like that might cost both of us just a little less than their cab estimate of $40.

These cookies are GOOD. They're like the Stella D'oro Swiss Fudge cookies -- almondy shortbread cookies with fudge on top. I haven't made the fudge part yet, but the cookie part is really good. And the cookie press is fun, but I think it'll be a pain to clean.