You Can't Make this stuff up: Armless, legless girl and wants to cheerlead

Ty Cobb does not care.

 

Cheerleading is more about leading cheers at this point or else there wouldn't be cheerleading competitions.

 

There is no reason the kid with the learning disability can't take part in National Honor Society activities, either. But there are simply people who are better qualified.

The same goes for this girl. Can she do at least some of the activities asked fo the cheerleaders at this school? Sure. But not all and not as well as the people who beat her out.

 

Exactly. Along a similar note, let's say an able-bodied girl gets cut so this one can be put on the team. How much do you wanna bet the able-bodied girl and her parents sue?

 

As they should. Competition is part of life. It is sad that this girl's handicap held her back in this competition, but at some point in life she is going to have to start dealing with that.

 

I bet having this girl out on the sidelines helping to lead cheers for the team would gain more support and supporters than any of the other girls cut.

 

So, the able-bodied girl who beat her out deserves to lose her spot?

 

If she takes a spot from somebody who is more capable? Yes.

 

Is there a hard-fast number of cheerleaders allowed on a squad?

 

I think the real problem is the only letter she'll be able to spell out with her body during the cheerleading is "I".

 

I'm going off the assumption that they had to cut to a certain number and she didn't make it. That's how it sounds in the story.

 

Keep her on the team and cut 100 others and they can all bolster their egos by telling their friends they would have made the squad if they didn't have to keep the girl in the wheelchair.

Win-win.