Why Me?! 3/17/05

It was the beginning of my freshman year in high school, and I was coming from a private school so I didn't know many people. Since I didn't know a lot of people, I decided to be a cheerleader because I used to be a gymnast and I know how to tumble. It was the first pep rally, and since I can tumble, I had to go out before any of the other cheerleaders and do flips (round-off, back handspring, back tuck). So, I did it, but I over-rotated and landed weird and fell flat on my butt. To make things worse, it was in front of more than half the school! Everyone started laughing, and I still had to get up after that and finish my routine. Now everyone at school knows me, but they know me as the girl who fell on her butt at the pep-rally.

-Kristen, West Palm, FL