Cultural Site Visit

I have not yet interviewed anyone in the subculture of cheerleading. When I come to interview some of the cheerleaders I plan on asking them if they cheer because they like it or just for the name of being a cheerleader. I would also probably ask them if it is hard to keep up with their academics with all the practices and games that they have. Another question that would come to mind would be to ask them about why they do some of the things they do. With being an insider I could answer all these questions, but to get a wider understanding of my subculture I plan on getting different opinions on these questions. When doing my subculture I do not plan to do a lot of interviewing since I am already an insider, but I plan on doing a lot of observing of the practices and games. I have been attending cheer practices and games since the beginning of the school year and never really thought about observing my own subculture. When being an insider to your subculture you do not really get to think about why you do some of the things you do. This is why I plan on observing my own subculture by trying to look at it through a different perspective. Though most my thoughts of the subculture will come from observation, I plan on doing some research on the web about cheerleaders and how they are looked at by others. Some other research that I will do will be from magazine articles. For my subculture I do not think I can do much academic research. Most of the research I will find will be based on opinions, beliefs, and ideas. If I did an academic research on cheerleaders I would have to find some statistics on them.