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Single Team Essay

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A roaring sea of red and white as far as the eye can see. A stadium filled to the brim with cheering fans. The rumble of the crowd as they cheer on their favorite team. This is a UW Madison Badgers game.
Attending the same small district school since senior kindergarten, where elementary, middle, and high school all fit into one singular building, my class sizes have always been relatively small, never composed of more than about 65 students at a time. Having such a small student body means that the stands at football games, soccer games, or any other sporting events are never very full. You can expect maybe about twenty students to show up at most to a single game. School spirit is not something our small school excels at. Never truly experiencing …show more content…

UW Madison is the opposite. It is a relatively large school with thousands of students that is yet somehow closely woven into its community where people are supportive of each other and proud to be a part of something larger than themselves. These people all come together to support a single team. In doing so, they not only show dedication to this team but to one another. People do not show up to these games simply for the purpose of rooting on one team, but to be a part a great community. Showing their support for each other and bonding over a sporting event is a long-honored tradition kept up by many and treasured for its simplicity yet nonetheless effectiveness in bonding individuals together. I yearn to feel what this type of support and pride must feel like, and how it must feel to be a part of such an inclusive, diverse community of individuals.
Students at UW Madison not only show their pride in their school at sporting events, but in their academics and extracurriculars as well. In a place where students are so supportive of each other and root for each other, there is no doubt that this translates over to the academic atmosphere as well. Madison offers an academic environment where students and staff alike support and encourage each other to do the best they possibly can. A supportive academic environment is pivotal to success and Madison has a great

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