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    Should there be a lifeguard at the pool? I think that there should always be a lifeguard at a pool‚if there was not one at a pool what would happen?I think that because you could drown very quickly by falling in or losing oxygen. You might ask‚” Well how could you lose oxygen while swimming?” You could be swimming and water could fill your lungs and you would lose oxygen. You could also fall into the pool if someone accidentally bumps into you and you might not be able to save yourself.This is

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    Leaping off the lifeguard stand into the coarse sand‚ I raced into the water to help a struggling swimmer in need. Becoming a lifeguard was no easy task‚ I was challenged throughout training and earned my position. I grew as a person along the way and learned essential personal and career skills that would help me throughout my adult years. Prior to lifeguard training‚ life was simple. I didn’t know how to fill out a check‚ nor did I need to. Deadlines and time management were foreign to me. Removing

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    An amazing Lifeguard Beach lovers you need a strong lifeguard‚ on who could love the beach and be your hero your savior‚This man is poseidon‚Poseidon should be a lifeguard because he is powerful‚ protective and crime fighting‚and already king of the sea so therefor with him being a lifeguard he can control the whole beach/sea.. One important reason that Poseidon is suited to be a lifeguard because he’s used to be by the ocean and controlling it and Protecting People.From a young age Poseidon has

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    Conformity: Sammy Quits to Rеjеct thе Amеrican Drеam In thе short story‚ “A & P‚” by John Updikе. This Story takеs placе in 1961‚ in a small Nеw еngland town’s A&P grocеry storе.Thе main charactеr Sammy is a young man who works at thе local grocеry storе callеd A & P. Hе finds himsеlf fascinatеd by a particular group of girls. From thе bеach and still in thеir bathing suits. Nеxt‚ hе dеscribеs thе storе‚ its location‚ and its atmosphеrе which givеs a look into thе community’s valuеs and how diffеrеnt

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    socially fifty or more years ago. Society gives us two choices: to conform or to rebel and escape from society’ restrictions. In the short story “A&P” the author‚ John Updike‚ shoes that growing up is a mixture of being rebellious‚ discovering maturity and the search and desire for individuality. Sammy‚ the first-person narrator and main character of “A&P”‚ quits his job for the reason that he seeks to rise above others’ expectations and find himself a career he sees as worthy and sophisticated because

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    college‚ I worked at a Girl Scout camp as a lifeguard. It was one of my favorite jobs I ever‚ but sometimes it was also difficult. During my second summer‚ I received feedback from the Head Lifeguard‚ Hank‚ that challenged me as a lifeguard and personally. Every day‚ I delivered waterfront rules to the campers that came down to swim. Providing the rules and ensuring the campers understood them made sure that the campers stayed safe and that my fellow lifeguards and I would not need to use our training

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    (teenagers) will tear someone else down in hopes of building ourselves up. One thing that has remained constant over time is the way teenagers highlight each other’s physical features‚ as well as how insecure they are about their own. The short story “A&P” exemplifies the way humans observe the female body. In this piece three girls come to shop at a grocery store wearing nothing but bathing suits. The narrator illustrates an image of each the girls‚ portraying everything from the bone structure in their

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    A Lifeguard Saved Two Kids From Drowning. The Mother’s Response Will Sicken You. Never judge a hero by his tattoos. A lifeguard‚ Mike‚ was working a night shift one night in Orange County‚ California at Newport Beach‚ observed a boy and a girl that were out swimming near a danger zone‚ as Mike was going towards then to inform them that was not a safe spot for them to be‚ a rip swept them away before Mike could get to them. Mike rush towards them‚ pulled them out of the water. As soon as the kids

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    Spartacus Educational’s article on Frieda Lawrence was not officially published until 1997. Consequently John Updike’s story “A&P” was not directly influenced by Frieda Lawrence’s life due to its publishing time difference. Frieda who lived from 1879 to 1956 was one of the many women who sparked the sexual revolution‚ although she never quite finished it due to her primitive death. The revolution continued by the women she influenced. Her life consisted of breaking boundaries set for women at her

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    The 4 P’S of Hooters The first Hooters opened April 1st‚ 1983 in Clearwater‚ Florida. Six fun-loving businessmen with roots in the Midwest and with no experience in the foodservice business were opening doors to a restaurant with an owl logo‚ chicken wings as the featured item‚ and girls in orange shorts. Hooters is running at full speed with restaurants opening throughout the Sunbelt‚ the Rockies‚ the Eastern Seaboard‚ the beautiful Canadian country with expansion plans for the entire U.S.

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