seventh place swim; I need that daily reminder of my imperfection. I need that seventh place. Two years ago‚ I joined the no-cut swim team. That winter‚ my coach unexpectedly assigned me to swim the 500 freestyle. After stressing for hours about swimming 20 laps in a competition‚ I mounted the blocks‚ took my mark‚ and swam. Around lap 14‚ I looked around at the other lanes and did not see anyone. “I must be winning!” I thought to myself. However‚ as I finally completed my race and lifted my arms
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Human Rights Essay Human Rights plays a role in everyone’s life‚ but not everyone realizes it. It’s involved in every comment you make that includes someone different. Every near discriminatory “joke” you say. It affects people‚ even if it doesn’t affect you. Human rights means being able to hold hands with the person you love‚ work where you’re qualified to work without your skin color or sexual orientation being the reason you can’t; it means having the right to be human‚ making choices and
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instead of taking the risk of plunging into the water‚ we take elaborate steps in studying about all aspects of swimming‚ theorizing about it and then carefully testing things out‚ we would probably never get to the actual process of swimming. Even if we do learn to swim in this way‚ the ability obtained thus can never match a person who learned to swim naturally. Furthermore‚ the joy of swimming freely is vastly greater than that of doing it with measured strokes only. I remember the period just prior
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A Narative Essay Name: Carmela E. Buiquil Section: BC 12-JJ Date: January 7‚ 2013 No. of Words: 1‚000 Believe Was there a time wherein you experienced something so difficult but you still got through with it? For instance‚ you failed the exam that you really worked for and anger feds you up because of those sleepless nights. The teacher gave you a second chance but instead of crying‚ you worked twice as hard and finally you got what you wanted. You have been diagnosed of cancer and other people
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parallel fears of water and swimming from childhood to adulthood and of overcoming‚ slowly but surely‚ a seemingly trivial act. The imagery and memory of water‚ specifically‚ is a key theme throughout the story. Mistry writes of the symbolism and meaning of water for the character in a philosophical way through self-exploring questions and recollections. The thought and discussion of taking swimming lessons as an adult gives an opening to memories of attempted swimming lessons and the importance
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HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights plays a role in everyone’s life‚ but not everyone realizes it. It’s involved in every comment you make that includes someone different. Every near discriminatory “joke” you say. It affects people‚ even if it doesn’t affect you. Human rights means being able to hold hands with the person you love‚ work where you’re qualified to work without your skin color or sexual orientation being the reason you can’t; it means having the right to be human‚ making choices and mistakes
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Take home points 1) Concepts for rehabilitation after surgery are similar to any other shoulder injury‚ but a greater understanding for the specific procedure is required. 2) Aggressive training in non-surgerized areas of the body is possible so long as the injured area is not placed at risk. 3) Rapid return to the water‚ even if the arm is not used‚ is the most important goal of the process Surgery is one of the worst fates for a swimmer. In many cases surgery is avoidable‚ but that is a separate
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Another reason why I hate snow is because I am a shoe fanatic. I can never wear nice shoes in the snow or else they will get ruined. Also‚ you cannot get frostbite from being warm. Who doesn’t love to always have their shirt off showing what they got? Swimming has been one of my all time favorite things to do. Back home in California I use to
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In this paper I will writing about my scores from freshmen scores and my sophomore scores. I will be explaining why the scores went up‚ went down or why they stays the same. My scores for superman and wall sit were the same both years which 5 minutes each because when I was at home I practice both of them until I got good at them. My 9th grade baseline score for the 12 minute run was 2100 and my post score was 2100 also. This was because I had soccer and gym at the same time and soccer helped me
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The Path to Success for a spy Success is a golden pathway that‚ with luck and hard work‚ few people will get chance to walk on. In the novel‚ The Recruit‚ Robert Macamore describes that in order to be successful; a person must be a problem solver and work collaboratively with others to achieve goals. The main character of the book‚ James‚ tries very hard to succeed‚ and he never gives up. He attempts to reach his dreams and goals to obtain the highest level in the Cherub (spy organization). The
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