you’ll discover more than a job - you’ll enjoy a career with a future and the opportunity to make a big difference in the lives of those around you! YMCA Lifeguard Job Description & Responsibilities A lifeguard is responsible for ensuring every swimmer’ safety and well being in swimming environments such as public pools and beaches. To be a YMCA lifeguard‚ first and foremost‚ you must be a good swimmer and have high sense of
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When I reflect on my past summer‚ I realize that embracing the chance to become a lifeguard meant refusing to be complacent and challenging myself to try something new. My overall experience this summer was eye-opening. I felt empowered by how I could use my skills to help to other people and eventually overcome my fear of failure. Although I succeeded in becoming a lifeguard‚ I realized I had to work hard and In addition‚ maintaining a job required me to make more mature decisions
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bay. They floated on their backs. They floated slowly towards the ocean‚ picking up speed once they were in the aisle between the two wharves that split the beach. "No‚ you’re not." Three lifeguards were on the double wharf. One sat relaxed in the chair strategically placed to see both sides at once. Two lifeguards stood at the far end‚ one on each wharf‚ beside the ocean‚ ready to jump in the ocean at a moment’s notice. "Mom‚ I’m 12 now. Everybody does this‚" the girl pleaded. More people crowded
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Updike A&P Questions and Answers 1). A). The setting in a real store A&P. He describes the scene in the store and lists where all the foods are on the isles. He goes into great detail to list every single moment of action‚ what the characters are doing‚ how they are walking‚ their facial expressions‚ and their demeanor. He goes to great length in capturing even the smallest details. B). His description of the scene makes the story believable. It actually places you in the scene. Updike uses phrases
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Summer by David Updike King Solomon wrote wisely‚ and later was wisely paraphrased by the folk band “The Byrds”‚ “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven...” (Ecclesiastes 3:1‚8). Seasons often represent the periods of a person’s life; birth‚ youth‚ age and death. In the short story “Summer” by David Updike‚ the lake provides an eternal and unchanging witness to Homer’s transition from season to season and from boy to man. In the beginning we find the family and
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According to water safety experts and lifeguards‚ people‚ who don’t know how to swim‚ or who can’t swim well should never swim alone at an unguarded beach. Selected Answer: b. Remove the comma after people Answers: a. Remove the comma after lifeguards b. Remove the comma after people c. Remove the comma after people and the comma after swim d. Remove the comma after swim and add a comma after well Question 2 "I don’t like to see people who are in positions of power being mean to those around them
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“The girls‚ and who’d blame them‚ are in a hurry to get out‚ so i say ‘I quit’ to Lengel quick enough for them to hear‚ hoping they’ll stop and watch me‚ their unsuspected hero.” (Updike‚ 18) The quote illustrates how impulsive Sammy was by sticking up for Queenie immediately after the manager embarrassed her by commenting on their attire. As the girls are walking out of the store Sammy wanted them to hear his heroic act before leaving in hopes to attract Queenie. Sammy believed that quitting his
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A & P A & P is a short story written by the American writer John Updike. Considered one of the best authors in American history‚ Updike’s stories are known for their “accurate descriptions of the details and concerns of modern America”. This short story in particular focuses on a nineteen year old boy named Sammy who is working in an A & P in a small town during the summer of 1960. A group of three girls come into the store dressed only in their bathing suits. Through Sammy’s narration we see
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The short piece of fiction‚ A&P by Updike was a very interesting read that conveyed a lot of information and ideas about society to think about in very few words. The events that transpire occur in a common place‚ the grocery store‚ yet these event could have taken place just about anywhere similar to the grocery store and had the same impact. It is the way the author describes the characters and their actions that carry the message. The author uses Sammy to give the reader all the information about
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Journal Entry #1 “Summer” by David Updike 440 Words Summary David Updike’s story “Summer” describes one summer holiday of a boy named Homer. He is faced with the external conflict on an unrequited love. Homer‚ the protagonist‚ is spending the summer at his best friend‚ Fred’s home near the lake. The summer‚ for the most‚ followed the usual flow of ‘athletic and boyhood fulfillment” (para 11) for Homer and Fred. There were the tennis matches and hiking‚ the alcohol and hanging out late at night
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