work. My ability to swim also got me a job as a lifeguard‚ which is the best job that I could hope for. All that I have to do is sit in a chair and watch kids swim for a short amount of time‚ then I go on break‚ which is basically going off the diving board. When I was young‚ my mom brought me to the pool nearly every day due to the fact that she had once been a lifeguard and state diver. These are the best memories that I have of my childhood. My mom had me on swim teams since I was four and
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In “Diving Into The Wreck”‚ Rich’s well crafted imagery and use of an extended metaphor helps to develop a powerful theme. In this poem‚ Rich suggests once people go through a traumatic experience they tend to hide behind a false memory they create in order to protect themselves. In order for people to completely heal themselves‚ they must be willing to go back into the memories they have suppressed. By taking this journey‚ they can reclaim what beauty was lost and put to rest the damage that
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beginning of the story‚ Jerry meets the native boys‚ who show him the tunnel. The native boys see one of the older boys swim deep under the water and come up on the other side of a big rock. That started a whole rally and soon all the native boys were diving under the water and swimming through the tunnel. Jerry tries to dive down with the boys but he simply cannot hold his breath that long. “And now‚ in a panic of failure‚ he yelled up‚ in English‚ ‘Look at me! Look!’ and he began splashing and kicking
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countless souls know what it takes to feed the family everyday. The short Novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ gives a great rundown of the Indegene culture the main character (Kino) lived in. Kino is a poor pearl diver who lives in a small native Mexican village‚ by the name of La Paz. Steinbeck provides various examples how Kino’s surrounding culture kept their family’s going. It is shown through pearl diving‚ religion‚ lifestyle and their poor village. As was stated earlier‚ nowadays life
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We traveled around the island‚ bought some souvenirs‚ and most importantly took a lot of pictures. We had lunch at one of the small restaurant by the sea. The food was very delicious and fresh especially seafood. Then‚ my mother and I wanted to try diving‚ so we did. We saw a lot of spectacular fish and those beautiful coral reeves. I had a very great time under the sea. My father and my sister were scared to dive‚ so they just walked around the beach. After that‚ we went back to our resort because
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to catch up‚ I was out of breath. To make things worse‚ the coach was constantly correcting my technique. From my stroke to my flip turn to my dive‚ nothing I did seemed right to him. The entire first week‚ I was stuck with the coach to work on my diving. He kept repeating that I should dive with my head instead of my whole body. While my body and my mind told me‚ "Quit! Quit!" in my heart‚ I felt that quitting was not the right response. I wanted to become as good a swimmer as my teammates. So I
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leader to thoughtlessly slanders others. In Roosevelt’s speech to Congress after the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Roosevelt effectively portrayed the Japanese as deceitful‚ scheming liars (of course‚ he states this in a more professional manner). This was in response to the fact that the Japanese were clearly lying about their hopes for peace to remain between the two nations‚ and their following decision to bomb Pearl Harbor. When the president describes the attack‚ he states that the U.S. was “suddenly and
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December 7th‚ 1941‚ a date which will live in infamy." Those are the words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Those words will be eternally repeated when discussing the topic of Pearl Harbor. The words contained in this speech show his utter disdain pertaining to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The purpose of President Roosevelt’s "Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation" was to educate the nation on what had happened on December 7th. He also wanted to justify his reasons for needing to go to war with the Empire
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Learning To Swim For the First Time Swimming is one of my favorite sports. Swimming is one of the best pastimes that people have Learning how to swim is indeed very exciting. People said to be much easier when teaching a young child under the age of five. Swimming is exciting‚ good experience and good for health. First of all‚ swimming is exciting for several reasons. Swimming is exciting because it is completely different from any other sports out there. Swimming is also exciting because of
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It was about 10:00 and it was time for our free period when we were allowed to go down the slides‚ the diving boards‚ or just swim on our own. Three of my buddies said they were going to go off the high dive‚ I was too shy to speak up about being afraid. I knew it was too little too late now I had to face my fears and just jump. We got in line‚ and it was
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