still wandering its earnest‚ four-foot-wide way through the meadow‚ which was spongy underfoot with the gray-green‚ dead-alive promise of what would soon be grass. The rocks had not been harmed‚ we noted with satisfaction‚ and the pool beside the willow was still a pool‚ despite what must have been a temptation to go and join the sea. But the grass along the edges‚ and along the upper bank--the tough‚ fibrous evergreen grass that seemed to defy everything in its turn--was lying flat in its place‚
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felt really nervous during my first swim meet‚ but I also remembered that both my swim meet and being part of my swim team has taught me a lot of valuable life lessons. These valuable lessons can apply to my everyday life‚ even when I’m away from the pool. These valuable life lessons are the main reason why my first swim meet is so important to me. My first swim was full of many new sights to see and sounds to hear. There were hundreds of swimmers present‚ all looking for a chance to show the audience
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The First Time I went off the High Dive I remember day after day going to swimming lessons in the summer of 2002 at the Mount Vernon pool. Almost every day I walked by the ladder that seemed to go on forever. I used to sit on the pools edge and watch the older kids do flips and other cool tricks off of the high dive. Many times I had gotten half way up the ladder but couldn’t bring myself to go all the way up. For a seven year old going off the high dive was like a right of passage and a way to
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ride most of the smaller rides there. Finally‚ it was time for the water park‚ the part that I was waiting for the most. We went through the long tunnel and reached the Hurricane Harbor. I saw that the whole place was filled with water slides and pools. My cousins and I changed
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playing it—the celebrity dead pool. Celebrity dead pools are where fantasy sports leagues meet pop culture. The concept is simple. At the beginning of the year‚ you pick a slate of celebrities‚ usually ten; that you think will die within that calendar year. If one of your
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things that of course you should already know and the main thing is swimming‚ and luckily for me I love to swim with a deep passion. When becoming a lifeguard the main thing that you are taught is discipline. A lifeguard who never watches the pool never check pool chemistry
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to ideas of identity and belonging Although only 14 minutes in length‚ Two Bob Mermaid explores Koorine’s (Carrie Prosser) struggle as a young fair skinned Koori girl growing up in a country town in 1957. Set largely in the public swimming pool that Aboriginal people are prohibited from using‚ Koorine desperately wants to enter the ‘million dollar mermaid’ swimming contest and can because she ‘looks white’ and hasn’t revealed her heritage. Her mother (Tessa Leahy) scoffs at Korrine’s dreams
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and darkness until a goat named Ozai woke from a deep slumber to find a pool. The pool of Time. He knew that if found this pool and drank from it he would be able to bring life to the barren land. The pool was high up in a chasm in the great mountain‚ so Ozai climbed 4 sunless days and 4 cloudless nights. Ozai found the pool in a case of ice. In an urge for the pool’s waters he butt his head on the mountain to open the pool. The mountain shook and sparks flew‚ ice cracked and melted away releasing
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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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see through. The edge of the pool was closer after every stroke. My opponents were rushing down the lanes to gain victory. The crowds erupted in cheers and applause. Their sea of smiles motivated me to finish the race. The mechanics and the precise turns regulated in swimming were crucial to these few short seconds. As I came close to my final strokes‚ my stomach started twisting and my heart beat began to rise. I stretched my arms and reached for the edge of the pool. This marked the end of the race
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