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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seen or was I imagining things? How on earth was I going to find Minnie! I was flailing my arms and legs in an attempt to warm p‚ my eyes desperately scanning the large swimming pool. I could make out the vague shapes of the large deck chairs‚ but no sign of Minnie. I took a deep breath and dived towards the bottom of the pool. Just an hour ago‚ life was a smooth sail‚ as mundane as any other weekend in cold Matheran. My family and friends had come to our bungalow for a nice relaxing holiday after
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My Pool Keeper The story I chose was Lifeguard by Barbara Scott‚ I think that I can relate to this story the most out of the 3 I had chosen to read. And it has more meaning to the story then just what’s written. It has more internal problems with the two main characters‚ Chris and Mike as they both are facing their own family events. The 3 things I chose to speak about were the symbols‚ theme and my personal connections to/of the story. After the seminar and hearing what other people
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Like many other boys‚ I love to swim. Since the age of five‚ I have spent many summer days in the YMCA pool. When I was 13 years old‚ I desired something more challenging than casual swimming‚ so I joined the high school development team for the Badger Swim Club. On the first day‚ all the team members dived into the water as soon as the coach gave the order. I was the only one who jumped in. After a few laps‚ I was far behind all the others. Although I was trying to catch up‚ I was out of breath
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leap year fell three days after Friday‚ what day of the week will dawn on November 22? (1) Saturday (2) Sunday (3) Thursday (4) None of these Q.10) The radius of the pool in a South Delhi Club is twice the radius of the pool in a North Delhi Club. The area of the pool in South Delhi Club is how many times the area of pool in the North Delhi Club? 1 1 (2) (1) 4 2 (3) 2 (4) 4 1 % expressed as a decimal fraction? 2 (1) 0.5 (2) 0.05 (3) 0.005 (4) 0.0005 Q.11) How is Q.12) A circle is
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If we take a look at the main character Darla‚ we discover that she is Jon’s girlfriend. She is a young woman in her twenties and a bit older than Mandy and Trover. Darla is quite shy‚ and she doesn’t feel like showing herself in a swimsuit in front of the others: ””A little later‚” she said‚ knowing that she wouldn’t‚ that she hated others seeing her in her swimsuit.” (ll.60-62). She is described as being slim and caring about her body‚ and what she puts in it: ”She thought of the bright packages
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go to Wild Water West. Who`s all going? Everyone is going it`s your birthday! Finally‚ we got there and everyone instantly split up. Mija and I went off‚ Rayna went with my dad and the boys left together. Me and Mija went to the wavy pool‚ and I almost drowned. The enormous waves were taking me and other little kids around me down it felt like water was getting in my nose. When Mija found me she asked what happened I told her “I almost died”. Then‚ we laughed and went
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