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    Terrance Parkin

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    Deaf children in Zimbabwe so the Parkin’s‚ and then three-year old Terence‚ decided to move to Durban. There Terence found himself knee-deep in the stuff he liked best‚ water. Terence Parkin: “I just love swimming‚ I enjoy it so much. I actually enjoy the feeling of getting tired from swimming.” Terence was forced out into a world of complete silence‚ but because it was the only world he knew‚ Terence immersed himself in it and would soon turn his isolation into an advantage. Terence first began

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    Life as Fish

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    Life as a Fish One of the most unique creatures are fish. As I am sitting here in my room‚ my fish are swimming about with not a care in the world. I wonder what it would feel like to be a fish. I’m swimming about and see eight other fish swim around me. The thermometer reads 72 degree Fahrenheit‚ but the cold water suits me just fine. There are white‚ black‚ and gray pebbles all over the bottom of the tank which collects the deserted food particles. I accidentally suck

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    never forget them. Such an event happened in my life. I shall never forget it. My skill in swimming I have learnt swimming very early in life. Our house is very near the Ganga. I regularly bathe in the Ganga. During my bath I spend sometime in swimming. I can swim even when the Ganga is very rough. Thus I may say that I am an expert swimmer. The memorable event has something to do with my skill in swimming. The memorable event It was the month of August. The Ganga was almost full to the brim

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    Stotan! Book Summary The book‚ Stotan!‚ is about a swimming team who went to state last year and did not do good at the swim meet. Because the team didn’t do good their coach holds something called a Stotan week at the school pool‚ all the swimmers sign up not knowing anything about Stotan week. When stotan week come around they are pushed to the very best they can do with little rest in between. The team is worked so hard that by the end of the week they are noticeably strings and their muscles

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    The Chase Short Story

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    it is the first day of summer. It is the day my friends and I waited for all winter‚ opening season for swimming. Each day my friends and I took the long anticipated walk to the local swimming area “Lake Sona Vista”. This was the recreation area the black families who lived in Hartsville‚ South Carolina used for recreational family get together (cookout‚ family reunions‚ parties‚ and swimming). On the park’s grounds there was a clubhouse made of grey brick blocks. The house‚ or should I say clubhouse

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    A Golden Moment

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    Michael Phelps define that Olympics‚ he defined and showcased the sport of swimming‚ and revealed the sport of swimming to society in a way that was never before experienced. This paper will not so much focus on what exactly Michael Phelps accomplished at the 2008 Beijing games( not to downplay arguably one of the greatest performances in the history of sports)‚ but more in-depth into what that moment meant for the future of swimming and how Americans viewed the sport. Usain Bolts domination on the track

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    are able to create an illusion of success by ensuring that at least the average achievement is acceptable. The duck was superbly gifted at swimming‚ so much so that he was even a better swimmer than his own teacher. With proper care and attention‚ the duck could’ve been a leading innovator and pioneer at swimming. Instead of focusing on his adroitness in swimming‚ the school’s system instead scrutinized his less than average ability in running. He was persecuted for his inability to run well to the

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    It was my first day of practice for high school swimming. There I was- a scrawny freshman‚ idolizing these upperclassmen who towered above me. Being the only freshman in my class‚ my coach had me train alongside these giants. I remember the countless morning practices‚ which always involved grueling endurance sets‚ where my teammates lapped me constantly while I struggled to make the intervals; feeling disappointed in myself‚ but determined to continue working hard in order to catch up to my teammates

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    The Swimmer Metaphor

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    In the short story “The Swimmer”‚ John Cheever wrote the story as a metaphor for life. Cheever basically stating that your time here on earth is short; don’t waste your time. Neddy spends his time chasing a social life‚ alcohol‚ and a mistress. As Neddy takes his journey across the county why does it take so long for him to realize that his life isn’t what he thought it was? Did he waste his time while on his journey? Through his journey Neddy took glass after glass of alcohol and that’s what made

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    “The Swimmer”‚ a well-positioned man named Neddy goes on a long journey passing different periods of his time swimming from pool to pool. John Cheever symbolically expresses the stages of alcoholism‚ its effects‚ as well as how alcoholism destroyed Neddy’s life‚ family‚ friends‚ and social standing. The Narrator in “The Swimmer” displays Neddy’s life as moments of events of him swimming from pool to pool all over the country. Neddy started his journey being strong‚ and active feeling content with

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