Definition Essay-Defining Water

What is water? Water is a colorless substance that humans can’t live with out. Water is an essential ingredient for human existence. This is how most humans would describe water, but when it comes to me; I describe water as my second home. When I was younger I would spend a lot of my time at my grandparents condo in Florida. The community they lived in had a huge swimming pool that I would go to every time I visited them, I would spend hours playing in the pool and my grandparents would have to drag me out of the pool when it was time to go home. One day when I was there I met this girl who was much much older then me, I was about two or three years old at this time and she was probably about fifteen or so. She showed me how to go under water …show more content…
That is three time the national rate, and every year about 300 toddlers drown in residential swimming pools; overall, more than 800 children ages 14 and under die from drowning, and more than 4,000 go to the emergency room after near-drowning incidents.” I believe these are unacceptable numbers, this is why I spend my summers working at my local pool as a Lifeguard and a swim instructor. Not only do I get to help make sure the waters are safe but I also get to teach kids of all ages how to do what I love, and that is swimming. Aside from teaching kids how to swim I also get to teach the how to be safe around the water and what to do if them or someone they knows gets into trouble in or around the water. I have had the privilege to have this job for the last two years now and I can honestly say that there is no better feeling then teaching a child how to swim, and knowing that when they encounter water, weather it be a pool or the ocean and you know that they will be safe because you taught them how to be safe in and around the water. Last year on a hot summer day the pool was at maximum capacity and myself and two other guards were up in the