New York City Lifeguard Research Paper

Well it’s the the Fourth of July, and its my first day as a official New York City lifeguard. A bunch of determination and training brought me to this day. It all started when my Dad said I couldn’t pass the NYC lifeguard swim test. I said I was happy with the job I have and liked the group of people I worked with, I loved the camaraderie. But after looking up the requirements and salary, I made up my mind that I’m going to prove my dad wrong. I began to train for the fifty yard qualifying swim test that had to be done in thirty five seconds. I was always competitive but never joined a swim team, but instead played volleyball, bowling, and baseball for Lawrence High School. As I was training, my fastest time was thirty two seconds, that not being well enough for …show more content…
After passing the qualifying test I moved on to the municipal lifeguard training program; which is a forty hour training course, a CPR course, and a written test. The hardest part of the program is the final swimming test; to qualify for a pool assignment, candidates must be able to swim 440 yards in 7 minutes and 40 seconds, or 6 minutes and 40 seconds to qualify for a beach assignment. Though out this whole process family and friends are making bets on the outcome. But I knew what the outcome was going to be, I was determined, all that training boiled down to that one moment. Walking to Penn Station I let out a sigh of relief, and hopped on the LIRR to go home. When I got home I told everyone the great news that I passed for beach assignment. At that moment I proved that determination, courage, and persistence paves the way for great accomplishments. Fast forward to the Fourth of July and I'm in Cliff Camp. In Cliff Camp all the new recruits train for two weeks, doing CPR, rescues, and watching the water with a senior lifeguard. During this time I stayed with my Grandma and for my one day off a week I took the Q22 bus home to go to the beach with my