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come back up. This is not like how many people see drowning. The reality of it is grim. I saw this first hand at a children 's pool party a year ago. I sat on the life guards ' chair, eyes flicking over the twenty some children and a rescue tube across my knees. There was a small child I noticed seemed to be a weak swimmer. They doggy paddled around the edge of the pool, panting and fighting to keep up with the other children. I asked if they needed a life jacket, but the parent told me they…

The Art of Swimming Lessons Trying a new activity for the first time can be challenging as well as a frightening experience. In our complex that we lived in at the time with many other families and children of the same age as me was an outdoor swimming pool, smack dab in the centre of houses. You couldn’t avoid it, its crystal waters gleaming at your through the fence that surrounded the pool. I enjoyed being in the water; that wasn’t the issue, the problem I faced was the deep, ominous depths…

will provide locals with two new water features this summer, a community pool and “spray and play park.” These two projects happened separately, but combined they will give people two new ways to cool off during the heat of summer. Community pool In the fall of 2015, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville reached out to Edwardsville Mayor Hal Patton about the city’s interest in taking over Cougar Lake Pool. The outdoor pool, located at 88 Recreation Drive at SIU Edwardsville, had seen a…

variety of inflatable water parks which are comfortable and affordable. Then children can enjoy the healthy outdoor games every week in the back yard, and their parents manage to throw the worries about high-priced tickets and the harmful chemicals in pools. 1. So what is an inflatable water slide park? Inflatable water slides are huge soft elastic toys made for a family or a group of people. Commonly, they are made of a thick strong PVC or vinyl and nylon, and are inflated by an electric or…

small island found just outside of the East Coast of tropical island in Malaysia namely Terengganu. The resort is filled with contemporary barefoot luxury experience accompany by the 5-star private beach residence and a sixteen meter infinity swimming pool, personal fitness and both interior and exterior lounge decks. The hotel has more than 183 stylish suites and rooms as well as five stunning Private Villa bedroom build high up on the cliff surrounded by the ocean and resort below. Each suite…

When you are swimming, it is much harder to remember and do all of these things without getting exhausted, and divisions is where it is really put to the test. With each movement I can feel the water flowing around and through my body, its coldness causing goosebumps to form on my arms and legs. While swimming, I get kicked by other swimmers on accident, and sometimes these kicks leave bright red splotches on my thighs. My skin tightens in the water as it dries up, creating raisin-like…

and had befriended an African american girl named Dinita. One hot summer afternoon, Jeannette and Dintia had planned to meet at the local swimming pool around noon. When Jeannette thought about going to the pool she was quite nervous, but she felt as if she didn't go she would be “ violating some type of taboo” (Walls 190). When Jeannette showed up to the pool she realized that she was the only person who wasn't African…

waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim” says Vicki Harrison, the author of Dressed to Thrill. Learning to swim is something that almost anyone can accomplish. Much like swimming in the ocean, no matter how overwhelming it can become, everyone can learn to cope with their grief. For the main character in A Christmas Carol, however, he strives to take on his grief without learning to swim. Throughout the story, three…

concrete. Suddenly, I heard the creak of the slide and watched as a guest plunged into the water. I instinctively moved towards the struggling older guest with my safety tube outstretched, but to my relief, she emerged from the water and exited the pool. Whew! I headed back to my stand until I heard the whining of the other slide. This time the water seemed to be moving faster and a young girl was flailing her arms as she tried to surface above the water. Within seconds I jumped in with pure…

use of inanimate pieces. Cheevar is able to explain the changes in Neddys wellness – transformations that associate with each of Neddy’s swimming trips in his neighbor’s pools. The story is able to utilize the object of swimming pools to illustrate the passage of time, emphasizing, through Neddy’s swimming adventure, one’s coming of age. Before Neddy’s swimming experience he is presented as a resilient person, but as more time progresses, so do Neddy’s physical capabilities at different stages.…