Synchronized swimming

“Mom, can I quit?” I said impatiently, throwing my swimming suit and towel into my bag. “Why? It is a good chance for you to get some exercise.” This is the twenty-fourth time that I asked to quit my swimming class. I didn't want to spend my Sunday afternoon in the swimming pool. The two hours in the water was too boring. I could spend the time on something that was more interesting as a thirteen years old girl, rather than swam like a frog every week. “If you really don't want…

Marcus Gravey, an early 20th century American Political leader, once stated “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. “ For any group of people to be successful, it is imperative that they understand where they once came from. Many precentors in our class captured the essence and importance created by the specific culture they studied. There are numerous amounts of cultures that all interact and intermingle in many different ways that…

my coach and everyone that had doubted me that I can achieve anything if i put my mind to it. Many people believe swimming is not a sport full of blood, sweat, and tears; different excuses are swimming is not recognized in many schools across Texas, it does not require a lot of effort; others oppose stating that it is. Of course the ones…

because I was simply fat and lonely. I accepted and believed that I wasn’t good enough and accepted that I am a LOSER. Everything changed one day when I was in my swimming class at my high school my freshmen year. I was swimming around and I asked a few swimmers if I should join the swimming team they all laughed and said,” swimming isn’t for fat people like you.” My gym teacher over heard what they said and called me over. He told me a speech that I will never forget in my life which he…

and exercise science on 50 varsity athletes competing in the Olympic trials it found “Regarding the 36 months prior to the swimming trials, 68% of athletes met the criteria for a major depressive disorder… (Brunet et al 2014, p. 322).” In agreement with these findings I have experienced the effect on the pressure of performance by peers and parents. In my high-school swimming experience state swim meets had high expectations, especially for swimmers who could gain scholarships from their…

minute, “Why did she have to yell so loud at me for such a bad reason”. After I the waves stopped after about 3 minutes, I started getting bored of swimming because one of the only reasons I want to swim is because of the giant waves. So I got out of the flat pool and ran to my uncle Bryan and asked him, “Can we go because i'm getting bored of swimming” he said it was up to Jacob. So I ran into the pool and swam to Jacob and asked him and he said yes, so we both got out of the giant pool and…

Tanvi The hot Hawaiian sun beat down on me as I boarded the boat with my sister. Last night, Christina, my sister, who is in college, came home for a day, and today we are going to go on our annual snorkeling trip. When I get to college, I want to make the college swim team, just like Christina. I was ecstatic because I was barely able to convince Christina to come with me. She had a very important test to study for. So, we compromised and she took her study material along with her. When we got…

Strawberry Popsicle and salt water never left my taste buds since I spent all day swimming and taking advantage of the unlimited snack stands. I fed birds, touched stingrays, and snorkeled with various tropical fish, but I could not wait for my half hour at the end of the day to swim with dolphins. When it was finally my family’s shift…

Learners' autonomy Autonomy is a way of making a learner independent. As Chinese proverb, it is an approach of teaching students fishing themselves. As a result, they are controller (Cotterall, 1995) and in charge of their learning themselves. Originally the term learner's autonomy in education was defined by Holec as an ability to take charge of one's own learning (as cited in Dang, 2012). This definition later elaborated as not being "inborn but must be acquired" by formal education…

some weight. I was not that great nor passionate about the sport. I wanted to be a good swimmer but I felt like none of my coaches cared at the time, so I had a hard time caring as well. Later down the road, my parents asked me if I wanted to keep swimming or not. I did not know how to answer, so I just simply told them, “I don’t know”. My parents decided that it was time to make a new start, so they called another swim team called “Coastal Aquatics Swim Team” and signed me up. I then left my…