The Swimmer

Myths Myths have been used all over the world for centuries. Used to explain the unknown. Something nobody could explain. The most common thoughts between humans were that Gods and Goddesses ruled, created, and influenced the world. Myths might be the most explainable or sound all that true, but we have a look at what people thought of in Ancient Greece or Native Americans. We get a look of what they thought about the Earth. A rabbit, called Michabo, was said to have roamed the Earth long…

cold by a thick layer of blubber combined with a tick fur coat. Another animal resistant to cold weather is the polar bear; this animal it has its protection from his thick fur and because of its large and heavy body. The polar bears are very good swimmers in cold water. Also, when they swim long distances they cover most of the distance floating on ice. It certainly helps to be big and…

is apart of the lifesaving training offered in Canada, and awarded by the Royal Life Saving Society of Canada. Finishing my Bronze cross is such a big achievement in my life because throughout my life i've felt that i have been told that i'm a bad swimmer. Ever since I was a kid i was never comfortable in the water and I was always a bit afraid so my parents put me in swimming class. I went to my swimming class for multiple years and i hated it because i wasn't the best. Then about 6 years ago i…

“I don’t know I feel bad, I just wish I could have helped but I realized that I couldn’t swim without my floaties on. Caroline said, “Ok, well let me help you learn be a more independent swimmer.” We walked down to the lake and we began our swimming lessons using no floaties. Caroline showed me how to move your feet and hands to stay afloat. She also showed me that when you go underwater you can plug your nose so you don’t get water up it…

Cold mountain book review Cold Mountain is a historical novel during the civil war and two people who love each other are caught in the middle of it. Inman is a damage war soldier takes a journey across america after being injured in a battle and now tries to find the woman she loves Ada a young farmer girl. While Inman was in the hospital mainly looking out the window staring at the mountains.The view brought old memories from his past back home in black cove with his love Ada. He…

On the morning of September 14th, Charles and two of his crew all arrived at the kitchen table expecting William to have prepared breakfast for them. But there was no breakfast and no William. Charles and company found that William 's bed had not been slept in, his clothes and baggage were gone and down by the dock a canoe was missing. Charles knew that if William had left in the previous evening the lake would have been rough and difficult to canoe. All the locals would have known it due to the…

“You have to smell it, you have to hear it, you have to feel it, everything” said Emily Cook, an American Freestyle Skier. Two weeks before the 2002 Winter Olympics, Emily fractured her left foot and tore her ligaments in both of her feet. After all the painful surgeries, Emily felt deeply discouraged and believed it was impossible to participate in the Olympics (Clarey, 2014). Nicole Detling, a Sport Psychologist, worked with Emily on mental imagery; Nicole first used a healing imagery by…

challenges the idea of how our society would always see ‘smart’ people as the respected members of society, and how this idea could change over time, ‘With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual, ' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be ‘. This outlines the fact that this change happened to society over time, and that the world is…

As human beings we inherently fear change, especially those of us with social shortcomings, who prefer routine schedules to overwhelmingly new experiences and unpredictability. Such was the case for me. My family moved when I was just turning three years old to Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, a small town of about 8,000 people, located about thirty miles from Madison. Mount Horeb is a quaint suburb known for its Norwegian heritage. It is a fine place to raise a family, but as I got older, I realized…

summer months consist of November to April. When going to Bora Bora, no time is a bad time to travel there. On the land, the crabs usually tour the sand. Dolphins, whales, and sea turtles tour the ocean. The Moray eels like to get face to face with swimmers and divers in the Tapu area. There are close to 500 species of fish swimming in the ocean. Bora has a unique historical legacy because it involved World War ll. The United States found Bora Bora during World War ll. The soldiers set up…