The Swimmer

Internet culture can only be described from the world I live in currently right now. We use the internet for every possible thing we need. Whether it is for a recipe, simple information, or directions, the internet is the new drug. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets are apart of the internet culture as well. The minilleuiminals generation is incorporating the social media into everything they do. Teenagers have blogs on youtube, make vines, and make sure they have more…

Shown repeatedly throughout both articles ‘You Are Not Special’ by David McCullough and ‘You Shouldn’t Get a Prize for Showing Up” by Nancy Armour, a common central idea of overused admiration and parents over-sheltering their children is apparent in both texts. While both of the writers show compelling arguments, parents and children act completely different ways than what is assumed of them. Parents do not always show excessive pride for their children nor do they keep them cut off from the…

Point Break I came out of junior high shaken. My emotions and thoughts flooded my head incessantly. My parents were separating and I had some difficulties with friends. I endeavored to keep strong. During my freshmen year of high school, I lived scared of running into situations that I could not handle. The chaos in my mind stockpiled until a swim meet between freshman and sophomore year was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I had to have my resolve shattered and pieced back together. The…

before. The funniest action that happened with my baby is walking around at swim practice with my unique child and having people stare at me. Some school with more funding in them have electronic baby with real actions of a breathing child. My co swimmers had some during their school year in psychology. Some things have been getting in the way of my goal like this 10 pound bag of polyglucose; for example video games has greatly affected my swimming. I am expected to get a scholarship like my…

“expectations are unrealistic to the extent that they vary with any wants of the individual” (121). If an expectation seems to be unrealistic, then that expectation should be lowered to a realistic one. For example, swimmers achieving perfect form, but they only practiced a handful of times. For swimmers being able to achieve perfect form is a goal, and there is a difference between goals and expectations. Goal is an objective to work towards. Expectations are what someone plans an outcome to…

Support the Endosymbiotic Theory Gianna Melendez Chamberlain College of Nursing Support the Endosymbiotic Theory The endosymbiotic theory proposes that eukaryotes formed from the union of small aerobic prokaryotes with larger anaerobic prokaryotes, which form organelles. The smaller prokaryotes were not destroyed by the larger cells, but instead became internal parasites that remained surrounded by a vesicular membrane of the host. The theory proposed that mitochondria are the…

“The perch bends its body in the middle, but the sea lamprey moves its body back and forth more freely. A lake trout moves through the water just like the perch with half of its body going back and forth. This is why they are called half-body swimmers. The sea lamprey, on the other hand, uses its whole body to swim back and forth”. To explain, if Trout’s only use half their body to swim and Sea Lamprey uses all of it’s body, then the Sea Lamprey will swim faster. If the Sea Lamprey can swim…

VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota sophomore swimmer Josh Sorbe believes at times there is a misconception that student-athletes are athletes first, then students. Because of this misconception, he is planning to show people that athletes can be more than just athletes by running for Student Government Association Student Body President. “I definitely don’t think student-athletes put athletics first,” Sorbe emphasized. “A student-athlete can be a leader on campus outside of athletics and I’m…

They did not have to learn music or sport to become talented. Having said that, a growing number of people believe they any child can be the best chess player or the fastest swimmer in the world as long as he receives the right teaching and proper direction. One of my talents is that I can play the piano. I started when I was a freshman in high school and ever since I started playing it. My teacher always assigned me to play…

Injury Scenario: Wednesday, February 15, 2018: John, a 20-year-old male collegiate swimmer, was preparing for an upcoming sweet meet at his local university. While John was warming up, jumping up and down and gently swinging his arms, he noticed mild pain in the area of his right lower rib cage. John ignored the pain and decided to still compete in the swim meet. Despite the mild discomfort, John was able to complete three races during the swim meet. Mechanism of Injury: Three days later,…