The Swimmer

With the power of wealth, an individual can try to win over their love but will fail in the end. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, talks about the West Egg and East Egg in the luxurious time of the 1920’s. The novel revolves around the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his love for Daisy Buchanan. This forbidden love is able to portray Fitzgerald’s message in the novel that money can buy an individual popularity in society but not sacrificial love. In society, money cannot…

bucket because of me. She was in aquatic distress, thrashing and crying for my help. Unfortunately, my failure to save her resulted in having acerbic words thrown at me and stung me at a place that will never heal. It all started when Gina, a novice swimmer, who initially hesitated to swim in the deep part of the pool, eventually gave in to my persuasion. I patiently led Gina to the middle of the pool as she kicked in the water. Suddenly, my calf started to cramp. The debilitating cramp…

Lakewood is a city located in the Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is 5 miles west of Cleveland’s Public Square and is part of the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area. About 5.6 miles of the city are composed mainly of a classic residential community offering multiplicity in housing from modest apartments and homes to extravagant “Gold Coast” condominiums and home of distinctive architectural design located right within a national historic district. Lakewood houses a population of 52,131people and is…

This has happened multiple times, one of which in California where a privileged, white, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting a young women, but he was only given six months of jail time compared to the prosecutor's request of 6 years. An article written by Ashley Fantz addresses the lenient punishment for Turner, and his…

blindfolded with one hand behind my back or cook cinnamon rolls in an open fire. Scouting taught me how to perform CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, and the teapot dance. Every year, hundreds of Scouts flock to summer camp to learn how to rescue drowning swimmers or how to build rope bridges. By engaging in Scouting’s wholesome activities, youth follow the Apostle Paul’s advice: “whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things” (Philippians 4:8). Clearly,…

and told me all the life hacks of having braces. He also showed me a list of all the delicious food I will have to be missing out on for the next three years. He kept talking and talking. It was pretty outstanding how long he talked, he could be a swimmer. After he was finally done talking to us, he guided my mom and I into the x-ray room. He started strapping wires to on onto my face. This whole process took longer than 15 minutes. When we finally got the right amount of pictures taken, the…

can be fatal. Another form is called bumps and bites. This is where the shark circles you in the water, trying to figure out if you are prey, and then they bite. The result can aslo be fatal. The last type is called hit –and-run. This when surfers/swimmers are in the waves and a shark mistakes them as fish. Sharks takes one bite and swims away. This attack can result in minor injuries, but also can be…

Roald Dahl Roald Dahl was born on September 13, in Llandaff, South Wales. Dahls earliest education was at Llandaff Cathedral School, where his principal beat him harshly for playing a joke. Dahl had hardly excelled as a student in school (biography.com). Dahl wrote his first children’s story in 1943(notablebiographies.com). Dahl died on November 23,1990, in Oxford, England(biography.com). As a child, he spent his summer vacations visiting with his grandparents in Oslo(biography.com) Dahl…

Dance is an art form which demands the extremes of human movement. The dancer’s body appears to glide with effortless grace across the floor, whilst constantly challenging the laws of balance, force and motion. The purpose of this paper is to examine how a dancer moves, the way muscles are used to create and control movement, how dancers work against the force of gravity to leap into the air, spin without toppling over and balance on the toe of a single pointe shoe.…

Odysseus angry because he labored for an extremely long time to create their bed perfectly, just as they wanted it. Likewise, every summer I participate in swim team, and I’m always afraid that I’ll forget how to do a flip turn or just become a worse swimmer in general. Furthermore, even though I know in the back of my mind that I will be just fine, I continue to feel the anxiety of messing up. Another example is when I was younger, I would walk on my toes all of the time. I thought that I…