You never know how helpless you are until you have a near death experience. One summer, when I was young, my family and I went to a water park. I didn’t know how to swim, but thankfully the majority of the park required no swimming ability. For one of the rides, I wanted to get out of my tube and jump around, but once I climbed out, I immediately sunk to the bottom. I tried to kick back up and just as my legs gave in, a lifeguard climbed in and essentially saved my life. He was my hero and I was very grateful, but something was bothering me. I realized later that it was the fact that I wasn’t able to help myself. It was that moment when I decided to become a lifeguard to save myself and many others.…
As the day was ending and the people were leaving, it was finally my turn to go down the giant water slide again. Holding up my bright sun orange swimming tube I braced myself to jump and hit the ground with a big SPLASH. Flying down the slide I could feel the frigid water pushing and shoving me down faster and faster. When I got to the bottom I was freezing and shivering but I felt exuberant. Standing there waiting for my friends all that I could feel was the arctic cold air attacking my wet body.…
I was a fake fish that was thrown onto the pool deck and left to dry. The pool had its shallow ends and it had even deeper ones for those who knew how to swim. I stared at the 6 ft area wanting to jump in and swim with the others. I walked off the pool deck in despair and onto the grass to sit on my towel and reevaluate my…
I, Captain Torres, who believes that our country should have better conditions, am here to bring out a new revolution! You people, who oppose us, definitely did not think it through! Have you ever thought about your living conditions? Wouldn’t you want to improve it? Or make it a better place for all of us to live in? Look at yourself and look at people around you! Don’t you people see what’s going on in our country? Do any of you even have the mood to just smile for one second? Eight years ago, November 18, 1968, in Turkey, Richard Moses, the leader of the Turkish people in a town, brought out a revolution! It was a total success! You stupid people didn’t know about it, did you? Every single person in Turkey cheered for the dramatic change! They received good food, decent wages, ethical living conditions, and millions more! Don’t you want any of those fantastic conditions? Take some time to think about your stupid actions stopping us! Think precisely! This is actually not only for our advantages, but also for the good of everyone single person here in this town! I command all of you to listen to me and support me! You will be living in broken houses, wearing torn clothes and barely having any food supplies! So, stop complaining about foolish people. Now, do not waste my precious time! Let’s get out of here! Let’s leave all these foolish people here and get on our way to the new revolution! Let’s go, I said…
the moment I hit the water, my experience was much less than fun. I quickly…
Well is been 100 days in this submarine boat or something. So I'm pretty much stuck here for life. And sorry to tell you what happened hi I'm Captain John Smith and I suppose to be on a vacation in Hawaii but something hit me and now I’m stuck here. So I'm trying to power up this submarine to get some light or at least move this thing around because I’m not moving it by my own ok.…
For The Graduate I chose the sequence from where Ben's father announces him coming out to the pool until the end of the scene where he is at the bottom of the pool. (Chapter 5 [all of it]: 20:53–24:25).…
• At first I was a little nervous about getting into the water, but I was determined to try it. Besides, the water was nice and clear.Then I dropped into the pool. Any fear that I had just washed away. It was incredible. I could see everything under the water.…
Everyone is excited in water safety but not including me, I felt sickened upon hearing that activity. During that time was a great torment on my part. I cant believe the fact I'm jumping to the 16th feet. It felt like my soul has gone out through my body and I am having a hard time catching my breath. After the activity I was really tired and I didn't manage anymore having fun with my classmates for the rest of the remaining time. My lips has…
First, we went to the office to sign all the waivers, which made me really nervous for my life. Since we had a long wait, we sat down with the other people who were in our group. I met an elderly man and his wife; they were very polite and friendly. It was their first time parasailing also. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, it was time for us to board the boat. We had to walk across the street and down a long walkway to get to the dock. As we were boarding the boat I almost slipped and fell into the water.…
How would you feel if you returned to your hometown and there’s not a single person that’s not giving you cold glares and nobody wants nothing to do with you? Those that should be the happiest to see you can’t even look at your for one horrible mistake that you made in your past. Could it get any worse? Well It did for Molly Barlow, because all of Star Lake found out what she did because of her mom, the person who she’s suppose to trust the most in the world betrayed her.…
It was about 10:00 and it was time for our free period when we were allowed to go down the slides, the diving boards, or just swim on our own. Three of my buddies said they were going to go off the high dive, I was too shy to speak up about being afraid. I knew it was too little too late now I had to face my fears and just jump. We got in line, and it was as if I was in a trans just staring at everyone climb up the ladder and without hesitation jump and plunge into the icy water. Before I knew it I was on deck and I could feel stomach churning a little bit, as if on cue I heard the splash of Sam and knew it was my turn. I grabbed the metal bars and slowly made my way to the top, I felt like I was a mile off the…
It wasn’t until I was playing in the pool one summer’s day with my older brother and his friends that my perspective changed. While roughhousing and splashing about in the water, my brother put me in a chokehold and held me under the water for what felt like hours, as I tried desperately to break free. I began to lose my senses: their laughter already muffled by the water got quieter and the bright, summer sunlight began to dim. Just before I passed out, my brother released his grip. My panic persisted, despite the absence of immediate danger and replacement of water with oxygen in my lungs. Crying then, I managed to drag myself from the pool and find a dry towel. I didn’t get back in the pool that day. It wasn’t a drastic change that followed, but the next time the boys asked me to join a game of football, I was hesitant to agree. It was more of an awareness of my physical limitations as the boys continued to grow and I reached a…
Butterflies, Complete panic, a thrill of excitement as I slightly glance at the clear and pure water below me. A feeling of wanting, drilling through my mind when suddenly, the race is called, my first event, I feel a shudder run from my head to my toes as I am standing in a line with my competitors or you could say, my new enemies. When I get up onto the block the gun fires and the race has begun, I leap into the water and swim with all my might, like a sword fish catching its prey, kicking, holding my breath until I reach the surface. As I leapt into the icy cold water, I feel calm and relaxed, but now was not the time to be relaxed. After the first three laps, my heart was beating a thousand times a minute as if I had run a marathon, but all I noticed was that nobody was swimming by my side. “Could it be possible,” I thought to myself, “that I was ahead of all of my competitors?” That was when my heart instantly beat faster as I was on my last lap, gasping for air. My body was filled with excitement as I heard my name being chanted out in the crowd by my swim mates and coach. When I finally finished my race, they tell me my time, I feel a rush of pride, a personal best! I close my eyes and listen for my name being called for first place. I did it! I get out of the pool, and my adrenalin eventually dies down. I will never forget the feeling of pride and accomplishment from that…
Although I nearly died, I carry an enduring memory from the trip: the Leap of Faith water slide. At the time, silky-white slides that towered at such angles appalled me. When my turn to ride the harrowing slide arrived, I completely ignored the frivolous rules by sitting straight up on the way down. As I exited the bottom of the slide, my mother and sister sprinted towards me, expressions of fear across their bleached faces. Never did it cross my mind that I put my life in jeopardy, until they reprimanded me for not reading the safety guidelines. “I could have lost you,” my mother exclaimed despite the tears welling up in her…