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Childhood friends vow to lose their virginity on prom night. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ZAKIYA BROWN (17, African American) and DESHAUN (17, African American) have been friends since childhood. Zakiya considers Deshaun a friend, but Deshaun has stronger feelings for her. Zakiya doesn’t want to end up like her mother, young and pregnant. Her mother’s currently in a halfway house and Zakiya lives with her AUNT MICHELLE. Zakiya wants to control the destiny of her life and she doesn’t want to be labeled. At the

In a 1995 piece, written by Georgia Lee, Mark Sidle goes on record as saying that he plans to expand Swim’N Sport outside of the state of Florida. At that time, he stated that, “Florida is overstored, particularly with promotional stores and discounters," he said. "That, along with a decline in tourism over the past few years, is causing us to look at other areas, such as New England." Since that article was published, Swim’N Sport grew from a company with 13 locations, only in Florida, to 27 stores

The Punta Cana Vacation Have you ever had a vacation where your child does something horrible in public at a swimming pool? A vacation is when one or more people are gone for an extended period of time. When I was four years old me, my mother, my father, my grandpa, and my grandma went to Punta Cana to get away from the cold weather. It has been happening, ever since we left Illinois and Missouri. So, we boarded the plane and took off to Punta Cana, everyone was either taking a nap or watching a

Around two years ago, when I was just a young swimmer , my coach asked my swimming group what a swim meet was. The reply came back with some confused looks and the rare nod of a head. She then told us what a meet was. I then told my parents about this new type of competition, they signed me up and brought me to a strange place, leading me to where I am now, with legs trembling and about two and a half feet above the ominously still pool on a white platform. As I stare at the water, it stares right

The summer of 2017 I went with my uncle to Wisconsin Dells. It was my first time going to Wisconsin Dells. There were so many things to experience at the waterpark from the long lines of people, to the many water slides, to the loudness and the smell of chlorine. We arrived at the waterpark at about ten o’clock. There weren 't very many people there. My cousin and I began by going on many waterslides, from tube slides to body slides. It was awesome because we didn’t have to wait very long. A little

The first day of swim practice, freshman year. The first day of walking onto a pool deck filled with seventy girls and a scary coach. The first day of my high school experience. The first day of an unbreakable friendship. I slid into the frigid water of the Salem High School pool with two other girls that day. One was chatty, friendly, funny; the other: quieter, more reserved. As the season went on, my teammates and I got to know each other, and our lane of three became a fun-filled group of five

The pool area is warm and the lights have a soft, yellow glow to them. In the background are parents, already in the metal bleachers, ready to watch their kids attempt to swim for forty-five minutes. I dress in a red tie-dye shirt with a large black cross on the back and the words “lifeguard” displayed on the front. Black shorts, a pair of Crocs for shoes, and a black plastic whistle on a yellow string complete the outfit I am required to wear for my job as a lifeguard. As the noise of people talking

When I was eight years old, I joined the Shaker Sharks swim team. I was put in the lowest group and struggled to swim even a 25. I considered swimming a hobby at best, not even realizing it was a sport. Two years later, my family and I moved to Solon. I switched teams to join the Solon Stars Swim Club. The environment was far more competitive, which I noticed immediately. I was also beginning to understand the value of a team, a support system greater than oneself. One time at a meet, I had been

The Great Bay Swim Every year, on a sunny Sunday morning in early June, there is an amazing group of people who participate in the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, swimming the width of the Bay right between the spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, 4.4 miles. They are endurance athletes whose stories and motivations are as widely diverse as they are. They are mature and young, life-long athletes and people who have found fitness to overcome life’s challenges, couples and parents and children and solitary

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 pulled me up. I was grateful to him, but something was

Yusra Mardini and Claudette Colvin are two young women that faced tremendous struggles in their lives. Both girls had difficult situations but were able to persevere despite their circumstances. Yusra was born in Damascus, Syria and was an amazing swimmer. When Yusra turned 13 war broke out in her country. So her and some of her family members fled to Turkey to escape war. They had to travel on an a very small boat packed with people. Soon the engine gave out and her and her sister got out of the

I was raised in a semi-strict learning oriented environment. My family consists of my father, mother, eldest brother, and younger brother. We all lived in Ewa Beach on the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. The neighborhood was very lively with kids in almost every household along the alleyway. Growing up academics was a huge priority as it is for many students today. Although, I have always had an enormous passion for swimming. The guiding light of my journey as a swimmer all began with my older

Triathlons incorporate swimming, cycling, and running into one race but “of the U.S. Olympic triathletes, all but one have come from a Division I swimming or running background,” according to USA Triathlon’s website (“Collegiate Recruitment Program”).  This means the strongest swimmers and runners are the ones that are able to make it to the Olympics. But you have to do more work on the bike in races outside of the Olympics and so the cycling portion is more important to winning these races. Olympic

As I reflect on my journey towards orthodontics, my thoughts are drawn to my many years spent becoming a five-time Canadian national champion synchronized swimmer, and how they led me to this career path before I even knew it was my passion. Although at first glance vastly different from synchronized swimming, orthodontics drew my attention early on in dental school with its use of a complex, yet systemized interlacing of details –a skill I had spent years training to master. In orthodontics, just

something I could do to help those who could not afford lessons by organizing a community service project, "Safety in Swimming." I located a community in Charlotte, NC that housed refugee and underprivileged families and received permission to set up a free swim clinic for the children. Recruiting a few fellow swimmers through my club swim program was not a problem, however, after the first year I knew I would have to work harder to find more volunteers to meet the demand of all of the children who were

Date: 20/10/14 FINA Addition of Category for Male Synchronized Swimmers fina@gmail.com.au To whom it may concern, As a Honorary Secretary of the organisation, Synchro. Australia, I think it is in my best interests that I write a letter to you (FINA) in hope that you add talented and graceful male synchronized swimmers to accompany the female swimmers at the Olympic level. Concepts like hegemonic masculinity, gender stereotypes, and the studies of Figueroa’s Framework have provided an understanding

Guest Post Keywords: Swimming lessons in Pearland, TX Myths about Kid’s Swimming Lessons Busted Swimming is one of the best exercises that can ensure not just a healthy body but also a healthy and fresh mind. Considering the extremely busy schedule that most of us have, practicing swimming on a regular basis can add the much needed dose of freshness to your life. So, it is but obvious that introducing your kid to swimming right from a very young age can be the best thing you can probably do to gift

Stop, right now, think of the last time you went swimming, think of how many times you've gone swimming, how high is that number? It's engraved into our lives, not only is it a fun way to relax, but swimming is a survival skill needed for many species to use in their lives. Swimming is part of nature, almost every living species has a natural instinct of how to swim right from birth, but humans don't, why do you think that is? Over the years, swimming from a competition stand-point has advanced and

The promise of a warm soothing summer becomes irresistible after enduring endless winter nights of the northern latitudes. The seductive allure of radiant heat of the sun on the naked body, warmed by the sunbaked sand and sound of waves splashing on the beach becomes too great even for someone hailing from the oven baked Lahore. And then those risqué expectations On the Beach — It's one of those Hollywood cliché that needs no explanations, just imagine a cocktail full of unexpected delights, Sangria