Learning Experience Reflection Paper

When I was five years old, I joined the Carroll Aquatic Swim Team. I stuck with it because I loved being underwater, feeling the refreshing water all over and the sensation of touching the wall, finishing first hearing the people holler. When I got older I just didn’t have much care for it. So, I decided that I wanted to give up. Then, my mom told me that I should finish the season than I could determine, nevertheless, I did as I was told. At my last meet, my mom signed me up to swim the IM which is when you swim all four strokes. I was convinced that I couldn’t do it because I had never done it before. I told my mom that I couldn’t and I would fail, but my friend convinced me that I should do it. She told me that I would only disappoint people if I gave up; consequently, I swam and received first place. In conclusion, I ended up feeling the same exciting feeling as when I was five.

I listened and did as he said. I pushed forward and started my way down the steep slide. The force of the water carried me forward at a fast speed and I was thrown down the slide. I opened my eyes and saw that I was no longer touching the slide, but flying above it. The wave of water had thrown me so fast that I was in the air over the slide. I closed my eyes in fear and I hit the slide with a bang! I slid right into the pool with a big SPLASH. Half a second later I was submerged in the blue liquid terrified, wondering if I was hurt. I sank to the bottom, then shot up off of the ground with my feet pushing towards the air above. I wasn't the best swimmer, but I made my best effort to swim to the side of the pool and to safety, I looked around for my Mom, as I looked around I noticed the lifeguard watching me just in case. I made it to the side and pulled myself out of the pool. My mom asked me if I was okay. I told her I was fine and we continued through the day and eventually

Once I was afraid of bodies of water since I did not know how to swim, now I am in love with any activity that has to do with water. I was raised in the Dominican Republic, a caribbean island, where it is customary to throw one’s child in the deep end of a pool so that their natural instinct of swimming is awakened. I was not the case. My mother pushed me to the water and amazingly enough I did not panic. Instead of panicking, I accepted my fate and sunk down. After about 30 seconds in my cousin dove in a took me out. Once out of the water, I began to panic. Consequently, I began crying, shaking and screaming at my mother for throwing me into the pool. Shortly after that my mother placed me in swimming classes and everything changed.

My friend tyler invited me to go swimming with him. When I got there right when I stepped in the paying section I could smell the chlorine. And saw the steam and I could feel the heat. Last summer I was too stubborn to take the swim test. My brothers have been bothering me to take the swim test. But one day I was going to take the test. I was nervous but when I was taking the test I passed and I realized it wasn't bad and I was proud of myself. Compare to river

The whole situation has changed me for the better.Before this incident i was not big on swimming but now i am. i will not let that happen to me a second time. Today, I am a better swimmer.I also learned not to be alone in a

Then, something in my mind sparked, as if I had storage of unseen strength. I looked at the bottom of the pool, and I saw a flashback of when I first learned how to swim two years before, at the age of fourteen. I had all of these visions of successes in the past regarding life around aquatics and realized that giving up this opportunity would be like giving up everything that I had worked so hard for.

I’ve been diving since I was 10 years old; I can vividly remember performing my swim

Going into the Teach Live session I was very excited and could not wait to experience what it would be like to teach a real lesson. At first when hearing about the assignment I thought to myself this was going to be hard for me to do. This is so because I am a very shy and closed off person, my voice gets shaky when I have to speak in front of a group, and I have never done anything such as a Teach Life lesson before. The day of the Teach Live I was jittery and elated that whole day, I just knew I was going to kill it. I arrived 15 minutes early and Mr. C made sure I felt very comfortable and was ready. While sitting there preparing to teach the lesson I had chosen, fear and nervousness swept over me and I began to worry. A few minutes before I began the Teach Live session all the fear and negativity left my mind and body. Then when the session began and I saw the virtual students a smile grew on my face, sending a cooling, calm sensation through my body.

The wave swallowed me as if I was not going to live the next day. I was underwater for almost 30 seconds long. My lungs were inflated and I couldn't breath! My mouth was open and I could taste the nasty salty cold water on my tastebuds nothing but nasty salty cold Water. As I came back up I gasped for air trying to catch my breath. As I looked up I saw my boogie board where my dad was holding with his hands getting ready to go get a

Fear of drowning is my greatest fear because when I was eight I drowned in a clear, blue, treacherous pool by the hotel with the dark burgundy-colored brick and cream-colored doors. I remember my cousins laugh whenever someone went the wrong way as they were playing marco polo. I was sitting on the scorching cement by the pool when I decided I wanted to cool down and play with everyone else. I did not have the understanding of what the big, black numbers by the pool meant, all I saw was six and dived in. As soon as I dove in, I felt the lack of air, replaced by water, reaching my lungs as I tried to stand and breathe

Over the previous two summers, I worked at a local community pool as a lifeguard. Over that span, I worked long, rigorous days, which added up to some weeks reaching the max of 40 hours. While at work on June 17, I had to record my first save as a lifeguard. I remember the temperature reached about 88 degrees Fahrenheit and there was not a cloud in the sky. Beautiful blue skies and warm temperature was the perfect day for the pool. I was in the chair next to a blue slide, known as Blue 1, when I noticed a little girl struggling to stay above the surface. After a couple seconds of watching her, she vanished under the surface and at that moment, I knew I was going to have my first save. Once she disappeared, I followed protocol and blew

Reflection is thought by linking recent experience with early experience to promote more complex and interrelated mental models or patterns. The thinking involves looking for commonalities, differences, and interrelations beyond their superficial elements. The goal is to develop higher order thinking skills.

When I finally attempted the dive, it went well. Once I jumped off the platform, muscle memory allowed me to perform the dive the same way I had for years. I was proud of myself for overcoming my fear but at the same time slightly disappointed for having wasted months of practice. I had placed all my effort into my training but did not believe in my own capabilities, or the fact my coaches would not put me in a situation I could not handle.

I walked up towards the block to do my first 200 freestyle. I was so scared. I had only done one 200 freestyle and it was in practice. After I was panting like a dog on a hot summer day. I had to go swim with 12 and over because no one wanted to take the challenge that was 11 and under.

The next part of the training turned out to be the toughest. We were required to dive ten feet to the bottom of the pool and retrieve a ten pound weight. Once the weight was brought to the surface we were supposed to tread water for two minutes while keeping the weight above the water line. This appeared to be simple so I dived in, expecting an easy time. I had no trouble getting the weight to the surface and proceeded to tread water with a feeling of undoubtable success. But once again my anti-floating physical quality began to take effect. At one minute and thirty seconds I began to sink and within the next fifteen seconds my head was submerged and I was fighting for air. The water from the pool began flowing into my mouth with each desperate grasp for air; it felt as if an ocean were draining into my body. I remember hearing from under the water the instructor's muffled voice counting down the last ten seconds of the exercise. When it was all over I slowly made my way back to the pool's edge where I was informed by the two young girls that they had no difficulty