Personal Narrative: Certified Open Water

I am known to be extremely clumsy. With that, it’s expected that I often end up in awkward situations. In the past I have called numerous teachers “Mom,” fallen down while walking up stairs, almost fallen off a cliff; and it can be assured there were many more instances where my embarrassing clumsiness had led me into awkward, sometimes life threatening, situations. One moment that stands out in particular takes place in every marine animal welfare activists’ “favorite” place, Sea World.

It is as the result of our mind, that we are able to form mechanisms that can help us abandon the predestined fears ingrained within us, however, with these abilities comes

Have you ever seen the dolphin from Dolphin Tale? Have you ever had an bounce house at your birthday? What was your first roller coaster? Have you ever had a awesome birthday present? What’s your favorite baseball team? These are some of my top 5 memories, what are yours!?

I never could have thought in a million years something this petrifying could happen to me. My favorite place in the whole world, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, turned into one full of sorrow. As I dove to catch the fluorescent green tennis ball, hot white sand flew up onto my body. My dad, wearing his favorite floral swim trunks, responded with a typical, “Nice catch, Zako!” I began to lift myself off the beach floor and dust off the sand, when suddenly I noticed something peculiar floating in the elusive blue water. The object appeared to be a body. In a split second I realized what I was fixed upon. “Wait, it’s Grandpap!,” I shouted. The words fell out of my mouth in slow motion. That split second I first saw him felt like an eternity.

I always try to push myself to overcome any challenge I may encounter. I’ve overcome fear by trying new activity involves some risk and uncertainty, for example, moving to the united State by myself in 2013. The experience of being a critical thinker was unknown to me because I was only 22 year old who never lived alone or provide for myself before moving to the US. I was in a position to only try new things or suffer in New York City. My first

When you acknowledge fear and learn how to control it, then you've taken the first step to unlocking your true potential.

Most human can only hold their breath for less than a minute. This lab will look at a simulated dive influences heart rate and explore what stimulus cue a dive reflex in humans. To see how the heart rate is effected in a dive, this lab we will hold our breath and submerge our face in water. Since we know that the Pinnipeds induce bradycardia when they dive, we would expect to see that part of the human dive reflex since it is part of conserving oxygen in the body, when the right stimuli is applied. From this we thought that holding breath would trigger the diver response, even if there is no

My best friend from high school, who is now a Boilermaker at Purdue University, decided to spend half of her Spring Break in Stillwater, Oklahoma with me. Tressa arrived in Stillwater around noon on Monday, March 14th. After a little while of catching up, we changed into our swimsuits and jumped in the car with two of my closest friends, Charlie and Kiefer.

A person receives a free ticket to go anywhere in the world they desire. If I had received a ticket like that, I would explore beneath the ocean to draw things I would see. I want to do that because I’m making an webcomic series, currently titled Open Ocean. It’s still a work in progress, though. I’ve always been interested in marine life, even since I was a child. My favorite movie when I was a toddler was Finding Nemo, and it still is. Yet, due to where I live and economic reasons, I’ve never seen the ocean, but that’s why I want to draw it.

One of our first basic emotions as humans is fear. Fear can be defined in so many different ways, but it is an emotion that we all possess. It can be an emotion felt when in danger or as we anticipate an event. Not all of us share the same terrors, and how one may react to a particular event may be different than how another person may handle the same event. What may seem like just a silly story was actually one of the scariest moments of my young adult life. What I learned from that moment of terror is what I found most important and valuable.

Fear is a vital response to any perceived physical or emotional danger in the environment around us. We as a species fear everything from heights, to the dark, to even spiders and clowns, all of which our brains perceive to be a threat to our very survival. This survival mechanism has served to keep the human race safe for thousands of years, but what was once meant to keep us safe is know having a devastating effect on people 's lives. Fear causes people to live in constant state of anxiety that can force them to give up on their dreams and never truly reach their full potent. It is necessary for people, especially in today’s far safer time period, to learn how to conquer our fears, thereby freeing themselves from its control.

Fifteen years from now I picture myself loading SCUBA gear into an old, beaten up dive boat. I feel the morning breeze dissipate from my skin as I pull my wetsuit up to my waist. The salty air whips through my hair as we navigate through the winding canals of a small tropical town until we find our way to the ocean. As we tie up to the bright yellow mooring line I squish my body into the rest of my wetsuit and slip into my prearranged dive gear. I take a deep breath out of my regulator and taste the familiar, cool, dry air. After strapping on my trusty bright yellow mask, I clip my slate onto my BCD. I waddle to the edge of the boat pressing onto my mask and holding onto my weight belt. I take one last swig of air and plunge into the

To start, SCUBA technology has made a tremendous difference on how the U.S. Military tactically employs its soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines in combat and in peacetime situations. The tactical applications used by the U.S. Military have developed since the inception of the first underwater divers during the middle of the nineteenth century. Back then, U.S. Navy Divers were limited mainly to salvage and repair of ships, construction work, and some minor military operations in their field of work. In today’s world, U.S. Navy Divers are expected to “perform diving salvage operations, participate in various construction and demolition projects, execute search and rescue missions, support military and civilian law enforcement, serve as technical experts for numerous special operations units, provide security, communications, and other logistics during expeditionary warfare missions in the Navy. (Become a Navy Diver)”

Calm and still water is something that doesn’t happen often. Most days the water is chaotic and bitter. Crashing into the rotting pier. Today I walk out on the pier alone, but a few weeks ago I would have been with my best friend. Practically my sister, but since the accident I’ve been more alone than ever. She collided with a car. That day Sophia convinced me that we needed to go shopping. Normally I wouldn’t say yes, but today was an exceptional day. My mother finally was allowing me to drive to Chicago without parent supervision. Sophia was going to take me. Across the street was a new store, we paraded over in the cross walk. Sophia was ahead of me so I yell out.

At 5:30 a.m. My alarm clock buzzed. It was Wednesday. I thought to myself, school doesn't start for another two and a half hours. I suddenly remembered it's one of the most exciting days that I will experience. Both my parents were sleeping. I turned off my alarm and got out of my warm bed. Immediately I put on swimming shorts with no shirt, to top it off a flat brim hat sitting backwards on my head. I walked into the hallway making sure not to wake anyone. I creeped down the stairs and walked into my kitchen. I saw a note on top of my wetsuit that read “I washed and dried it, I will call the school and say you have an appointment, have fun and don't get hurt, love mom.”