Just off the top of the blue and yellow slides of Martin Tudor Splash Park, is Isaac Banuelos wearing his all red uniform. Wearing red swimming trunks and a regular red t-shirt saying lifeguard in the front with a large white cross right on the middle of his shirt and on his back silkscreen across his shoulders is lifeguard in bold white capital letters. At the top of the slides sounds of laughter are heard from children. It is Isaac making up jokes with all the kids who stand in line to rides the sides.
At the top of all towers facing pools, beaches, or at the bottom or top of all the slides are lifeguards. There to protect all the lives that go into their waters. Isaac always thought lifeguards were cool. When asked why he always thought they were cool he replied saying, “ Because when I was little I would see a lifeguard and look up to them as any other kid would. Just the image of being a lifeguard is cool to everyone” (Banuelos). As a kid the job of a lifeguard had always fascinated him. Now he has kids looking up to him and thinking he is cool. Throughout Isaac’s lifetime, he has always been interested in swim. He did swim all four years in high school. In his junior year of high school is when he applied to be a lifeguard. It was at one of Isaac’s swim practices, when his swim coaches first had announced to the whole team to apply for lifeguard jobs. Isaac instantly knew he was going to apply. Before he could applied, he had to take a test before he could register for lifeguard training. During lifeguard training, one of the things he had to do to show his ability to swim well, was to swim 12 laps and tread a brick across the pool. Then after the lifeguard training he was able to register for a class all lifeguards need to take. The class was 4 days long and 6 hours a day. Afterwards, he was finally able to apply for the job and when applying they tested for his skills and what he learned in the class. (Banuelos) This was a job he knew he would be good at. As a college student he admits he wanted an easy job. “Yeah although it's easy a lot people can't do it,” Isaac explains, “because lives of other people are in your hands. So it takes a lot of responsibility, confidence, and skill.” Isaac knows how easy of a job he has. However, the …show more content…
For Isaac it is often troublesome for him to enforce the rules to adults older than him. Isaac has encounter many adults who disrespect him for only trying to tell them the rules of the pool. Most adults are used to bossing there children around and don't like to be told what to do when it comes from someone that could be the same age as their own child. He would simply repeated himself if they don't listen or have the manger go speak to them. Isaac once had an older women speak foul language towards him after he was trying to enforce the dress code for a swimmer. Swimmers are not allowed in the waters with cotton shirts, because the person has a higher risk of drowning and the cotton in the shirts upsets the balance of the chemicals in the water.
At the top of all towers facing pools, beaches, or at the bottom or top of all the slides are lifeguards. There to protect all the lives that go into their waters. Isaac always thought lifeguards were cool. When asked why he always thought they were cool he replied saying, “ Because when I was little I would see a lifeguard and look up to them as any other kid would. Just the image of being a lifeguard is cool to everyone” (Banuelos). As a kid the job of a lifeguard had always fascinated him. Now he has kids looking up to him and thinking he is cool. Throughout Isaac’s lifetime, he has always been interested in swim. He did swim all four years in high school. In his junior year of high school is when he applied to be a lifeguard. It was at one of Isaac’s swim practices, when his swim coaches first had announced to the whole team to apply for lifeguard jobs. Isaac instantly knew he was going to apply. Before he could applied, he had to take a test before he could register for lifeguard training. During lifeguard training, one of the things he had to do to show his ability to swim well, was to swim 12 laps and tread a brick across the pool. Then after the lifeguard training he was able to register for a class all lifeguards need to take. The class was 4 days long and 6 hours a day. Afterwards, he was finally able to apply for the job and when applying they tested for his skills and what he learned in the class. (Banuelos) This was a job he knew he would be good at. As a college student he admits he wanted an easy job. “Yeah although it's easy a lot people can't do it,” Isaac explains, “because lives of other people are in your hands. So it takes a lot of responsibility, confidence, and skill.” Isaac knows how easy of a job he has. However, the …show more content…
For Isaac it is often troublesome for him to enforce the rules to adults older than him. Isaac has encounter many adults who disrespect him for only trying to tell them the rules of the pool. Most adults are used to bossing there children around and don't like to be told what to do when it comes from someone that could be the same age as their own child. He would simply repeated himself if they don't listen or have the manger go speak to them. Isaac once had an older women speak foul language towards him after he was trying to enforce the dress code for a swimmer. Swimmers are not allowed in the waters with cotton shirts, because the person has a higher risk of drowning and the cotton in the shirts upsets the balance of the chemicals in the water.