Cases of older children bullying younger ones have become alarmingly common, especially in the school How would you connect it to William Douglas’ experience at the YMCA swimming pool? What is the mindset of the modern youth that is reflected through such incidents? Which values do you think we must imbibe in order to change?
Chapter - Deep Water
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Bullying at school or at college is common. Senior students making fun and at times physically assaulting and mentally torturing the juniors have become very common nowadays. This is what happened with Douglas at the YMCA pool when a big bruiser threw him into the deep water. The youth today When that by such acts they want to showcase their might. But they fail to understand that the one who exerts his might on the weaker is the weakest. We need to speculate the reason for bullying others and also the way to fight such bullies and to save ourselves. The first quality that the youth needs to nurture is confidence in themselves and to be free from any complexes. They need to be honest and accept their weakness or shortcomings bravely. They should never pretend to be over smart. On the other hand, they should not allow everyone to order them or unnecessarily overpower them. The present youth must imbibe the toughness, right approach, willpower and concerted efforts. Thus, if the present generation is vigilant, confident and cautious, evils like bullying will soon be overcome.
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Explanation:When Douglas was three or four years old, his father took him to the California beach. The waves of the sea knocked him down and almost buried him in water. He was terrified and unable to breathe. Since then he developed an aversion to water. Later on, when he was ten or eleven years old, one day while sitting on the side of the swimming pool, he was flung into the pool by a bruiser.
It was really an encounter with death. He underwent the terrible experience in his attempt to save himself. He almost drowned in water, which suffocated him, an abject fear immobilised his limbs. Though he was rescued, he became hydrophobic. He could not swim and do any other water activity like canoeing, fishing, boating, rafting, etc. Everytime he came in contact with water, pangs of panic would paralyse him. He spent many years of his life under this fear and then finally decided to conquer it.
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