24. August 2010 by MSchirmacher.

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15. May 2010 by KVaughn.

·         Volleyball or soccer because it helps with teambuilding, helping each other, finding new ideas to win without cheating.

·         Football or tennis, working together and making you able to maneuver at a moment’s notice.

·         It helps people on a team communicate and open up.

·         Any sport that requires teamwork.

·         Makes people try things they have never done before or that may have thought was too hard.

·         You learn to get things done with a partner or within a group.

·         Helps with communication and teamwork…becoming able to get along with your peers.

·         Football, getting me physically motivated and teaching me to be a better team player, leader, and follower.  It also helps me with my listening and responding abilities.

·         It would help all sports succeed… or teamwork has come together because of our communication skills.  We understand how other people’s fears could be changed by our support.

·         Swimming physically because scuba has a lot to do with swimming.  S.T.A.R.S. teaches you to work together and it helps with any sport.  Communication is everything. 

·         “Together we achieve, together we succeed”

·         Scuba symbolizes teamwork.

·         During soccer this year the program has helped me learn how to get along a little bit better with my team…. Has also helped me learn how to listen more to others.

·         This experience can help me with football and will apply well.

·         The program will help with getting physical and trusting me team to pick up the slack when I fall behind.

·         S.T.A.R.S. helps me work with anyone from any background.

·         This experience gears me up for working through problems and frustrations that sports can bring up, and the way to solve them.

·         S.T.A.R.S. so far has helped me get in shape with their physical conditioning.

·         The whole idea of “I’m In!”, NEVER QUIT, KEEP GOING, attitude.  Just “Think of others, and do it as a team changes the perspective of seeing things, you become more patient, tolerant, positive, and helping other reach their potential.

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14. May 2010 by KVaughn.

·         I am now looking for a job I will “ENJOY” rather than a job that pays well and brings the finer things in life.

·         It has made me look at many more job options like underwater welding, rescue diver/safety services, and even marine biologist.

·         My dream of becoming a photographer has expanded to include perhaps an oceanographer and a Divemaster.

·         A Divemaster/Dive guide job would be cool at a dive shop.

·         My original interest in being a vet now includes photography where I can show others what animals they are missing… tied into diving.

·         S.T.A.R.S. participation has encouraged me to take on a more physical job that I was planning, like Law Enforcement Officer, Conservation Officer, Forest Ranger, and maybe even a Technical Diver.

·         Yes, and No.  I have decided to pursue being a marine biologist because I want to learn more about this world under the water… however my interest in becoming a lawyer is still real.

·         The involvement in scuba diving has driven me to consider the space program and being an astronaut as scuba diving is a requirement.

·         My aspirations of becoming a doctor are expanded to include some part-time work in diving.  Diving is something I definitely want to continue.  Scuba Diving Rocks!

·         Although I like scuba, I still want to be a teacher….. Scuba may offer me a chance to become a diving instructor as it has driven me to be more open.

·         My career outlook is still unchanged, but I now have a valuable skill that makes me marketable and I can choose a field in the future.

·         My desired career now includes not only being a Marine in the armed forces, but a Navy Seal of Search and Rescue.

·         Although my career is set I would love to get involved in volunteering and marine preservation.

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6. April 2010 by KVaughn.

·         As a diver for the past 3 years I use SeaSigns, but my friends in school don’t understand when I use SeaSigns out of the water.

·         I would use SeaSigns whenever I see something cool!

·         I could use SeaSigns if I encounter a deaf person in an emergency to help them.

·         I could use SeaSigns to communicate and interact with other divers underwater about interesting things or dangers.

·         With SeaSigns I could share interesting things about the ocean with a deaf person.

·         I would use SeaSigns to talk with my friends if I am too lazy to use my mouth.

·         SeaSigns would help me communicate with a deaf person if I ever meet one.

·         SeaSigns would be something to put on a job application indicating I know some sign language.

·         I could use SeaSigns if I encounter someone who does not speak my language but knows sign language to work around the language barrier.

·         I will help other people learn SeaSigns.

·         I will use SeaSigns to tell a diving buddy something underwater.

·         SeaSigns might be ideal if a deaf person needed a translator.

·         While scuba diving SeaSigns will allow me to communicate about different types of sea life and hazards.

·         SeaSigns would be ideal to work around not being able to talk aloud in class with my friends.

·         I hope to get a job working with the deaf and SeaSigns will help me.

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