{"id":464,"date":"2018-09-05T16:19:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogit.jamk.fi\/ibexperiences\/?p=464"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T13:19:36","slug":"my-practical-training-as-a-lifeguard-in-galveston-tx-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.jamk.fi\/ibexperiences\/2018\/09\/my-practical-training-as-a-lifeguard-in-galveston-tx-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"My practical training as a Lifeguard in Galveston, TX, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This summer&#8217;18 I had an opportunity to work in the small city Galveston located on the Galveston Island, next to Houston in the second biggest state in the USA &#8211; Texas. I had a position of a Lifeguard in the big and popular in Texas and Kansas waterparks chain Schlitterbahn.<\/p>\n<p>The time spent there was quite controversial and had its positive and negative sides. 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