I had swimming lessons in primary school but I never managed to learn. Sitting here now wondering why - I remember thrashing about in the shallow end and never leaving it but I don't remember anyone having the patience to teach me properly...
https://twitter.com/gem_ste/status/1857819605533921436
...not blaming anyone specifically but it just got me thinking about my auditory processing issues and how I was probably struggling to hear what was being said to us at the time with all the noise in the pool (I genuinely don't remember and I think I may have blocked it out...)
I DO remember a particularly traumatising visit where one teacher had had enough of my hopelessness and decided to pull me into the pool by tricking me into holding one end of a pole and dropping me in. This was really unpleasant as I have always hated having my head under water
Had to have a flannel over my eyes when having hair washed as a kid. Thankfully I think teachers are kinder now and kids aren't forced into unpleasant situations... I also remember being forced to do a forward-roll in PE once (I hate being upside-down).
I just think that if there ever HAD been any hope of me learning to swim back then that that teacher had set me back by months... I absolutely think kids should have the opportunity to learn to swim but there needs to be acknowledgement also that not everything is for everybody.
Ah - just looked at the article - says the kid was 'a weak swimmer'. So not sure how improving access to lessons is meant to help, then? Yes, it is a skill that can be practised but some people will always be weak swimmers. People cannot be good at everything.
The article appears to be YET another thinly-veiled attack on COVID lock downs. For the love of God, can we please stop blaming COVID lock downs (which saved lives) for every single societal issue?
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