How did you learn to swim?
By manong05
@manong05 (5027)
Philippines
February 2, 2007 8:08am CST
I was 7 yrs. old when I went up the diving board and pretended I was going to dive to impress my uncles and aunties. I didn't know how to swim then. As I was on my act of diving, my uncle stood behind me and pushed me down. I shouted on my way down to the pool. I thought I was going to drown but as I moved my body I discovered I can float so I went up the diving board again and repeated the action. That was a funny thing to learn swimming.
5 responses
@Only1Andrea (796)
• United States
2 Feb 07
Ok that may be a pretty dangerous way how to learn how to swim, but at least you had fun and it turned out ok. To this day, I don't know how to swim. I would love to learn, because I love being in the pool. I hate the beach water, but I love the pool. I am thinking about finding a park or something that teaches swimming and taking classes. Hopefully I will get around to it soon.
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@Ciniful (1587)
• Canada
2 Feb 07
I'm from a small town in the country, surrounded by other small towns in the country. It was common practice for every kid to go into swimming lessons.
I started when I was probably about 4, however I failed the beginner level twice .. I refused to put my head under the water, lol. Once they actually talked me into doing that though, it was all good. I continued lessons just like everyone else in my town, however most of them stopped at Bronze Medallion level. (the highest class before you take lifeguarding). I continued and got my lifeguarding certificate, and volunteered at the pool for a few summers after that.
That certificate made it a bit easier on me now, since I teach my kids to swim instead of having to worry about putting them in classes. In the city we live in now ... it's a port city, right on Lake Superior, so it would be rather silly to now have my kids with proper swimming capabilities when we live on the lake, lol.
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@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
You must be a good swimmer to be able to reach that level. I couldn't picture myself being a lifeguard, what a big responsibility that is. There are several cases here that the one trying to save a drowning friend ended up drowning himself. I know one shouldn't even try diving into the water to save someone without proper training, that's a very risky thing to do. Cheers!
@blanksolid (1631)
• Spain
2 Feb 07
If i can remember when i was 6 years old more or less i did a summer lessons curse on a swimming pool so nowadays i can swimming very well over the water, have a nice day on mylot and happy earnings also.
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@chellicks (904)
• Philippines
2 Feb 07
my family and i went out of town for a swim. my dad teach me to but i can't learn and then when they were resting i jumped again to the water. i pretended that i know how to swim and the latter part was amazing it just happened that i learn to swim
