I turned 16 today(11-15-03) I waited at the DOL(department of licensing for 5 1/2 hours. I took my knowledge test & driving test. I passed!!! I am a licensed driver now!!
I went to the swim meeting yesterday, and the fastest person on the teams' 50 free was 28 sec.(he's the captain) and mine is 25, I am the "all star" of the team. at least what is what everybody keeps telling me:D :) :cool:
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Two years isn't really a long time. I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to be thinking about what he might be doing in two years, even if he is 16 years old. If this kid has found this site, he may be thinking forward to the day that high school swimming is over, and how he's going to continue swimming afterwards. Having a timeline in his head that continues beyond the "end" of his high school swimming career and into college or masters swimming will likely help him train better now, and especially next year, when the excitement, pressures and distractions of being a high school senior might cause him to sluff off.
For someone this close to the age at which he might join, is it reasonable to discourage his participation in the discussion and possibly discourage his interest in the organization itself?
Furthermore, even if the problems of a 16 year old are different from those of a thirty-something, it's good to have a variety of viewpoints represented. It just might happen that you have a problem you don't know how to fix that you think is unique to your age group, and this kid hears something from his coach that can help you solve it.
Or it may just be that his youthful enthusiasm infects one of us old farts enough that he decides to end that month long hiatus he took after work took him out of town, when the momentum of being out of the pool kept him out of the pool and he couldn't find the motivation to face the unruly crowd at the Y.
To JC: Congrats on the time and the drivers license, kid. Try to hang on to this excitement as long as you can, and don't turn bitter when you are reading this board in a few years and see some other 16 year old posting when you think you have more important things to read about.
Two years isn't really a long time. I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to be thinking about what he might be doing in two years, even if he is 16 years old. If this kid has found this site, he may be thinking forward to the day that high school swimming is over, and how he's going to continue swimming afterwards. Having a timeline in his head that continues beyond the "end" of his high school swimming career and into college or masters swimming will likely help him train better now, and especially next year, when the excitement, pressures and distractions of being a high school senior might cause him to sluff off.
For someone this close to the age at which he might join, is it reasonable to discourage his participation in the discussion and possibly discourage his interest in the organization itself?
Furthermore, even if the problems of a 16 year old are different from those of a thirty-something, it's good to have a variety of viewpoints represented. It just might happen that you have a problem you don't know how to fix that you think is unique to your age group, and this kid hears something from his coach that can help you solve it.
Or it may just be that his youthful enthusiasm infects one of us old farts enough that he decides to end that month long hiatus he took after work took him out of town, when the momentum of being out of the pool kept him out of the pool and he couldn't find the motivation to face the unruly crowd at the Y.
To JC: Congrats on the time and the drivers license, kid. Try to hang on to this excitement as long as you can, and don't turn bitter when you are reading this board in a few years and see some other 16 year old posting when you think you have more important things to read about.
