I overheard some ladies talking yesterday and instructing their kids not to get in the ocean. Here are two of their reasons: 1) they just had lunch and lady said you'll get cramps, you can't swim for an hour, and 2) your face will turn to scales while food is in your stomach.
Later, a young woman was advising me on my newest problem, leg cramps, and she told me it was impossible for me to get leg cramps because I wasn't sprinting. She said that leg cramping is caused from dehydration and only a person who sprints will get dehydrated; not distance people, so she suggested I see a doctor.
We all know these are pretty ridiculous, have you overheard anyone advising others about "their myths?" The people making these comments were from England.
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Unfortunately the myth about African Americans is not dead--I just heard it the other day from a swim instructor at our local YMCA. I corrected her. The fact of the matter is that there are more genetic differences between individuals of the same race than there are between races. The concept of race is not grounded in genetics
Unfortunately the myth about African Americans is not dead--I just heard it the other day from a swim instructor at our local YMCA. I corrected her. The fact of the matter is that there are more genetic differences between individuals of the same race than there are between races. The concept of race is not grounded in genetics
