www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19679.asp
The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
Parents
Former Member
Hey Aquageek & All Of My Other Vociferous Critics
I don't have to be an "expert" on the subject of parenting to know that way too many parents are royally messing up in their responsibility of raising children.
As an example, the U.S. is an under-achieving nation in the math and science fields and parents must share a large part of the blame. This is an emergency situation and parents need to have their children hitting the books and doing their homework -not spending time in after school sports.
Here are a few links to back up what I am saying:
www.sciencedaily.com/.../980825075401.htmwww.apa.org/.../scores.htmlwww.sfgate.com/.../article.cgiwww.sfgate.com/.../article.cgi
This list could go on and on and it's no wonder the U.S. is becoming a 2Nd and 3Rd rate nation in the industrialized world.
Dolphin 2
Dolphin 2 - this is a thread about swimming and swim suits. If you want to discuss math and science education in the USA - please find a different board. If you can correlate math and science education to swim suits then please do so.
Your assertions on the swim suit issue are completely groundless. You claim the benefits of the new suits are a work of marketing fiction. You cannot cite any articles to defend your point. And since you have no personal experience to speak from - you have no credibility whatsoever on this topic.
Hey Aquageek & All Of My Other Vociferous Critics
I don't have to be an "expert" on the subject of parenting to know that way too many parents are royally messing up in their responsibility of raising children.
As an example, the U.S. is an under-achieving nation in the math and science fields and parents must share a large part of the blame. This is an emergency situation and parents need to have their children hitting the books and doing their homework -not spending time in after school sports.
Here are a few links to back up what I am saying:
www.sciencedaily.com/.../980825075401.htmwww.apa.org/.../scores.htmlwww.sfgate.com/.../article.cgiwww.sfgate.com/.../article.cgi
This list could go on and on and it's no wonder the U.S. is becoming a 2Nd and 3Rd rate nation in the industrialized world.
Dolphin 2
Dolphin 2 - this is a thread about swimming and swim suits. If you want to discuss math and science education in the USA - please find a different board. If you can correlate math and science education to swim suits then please do so.
Your assertions on the swim suit issue are completely groundless. You claim the benefits of the new suits are a work of marketing fiction. You cannot cite any articles to defend your point. And since you have no personal experience to speak from - you have no credibility whatsoever on this topic.
