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.
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Dolphin - your experiences are vastly different from mine in both education and personnel. However, these are my personal observations and I don't hold myself out as an expert, as you do.
Given your lack of credibility and expertise in swimming yet your assertions on the topic, I tend to believe you have similar background and competence to speak on other matters. Your position in an elevator service company does not qualify you to speak definitively on parenting or education.
I suspect if you'd ever spend time with the gifted students in your school you'd have a broader range of experience to draw from. The same could be said if you'd ever spend any time around swimmers or swimming programs. There are many on this forum you could learn from.
Hey Aquageek
Yes there are in fact many gifted students in today's school system. In fact, I spent two summers in high school working with other gifted students as interns at the University Of Southern California. The problem is that gifted students are minimized (often being labled as "Autistic" because the don't relate to mediocraty).
As for your statement: "Given your lack of credibility and expertise in swimming yet your assertions on the topic, I tend to believe you have similar background and competence to speak on other matters".
My reply: Swimming (or other forms of athletics) is a sports/recreational activity and not a professional job for most people. Nor does it require any serious technological expertise to perform.
As the old saying goes "It aint rocket science".
Dolphin 2
Dolphin - your experiences are vastly different from mine in both education and personnel. However, these are my personal observations and I don't hold myself out as an expert, as you do.
Given your lack of credibility and expertise in swimming yet your assertions on the topic, I tend to believe you have similar background and competence to speak on other matters. Your position in an elevator service company does not qualify you to speak definitively on parenting or education.
I suspect if you'd ever spend time with the gifted students in your school you'd have a broader range of experience to draw from. The same could be said if you'd ever spend any time around swimmers or swimming programs. There are many on this forum you could learn from.
Hey Aquageek
Yes there are in fact many gifted students in today's school system. In fact, I spent two summers in high school working with other gifted students as interns at the University Of Southern California. The problem is that gifted students are minimized (often being labled as "Autistic" because the don't relate to mediocraty).
As for your statement: "Given your lack of credibility and expertise in swimming yet your assertions on the topic, I tend to believe you have similar background and competence to speak on other matters".
My reply: Swimming (or other forms of athletics) is a sports/recreational activity and not a professional job for most people. Nor does it require any serious technological expertise to perform.
As the old saying goes "It aint rocket science".
Dolphin 2
