Awful story.
I wonder whether social factors contribute to not learning to swim. Where and when I gew up, in the country, everybody learned to swim (without benefit of formal instruction; there was none; with instruction and supervision from an adult, generally a parent); nobody Swam (with formal instruction). You learned enough not to drown, to be able to go over your head reasonably comfortably, to stay afloat on front and back, and a ton of basic water safety tenets and commonsense rules.
Formal programs are good. I hope that the rejuvenation of "wild swimming" will also encourage ppl to develop more general ability in relation to water.
Awful story.
I wonder whether social factors contribute to not learning to swim. Where and when I gew up, in the country, everybody learned to swim (without benefit of formal instruction; there was none; with instruction and supervision from an adult, generally a parent); nobody Swam (with formal instruction). You learned enough not to drown, to be able to go over your head reasonably comfortably, to stay afloat on front and back, and a ton of basic water safety tenets and commonsense rules.
Formal programs are good. I hope that the rejuvenation of "wild swimming" will also encourage ppl to develop more general ability in relation to water.
