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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are being absurd and ridiculous.
And I don’t believe that you take her swimming a lot if you are ‘opting her out’ at school. You take her swimming all the time but she doesn’t have a swim cap?? Really?

Why does she have hair so long that she can’t get it into a swim cap for gym class? What is wrong with you?? Sounds like you don’t think much of basically handicapping your daughter. [/quote]

We live near a pool and swim all the time, but she has plenty of time to let her hair dry after. I don't want to handicap my daughter due to letting her have long hair, that is exactly why I feel a little conflicted and asked this question on DCUM. But, should she have to cut her hair short so she can get it reasonably dry in the 10 minute changing time they have for PE swim for six weeks? [/quote]

What would happen if she went to class with wet hair?[/quote]

She'd be uncomfortable, which would be terrible, and so she should be allowed to vary the curriculum.  Because no 9 yo should be mildly uncomfortable.

FFS, OP, can't you see how ridiculous this is?  [/quote]

Think of it another way- she should comply with some unnecessary PE requirement and be wet and cold for two afternoons of school a week, thus be unable to concentrate on more important English, math, etc lessons because... why? When she already has better swimming skills than most other kids in the class? [/quote]

I'm an earlier PP. OP, you seem now to be focused on defending having her skip swimming and not on seeking ideas to make swimming easier on her.

Got it.

You haven't said why she can't have her hair up in a French braid or tight, flat bun etc. on swimming days. She would leave it like that after swimming in a cap. Hair that is up like that, even damp, is not nearly as big an issue with streaming water etc. as hair worn down. My DD has long, thick hair and put it up wet if she has to go out the door and can't dry it. It's not ideal but it is never streaming with water.

But you seem determined to let your DD cherry-pick what she does in school in the name of the "more important" academic classes--or in the name of comfort. I agree--academics first. But it sets a precedent if she sits out of a unit in PE. If she can run decently, will you want her exempted from a track and field unit because it would make her tired and that will affect her in English later in the day? Where do the exceptions end? [/quote]

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