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You are emphasizing that swimming is "unnecessary" to you but you also need to consider the messages that you are sending to your daughter.  [b]That she, unlike all the other girls with long hair, gets to opt out and not participate in a school activity.  That PE isn't important.  That it's ok to lose class credit/points if you just don't feel like participating for some personal reason.[/b]  Is that really what you want your daughter to think when the flip side is that she has to deal with a swim cap or spend a portion of her day with wet hair?[/quote]

Also that girls get to get out of physical activities for beauty reasons.[/quote]

It is really not a beauty reason, it is a practical concern. If the swim period were long enough to allow her to get dried off fully we would have no issue. I just don't see the point of swimming 20 minutes or so and then being uncomfortable the rest of the day. [/quote]

Every time you hang your hat on "uncomfortable," OP, you make yourself and your daughter seem like a feckless prima donna.  [/quote]

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