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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every kid we know whose private school had pool time for PE loved it.

My inner city public school has it in high school once or twice as a unit. Some kids could not swim and walked around, tried to learn some strokes. Other kids who had taken lessons or American Red Cross swim class plus the PE teachers helped them.

As for puberty stopping all activity - this attitude should not be coddled to nor created in children.  Know your facts and only if truly in pain then get help from a doctor. Don’t stop your schooling every month or for 2-4 years. billions of people have gone through puberty and still functioned pretty well. Stop the snowflake attitude. [/quote]

*Every* kid you know *loved* it? Either you don’t know a lot of kids, or that’s not accurate. And do you really think questioning the wisdom of mandatory pre-teen swim class is the same as “stopping all activities”? No one is advocating “stopping schooling” during puberty. [/quote]

My white (hair is not an issue) would rather set herself on fire than change clothes and wear a bathing suit in front of her classmates in 8th grade [/quote]

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