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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4031384, member: 9260"] off and on over the years, i teach inner city kids (say 6 to 12 years old) to 'be one with the water,' [I]knowing [/I]that, if even marginally successful, i'll give a fellow human one of the greatest gifts in life - confidence. sidepoint: inner city girlkids are [I]far [/I]more capable of willingness to challenge their fears than the boys, who seemingly are burdened with generations of water paranoia. mebbe it's all so easy because i come from a family tradition that, certainly before age one, makes it a policy to bring every rugburner into the water, [I]even the less developed or physically or emotionally challenged ones. [/I] take hammy beach, on a crazy busy summer day, for example. nowadays, u don't have to swim out very far to be able to look back at the entire mass of 'swimmers' (moar like 'bathers') and wonder, 'youse think another five feet out and ur gonna meet jaws?' or mebbe a 100 foot rogue wave will magically appear? [I]no confidence, [/I]obviously, and pathetic, since swimming is an innate skill that only needs the slightest push in infancy to set the individual on a course of water confidence for the rest of their life. again, pops sez that his peers are to blame for these recent generations of unnaturally freaked out people, starting with his experience as a kid when sooo many of his playmates showed up at the water wearing [I]noseplugs. [/I]he remembers thinking 'so u got some water up ur nose and into ur brain? i guess u'll never be able to do an underwater somersault. too bad cuz those are [I]fun.'[/I] at least u don't see too many noseplugs anymore, prolly cuz whole generations now barely even get in the water past their knees. turrible. having a 150,000 gallon cement pond out back brings the realization that we don't get local knucklehead grammar school kids sneaking in much anymore. sad. and now u know why inner city kids aren't often on swim teams, college teams, or in the olympics. i blame many of youse for that reality. good job with that 'fear of everything' culture that u bred so well. don't be surprised when ur 30 something kid is still playing video games in the basement. nothing 'bad' happened to andre's child. andre is 100% correct to laugh it off. i wonder if the kid had that [I]oftentime [/I]result of funny kid sneezes when first exposed to a mug full of chlorine? [I]gesundheit![/I] [/QUOTE]

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