JimLap:Are standards so lax these days that this kind of stuff is even thought of.
Standards are so lax that this kind of stuff is not only thought of, it's done, fairly often.
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JimLap:Are standards so lax these days that this kind of stuff is even thought of.
Scoober Divin' ? All you have to do is sink.
Anyone who is going to be around, in or on water on a regular basis needs to know how to swim unless some disability prevents it. I feel so strongly about this that parents who allow their kids to go to public pools and don't get them swimming lessons are guily of child abuse. How may times do we see kids in the deep end 8,10, and even older hanging onto the sides for dear life. Then the lifeguards are expected to babysit them. Sorry. I assisted with a rescue at a pool during a company picnic 3 years ago. 9yr old boy was pulled from the bottom by a lifeguard. I assisted her in getting him onto the deck and then monitired vitals and kept the rubberneckers back while she got the water out of his lungs. Not sure how long he was under but the way his eyes looked when he did take the first breath made me want to punch the mother in the face. Oh he goes all the time but he does not know how to swim. Last I heard he made it but with some mild brain damage. No if you cannot swim go to the desert.