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The US doesn't have compulsory swim lessons for little kids, but I do remember it being a part of my high school education. (Probably only 1 or 2 kids in my gym
by RandallBrown 3y ago
The US doesn't have compulsory swim lessons for little kids, but I do remember it being a part of my high school education. (Probably only 1 or 2 kids in my gym class couldn't swim though.)
Community pools are very much a thing all over the US as well. I imagine COVID changed them pretty dramatically but it was very much a part of my childhood, even though I had neighbors with pools. Just look at the movie The Sandlot. The community pool was a major part of the story.
- CBLT 3y agoThe US had significantly more community pools before desegregation. Once they were required to allow all swimmers, construction of new public pools stopped and many existing pools were drained. This is the reason private pools are so popular in the US. https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/15/public-pools-used-to-be-everywhere-in-america-then-racism-shut-them-down/amp/ https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/15/public-pools-used-to-...
- Scoundreller 3y ago> The US doesn't have compulsory swim lessons for little kids Is that true across all states?
- RandallBrown 3y agoProbably? This kind of thing would be done through school and as far as I know very few elementary schools have swimming pools.
- bombcar 3y agoIt depends what you mean by "compulsory" - e.g, like public school is compulsory (can't graduate), or just that everyone gets the chance to do it (required class). The local public school system here has a deal with the recreation center to do swimming lessons during the school year. But that's going to be a very local thing unless a state mandates it.
- patrakov 3y agoThis shows a disconnect. MIT requires swimming skills for those who try to enroll. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3f3kph/til_that_mit_students_must_pass_a_swim_test_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3f3kph/til_t...