Tuesday, May 5, 2009

crying

I could hear crying all morning. I went out back to watch the swim lessons. Seems like a technique anyone could teach with practice. Basically she teaches to swim fast pace. For example the mom put the child by the pool side. Sally reaches up and puts their hand up in dive position then pulls them into the water. They may cry till they hit water and go under. She then pulls them up and says take a breathe then pulls them under again. She brought out the rings and dropped them underwater for each one to pick up. She again pulls them into the water and says grab a ring. they go underwater and get a ring. Some may and some may not come up crying again. Its actually quite comical. One father said his daughter cried the first three days last year and then was fine the rest of the lessons. She swam all summer.
Last night I went with a friend to see a car she wanted to buy. All car salesman are sharks, vultures, etc. She didn't buy one. The guy was trying to get her to buy a Chrysler PT Cruiser. Glad I was there to say no! When she left she was so shaken, she didn't want to go back. I think she found one privately. I hope that one works out. A sensible Honda civic. It a older one, high miles but well taken care of. She won't have to finance those absorbent rates of 17 percent. For a Honda high miles should not be a problem.

2 Comments:

At May 6, 2009 at 12:13 AM , Blogger Changedit said...

Those swimming lessons sound to me like the 'face your fears' approach. Right in at the deep end, either you survive or you've beaten your fear. Might be a bit cruel depending on the kid, but it sure makes a strong swimmer, providing they don't drown at the first lesson. Hope you're getting paid extra for having to put up with the noise levels :-) xxx

 
At May 10, 2009 at 7:14 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's good to let kids take up swimming lessons young. also, I think its essential that children today have a friendly and good swim instructor to guide them along. So that they will take to the hobby with delight, rather than find it a useless skill. But then again, most kids always love swimming afterall.

 

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