What bothered me about both the article and your initial presentation of it was the implication that there's something wrong with those kids.
*looks up at the original post* All I did was provide a link. I didn't imply--you inferred.
There's not something wrong with those kids--there's something wrong with the situation.
My dad can't swim, and the only way it affects him is that he doesn't go swimming or boating.
I can't swim. It affects me if there's a flash flood or, if I am in a plane or a boat and an accident happens over water. There are plenty of recreational activities that I don't participate in because they might kill me.
Swimming to me is like language acquisition. You can learn the skill later in life, but it's much easier if you do so when you're young. This is a skill that could save one's life. So, the question is, who doesn't have that skill, and why? How do we address this problem?
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Date: 2008-05-02 04:29 am (UTC)*looks up at the original post* All I did was provide a link. I didn't imply--you inferred.
There's not something wrong with those kids--there's something wrong with the situation.
My dad can't swim, and the only way it affects him is that he doesn't go swimming or boating.
I can't swim. It affects me if there's a flash flood or, if I am in a plane or a boat and an accident happens over water. There are plenty of recreational activities that I don't participate in because they might kill me.
Swimming to me is like language acquisition. You can learn the skill later in life, but it's much easier if you do so when you're young. This is a skill that could save one's life. So, the question is, who doesn't have that skill, and why? How do we address this problem?