Can you swim?

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Did you take any courses or were you a natural in the water?

 

[worm761]

i voted YES! i grew up on the coast of North Carolina. swam in the ocean. i had no choice but to learn. my brother threw me in the pool and said sink or swim.

 

[Kermit]

I can swim very well, but water still freaks me out for some reason. I don't like the thought that if I mess up I could die.

 

[oddball27]

Yes!! I grew up by a lake and I miss it so now. I LOVE swimming!!!!!!!!!! We are getting a pool this Summer though!!

 

[sweetpea15]

I also learned to swim at the hands of my older brother throwing me into the pool. Yes, It was learn to swim or sink to the bottom. I became such a good swimmer that I was able to out swim him and not be drowned any more.

 

[Towncrier]

The college that I attended required that all graduates be able to pass a 10 minute flotation test. Apparently a former student had drowned in Lake Erie and his parents donated a substantial sum of money to the college with the stipulation that all students pass a swimming test. Good think that I took a Red Cross swimming course when I was a kid. I am a horrible swimmer but a pretty good floater.

 

[olena]

My Mom had us taking lessons every summer.

 

[Diane]

We had a pool and live near a lake. Plus, it was taught in high school.

 

[browneyes]

I'd live in a pool if I could.

Growing up, a neighbor of mine taught me how to float on my back, so I'm most comfortable if I can just float around for awhile, but I love to swim too. I taught myself how to swim. My oldest brother told me if I'd jump in the deep end of a friend's pool, he'd fish me out if I started to drown. Stupid me did just that. As soon as I jumped in, he sprinted about 200 yards away. It was either swim or drown (I was the only 1 in the pool). Luckily, when I jumped, I jumped close to the side. I think I learned how to swim just to spite him.

I don't like to swim in mucky water though. I will, but I don't like it as much. Give me a pool any day.

 

[Princess Michelle]

Can't swim, would like to learn but I'm pretty much scared to death just thinking about it. If the water is over 4ft. deep I don't really want to be near it and the thought of putting my head under it just freaks me out to no end. I really don't do well with deep water.

 

[Horizons16]

hmm by natural do you mean inner-tube and float with my favorite frosty non-alcholic beverage??? OF COURSE!!!

 

[honeywolf7]

One of my neighbors taught me when I was a kid.

 

[Zurg]

I can swim in the summer but it is way too cold now.

I'm a certified scuba guy but it has been a while.

 

[nativetxn]

I can't remember not being able to swim and I never had lessons. Either I was a natural or my mother taught me before I could remember. She claims that she didn't teach me.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

Grades 4-6 we had swimming twice each week as part of phys. ed.

 

[d.kurz]

Originally posted by Kermit
I can swim very well, but water still freaks me out for some reason. I don't like the thought that if I mess up I could die.

Me too, Kermit!!! It doesn't STOP me from doing water-related activities, but it's like a little voice in the back of my mind that won't shut up. Even on a cruise....water so deep....so far from shore....

Can't watch movie scenes where people are drowning in some way.

Maybe a bad experience in a past life???

 

[Fantasia Girl]

I can't swim, I am very scared of water that is deeper than my chest....I would love to learn, but I can't even put my face in the water!

 

[diznee25]

I'm pretty embarassed to say I'm 23 and don't know how to swim.
I almost drowned to death when I was 5.... so that kind of haunts me.


Swim was required in high school, I got an 'A' for trying my best. By the end of 6 weeks of swim class I was able to float on my back
Obviously when I'm at Disney, I miss out on the water parks but that's ok. The 4 major parks keep me busy!

Diznee25

 

[SDAngel101]

i love the water... let it be a pool, a river, pond, lake or ocean! i wish we had a pool in our backyard, but there is one down the street lol.

 

[Steve H.]

Yep. Swimming classes from about the age of 3 on. 12 years of swim team (through grade school, high school and a year of college). And I lifeguarded for 6 or 7 years. Our whole family are very good swimmers -- we spent most of our summers on our boat, so my parents wanted to make sure we could swim at a young age.