Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đ Thurs 4 Apr 2024
Nath@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠agoThis one is amazing! Does this mean you didnât grow up in Australia? Because I canât fathom getting through childhood here without swimming. Even in Melbourne.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
I grew up here but my father was a lunatic so I wasnât allowed to do anything growing up that wasnât study. No friends till high school, no swimming, no school camp.
Took a long time to get over it.
Nath@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Then what did you do while your class was in swimming lessons? Thatâs some next-level stuff to take your kid out of a class teaching an essential life skills. I didnât even realise it was possible to opt-out of school swimming lessons.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
I had to sit by the side of the pool and watch. It certainly looked fun (sad lol)
Nath@aussie.zone â¨5⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm trying to figure out how he justified this. Was it that he had to pay a couple of dollars for the swimming lessons? I honestly canât figure out why youâd deny this to your child.
I donât remember learning to swim, and my own kids were in the pool as soon as they had their 6-month vaccinations. Aussie kids grow up in water.