At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow.
Swimming is a basic skill everybody should have.
Plenty of basic skill everybody should have though. But i agree , no need to swim like an athlete but at least floating in slightly moving water is very important.
Swimming lessons are mandatory where I live.
I was lucky and had 2 of my 3 schools growing up be right beside a swimming pool. They sometime took us there for our gym classes.
Swimming is definitely something that should be taught as part of schooling. Perhaps you’ll never need it, but it is an important skill to have in case of an emergency, whether that’s falling into a pool, getting caught in a flood, or saving a small child in a body of water.
