Sometimes I wish I had a waterproof pen and paper in the pool because the things kids say in the pool are truly priceless. When I can remember these antidotes and repeat them later, they always make my listeners smile.
I found a funny essay today on a blog called The Minivan Monologues about an 8-year kid who was swearing in his swim lesson, and how a fellow student responded to his behavior.
I’ve got to say my most memorable swim story was about a very frustrated and stubborn 4-year old little girl who refused to participate in any of the swim lesson activities I asked her to do. She did not enjoy me repeatedly asking her to put her face in the water and would scowl at me in response.
Finally, after about the third lesson and a hundred tries to get her to put her face in, I changed tactics and posed this question to her: “You want to grow up and be a swimmer, don’t you?”
She glared at me angryly and replied, “No! I want to grow up and be a VETERINARIAN!”
