During the 5/8 summer program, we typically take the boys on field trips to Mint Springs Lake and Water Country USA. They tend to have a range of swimming abilities, from experienced to beginner, and I don't usually know until we're in the water (lifeguards are always present). This pair of quotes is from last summer.
Me: Do you know how to swim?
5th grader: I can swim. Except when I'm drowning, it's hard for me to swim.
6th grader (trying to convince me that his mother's worries about him in water were unfounded): I swam in eight feet of water and I didn't even drown!
Somehow neither statement provided me much assurance in their abilities, but thankfully, we were incident-free.
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