It wasn’t in the job description you said I had to instruct people on how to swim.
But you need to at least know how to swim.
That’s it, I’m suing.
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I did - the guy who taught swimming class for my sister and me was right in the pool the whole time.
I had one who was shouting at everyone all the time! I saw him swim only once and he could shout at people even while swimming..
My favorite high school PE teacher walked the walk and talked the talk. He swam with swimming (somewhat he also had to lifeguard but he would show examples of strokes), we ran and he ran, whatever the unit was. He did it pretty much as much as he could and usuallly only limited by some requirement the school had on what he had to do.
Those who can't do, teach.
Those who can't teach, teach PE
That's odd. At my local pool they very definitely are in the water with us more often than not during lessons. How else can they demonstrate techniques, and watch us closely to see what we are doing wrong?
There is one exception I've noted - the coaches of swim teams seem to mostly stand at the front or back of the section their team is using. I'm not sure what that's about, since I've never been on a team like that. But I can guess it has to do with seeing everyone at once.
For a similar reason that most coaches don't actually participate with the athletes they're training: their job is to watch the athletes, look for gaps in their technique, and help them to address those. You can't look for that as effectively if you're swimming alongside them compared to standing on the side of the pool.
But yeah, all "learn HOW to swim" lessons I've ever seen have the instructor in the water with the student, because they have to be like 25% teacher 75% lifeguard.
Because those that can't, teach!
those that
"those who" when it's not objects. Try not to objectify people.
Thank you for the lesson!. I did not know that.
That’s such a gross over generalization. Most great teachers are the experts that are teaching. If you don’t know how a thing or process is done you simply can’t teach it. Not saying there aren’t bad teachers but I’ve had a lot of best in the industry teachers too.
Lol, it was just a saying. Of course the ones that teach need to know it first. I really don't know where the saying really comes from. Just a funny common saying that came into my head when I read this post.
Or drown...
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