Re: 2nd & 1st Class Swimming Requirements
Mark Wright (wrightmd@ROANOKE.INFI.NET)
Wed, 24 Sep 1997 10:34:46 -0400
Blaine A. Jackson wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:00:32 -0400 "Calvin H. Gray"
> <405geezer@IGG-TX.NET> writes:
> >On the Scout Handbook pages which list the 2nd & 1st Class swimming
> >requirments, a footnote states, "This requirement may be waived by
> the
> >troop committee for medical or safety reasons."
> >
> <EDIT>
> I do not think that this requirement should be waived without a
> medical
> or physicological reason, from the treating medical professional.
>
> Blaine
If a child attempts numerous times to pass the swimming requirement and
each time, panics and freezes in the water (a potential drowning
situation,) would you not agree that this is a 'safety' concern which
might just fall under the blanket of the exception offered by BSA?
This is another of those situations which IMHO must be looked at on an
individual basis. I would agree with you that it should not be offered
unless it appears that the boy will *never* pass his swimming test. I
see, though, no good reason to hold a boy back when all of his peers are
past 1st Class and he's still a TF, only because he can't swim. Face
it, some folks just are rocks and will behave as such whenever they get
near the water. ;-)
YiS
Mark Wright
CC Pack 584
ASM Troop 136
Roanoke, VA
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