do You know how to swim?

In New Zealand swimming is a compulsory school subject. Perhaps this is because we are a country with many lakes and rivers and with the longest coastline in proportion to our landmass in the world. Is it common to be taught swimming at school in other countries?

ehh i'm able to swim...i used to do that when i was a child until now..in reality i know very few person who are not able to swim at all..so you should learn it..it will be suitable for every occasion!!

I don't know how to swim either. When I was little my baby sitter took me, my brother and some of our friends to a pool and she accidently nearly drowned me. I was holding on to the side of the pool towards the deep end and she thought I was one of the other kids and pulled me under. I almost didn't make it. After that it took a while for me to even get near a pool. I was only 4 years old at the time... Kinda screwed me up ...when it came to wanting to learn to swin...LOL.

I can swim I am just not a very good swimmer. I took lessons back in grade school but never got very good.

There must have many mylotters who dont know swimming.But please try to swim.It will be very interesting to you and it is a very good exercise.Swimming help us to be healthy.And is very enjoyable thing to swim and spend time in water with friends. And I want to say that it is not difficult to know how to swim,but difficut thing is to swim.The theory part is very simple.Thanks

I didn't have any formal lessons but i know how to swim a little. I can float, do freestyle and a bit backstroke. Although, I have always been scared of deep waters so i haven't really tried swimming out into deep waters.

i dont know how to swim... :( at my age of 26 hehe i have learned only how to float and thats about it... i cant do free stroke but i learned how to "dive" a bit and i am able to swim under water and move around a few feet... but not like the ones who can really swim.

I can swim. I grew up on an island and spent a lot of time on a boat so as soon as I could walk I was thrown in a pool and taught to swim. i love to swim but don't get much of a chance these days. It is a great thing to know how to do, you should learn maybe.

Unfortunately, no... And to think that I was an Outdoorsman Scout during primary school. That's the reason why I don't enjoy beaches and swimming trips at all. I don't even want to ride a boat because of the fear of getting drowned or something.

I've known how to swim ever since I was very little. My grandparents used to live near to the beach so we always used to go down and play in the water. At primary school from about grade 1 or 2 we had lessons every year. And my parents got my brothers and I to have private lessons after school to teach us different swimming strokes etc. We also did VacSwim, which is a vacation swimming program for young children all the way through to late teens to teach swimming technique and water safety. Water safety is a big thing thing in Australia as we have so many beaches.