Posted on 02/21/2021 9:56:14 AM PST by george76
We had to pass a swimming test at my school, but I seem to recall that we didn’t have to use a swimming stroke. We had to be able to tread water for a certain amount of time and complete two lengths of the pool in some manner. You could dog paddle.
As for the segregated rock climbing, I’m glad they got busted. The groups they wanted to include would probably end up segregating either further into little subgroups.
Preventing a lawsuit.
Georgia Tech for many years required male students pass a Drownproofing class. The technique was developed as something that could quickly and easily trained to soldiers and sailors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownproofing
https://www.isye.gatech.edu/news/surviving-drownproofing-101
Lean black athletes tended to have a hard time with the course, as they didn’t have much in the way of natural buoyancy. The young ladies who took the class (they were not required to take the course), on the other hand, generally found it pretty easy due to their physiology tending to have plenty of natural buoyancy. Vive la différence!
At least when I went through the rate was flat and if you wanted to overload and get permission, you were free to knock yourself out. The majority of my semesters were 20+ credits, and I saved myself a year of tuition that way. Most courses didn’t have course fees.
Oddly enough, between scholarship and everything else, attending Cornell ended up being cheaper than attending the University of Oregon or SOSC (I grew up in Oregon so I applied to both—my Dad is a SOSC alumnus and Mom attended there but ended opting for the Mrs.—while there however she did very well in some of the last courses, if not the last course, offered by Angus Bowmer). However the cost of state schools in Oregon went up a fair bit between when you went through and when I was applying.
“You’re the most brilliant Engineering student we’ve had in many years and we were really looking forward to working with you on your interesting and original research project. However you can’t swim.”
They do teach other things as well. At least the rock climbing isn’t required, and what I learned about colored peoples I learned by getting to know a few from Cleveland, Louisiana, and some other places.
It was a little enlightening for someone from the back woods of Oregon.
But the ones who were really weird to get to know were from Boston and NYC. Many of them were much weirder than folks from Eugene. Of course, I think the sentiment was probably mutual.
However you can’t swim.”
So learn.
Isn’t rock climbing traditionally a white centric activity? This smacks of cultural appropriation.
They taught a lot of unathletic nerds to swim and be safe in the water.
I identify as transparent. I can see veins and arteries all over. Where does that put me?
Why, swimming has nothing to do with engineering or any other academic endeavor. It’s a completely arbitrary requirement. Why not require everybody to become a chess master, it’s about as relevant. By your logic Stephen Hawkings couldn’t graduate because he can’t swim. What was Isaac Newton’s swimming skill level? When you’re about to have surgery, do you inquire about the surgeon’s ability to swim. Learning to swim is a good thing, however it has no business being a requirement for a professional degree. Save it for the “Studies” majors.
The ropes used for rock climbing look a lot like the ropes used for lynchings, don’t they?
This is the emotional foundation for segregation and, eventually, genocide. “Don’t you feel better just with your own? Hate/fear/be disgusted by the infidel/unbeliever. Keep them away from you for your safety. They came to close, beat them so you’re not polluted.”
Cornell, another University that one does not take the diploma at face value. Check the courses and the grades, “Rock climbing” is the new “basket weaving,” in the “Ivies.”
Ithaca is a shit town anyway, go somewhere else.
Do you have to learn to tie any noose-type knots for rock-climbing? Who will the POC club blame if they see any “nooses” lying around?
Since I’m white, I doubt I would qualify for this class. But what if I said I identify as orange?
BTY: Did you know that orange is one of the few words in English that has no rhyming words? Silver is another one.
Make sure to take out a high interest loan to pay for the class.
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