My Learning Experience

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My Learning Experience
As a child, I was very active and I would participate in any sport or activity that I could. I was always a fast-learner and I would pick up on techniques easily, but the hardest thing that I have ever had to do was learn to swim. Learning a new skill could sometimes be a scary experience. I was always afraid of the water, but I decided that swimming was an important skill that I should learn. I also thought that swimming would be good exercise and help me to become physically stronger, but what I didn’t realize was that learning to swim would make me a more confident person.
At the age of eleven, things such as not being able to swim can be very embarrassing. . So, for this reason, one summer my dad and I decided that it was time for me to learn to swim. Before I knew it, I was enrolled in swimming lesson at the Inez pool located in Kentucky. New situations always made me a bit nervous, and my first swimming lesson was no exception. After I changed into my bathing suit in the locker room, I stood timidly by the pool waiting for the instructor and other students. After a couple of minutes the instructor and two other students arrived, and immediately the teacher came over a greeted me with a smile. The other students were both older than me, and they did not seem to be embarrassed about not knowing how to swim. This made me feel more at ease than before.
Once we were all acquainted, we got into the pool and the teacher had us put on bright orange water wings to help us stay afloat. One of the other students, Kristen, had already taken the beginning class once before, so she took a kickboard and went splashing off by herself. The other student, Nathan, and I were told to hold on to the side of the pool and were shown how to kick for the breaststroke. One by one, the instructor had us hold on to a kickboard while she pulled it through the water and we kicked. In no time, Nathan was off doing this by himself....