Teaching Swimming Lessons

I work at Lenior Rhyne University every Saturday during the fall and winter teaching swimming lessons. In March I work four nights a week and I love every minute of it. My job is the best and most rewarding job anyone can have. The only bad thing is that just because we swim in an inside pool doesn't mean it is warm. The CVAC or Catawba Valley Aquatics Club swim team is in the pool along with us. They have one half and we use the other half of the pool for swim lessons. The swimmers will get overheated if the pool is not cool so that is why even though it is inside, the pool is still really cold. I feel bad for some of the kids because they are so small and have nothing on their bones to keep them warm. Their teeth start chattering and I try to make them swim enough to keep them warm without getting too tired.
     Each class is thirty minutes long and I usually have two or three kids per class. The first twenty minutes we work on teaching the kids free style or id they are little then just basic skill they need for swimming. The next five minutes we work on backstroke. This stroke is most of the kids' favorite because they love learning to float on their backs. The last five minutes we work of dives and jumps with the kids. The kids also get to jump off of the diving boards which are a little bit higher off the ground for them.
     I love seeing the children's reactions when they finally accomplish and learn something new. They are so excited and want to show everyone their "new trick". Watching each kid grow and progress as the weeks go by is the best feeling. I feel as if I have helped them and potentially saved their lives. Kids drown every month because they can't swim and i makes me feel good knowing I have helped them and kept their parent's minds at ease.