“I felt queasy in my stomach when I heard my mom was going to give me swimming lessons, because I couldn’t swim. I was afraid I might drown. Even though it’s never happened to me, I still believed there was a chance I could. But when I got there I really liked John, my swimming teacher, because he was nice to me and encouraged me. Now my mom says I look like a frog swimming in the water. I feel great and inspired now that I can swim. My best stroke is the breaststroke. I still haven’t mastered the crawl stroke but I believe I will with John.