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Should swimming lessons be mandatory in schools?

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-11-16 09:00

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MisterPanda (France)

I come from France where swimming lessons in school are compulsory (dating back to Charlemagne!). I even got my lifesaving certificate in school (granted I took an extra class and most French students do not do it).

A boy poses for a photo in the detachable swimming pool outside the Water Cube in Beijing, August 8, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

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