review of: West Los Angeles College
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B St, Culver City, CA
310-287-4200

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Don't bother.

I really looked forward to taking this class with my toddler. I thought it was going to be one of those golden memories, you know? Well, its a memory alright. This is a 5 week - weekend class offered through West L.A. College's Extension Program that meets every Saturday morning. The catalogue touts it as a recreational class where swimming will not be taught - which was fine with us. But, they got a new teacher at the very last minute and things were a little different.

She was very strict and set on maintaining a class structure and syllabus - which generally is good except when you have a bunch of hyper babies and toddlers in a pool and have about twenty minutes to accomplish anything. We were taught the basics in terms of blowing bubbles, kicking, floating and so forth which is very helpful, but the teacher's interjections about the way we *should* be handling/controlling our kids was a bit disconcerting.

I must admit, after withstanding a couple of sessions like this (at one point we were told not to talk at all during class - try doing that with a toddler flipping about in a pool) I had to call her on it. I apologized to all of the other parents in the class afterward and was shocked that they not only did not mind the brief transgression, but totally appreciated my speaking up. At that point we all agreed that we would sway people away from this class or at least the teacher in the future.

Be warned!

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