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I'm doing my SEQ 2 (UK based), and I have to teach Butterfly and Breastroke to stage 1 and stage 9. Has anyone got any advice on drills, what would your typical lesson plan look like for these stages? Any tips on dry land demos? I can't seem to find any video examples, I guess it's a pretty niche subject, but if anyone has seen any please let me know!

I'm hoping to get some advice in a few areas; general, lesson planning, conducting lessons and getting over the shyness of being too loud.

Does anyone know of any websites or anywhere I can get insight into lesson plans, drills, what drills are suitable to what stage etc. also, if you have lesson plans you religiously use, please comment below or DM me.

And any advice on how to spread your focus to have eyes on all students all the time? I feel like I hyper focus on one and panic when I lose sight of the others.

We're gearing up to do our teaching assessments and I'm really scared. I taught a lesson for the first time yesterday and balled my eyes out as soon as it was done. It was mortifying. I've never taught anyone anything, and it's been an awful long time since I was under the instruction of a swimming teacher myself. I feel like I've overestimated my abilities, but this is the route I've chosen, and the route I really want to work, so best believe Im going to make it work 😅

(Will be teaching stages 1 to 7, most nervous about stage 1 and stage 3)

If anyone has any tips or advice please comment below or DM me 🙏🌸

(apologies if not the right place to post, but I need help, please redirect me if needed!!)

I'm looking for a summer dress that's so breathable it's like wearing nothing. Does that exist?? Am I dreaming?? Because I've been done bad before with online shopping and not being able to feel the fabric in person, I'm hoping to find tried and tested dresses, that you swear by, the ones you lay out the night before a 38⁰ day 🥴

- any cream, white or light colours

- plain or patterned

- spaghetti straps or 1-2 inch straps (strapless is fine too, just not preferred)

- mini dress, but not Zara type of mini (the burden of 5'9)

- up to £30 is preferred, but I'll sell my soul and develop a vinted addiction if the dress you swear by is more - I'm so desperate guys 🥲

- online or in store in the UK

To be frank, I sweat buckets. I'll feel drops dripping down my back while the rest of the public will be perfxectly dry and wearing trousers and even boots 😭 and I don't have the confidence to hack the dripping with sweat look 💦. It's gross, it's embarrassing and I avoid leaving the house because of it. I'm in the UK, we've been having a ton of very fun heatwaves so it's reached the point of desperation!!

Extra info:

- I'm rocking 36DD baddies which need support, I normally prefer something that holds them in place on its own, or a built in bra situation or just something that isn't seeing through enough to show my bra underneath

- size 14, soft hourglass

- I'm 5'9 and after a mini that doesn't show me cheeks

- I'm really not fussed about the specifics, I just want something breathable to make my life a bit more loveable 🩷

I grew up in a hot country so I spent 80% of my life in the water, focused on water sports and swimming as my preferred method of exercise. Unfortunately this all changed when I moved to a country where water sports and swimming are not as accessible as they were back home.

There's a pool at my partner's gym and I want to start going again but I feel like I'm putting a lot of pressure on myself to be as good as I was almost a decade ago. But at the same time I'm completely petrified that I won't remember what to do and won't manage more than 5 laps before I'm at the brink of collapse (I never picked up an alternate form of exercise, big whoopsy daisy).

I developed pretty bad anxiety during the move. My unhealthy coping mechanism has been to avoid letting myself be alone with my thoughts, so I am also quite nervous for how that'll be in the water.

This whole inner debate has had me putting it off for too long, but I'm almost off to train to be a swimming teacher so it's getting urgent. It is so exciting and it's the first job that has felt fitting until I realised the reality of being out of the water for so long. I sometimes find myself feeling more guilty than excited, I feel like a phony.

So, a few questions I guess:

What are some good tactics for keeping scary thoughts at bay while in the water?

Has anyone else struggled with reintroducing themselves to swimming?

What's a good starting point to re-familiarise oneself with swimming?

How much of an expert in your own abilities do you have to be to be a successful teacher?

I'm desperate to dive back in for not only the psychological and physiological benefits, but mainly to improve my confidence as a teacher-to-be. I feel so sad to have lost something that meant so much, and am even more saddened that it's become such a big struggle to reconnect. And the guilt!! Oh the guilt 😞

If anyone has any tips, advice, similar experiences, or any knowledge that might help with any of what I've mentioned, I'd really appreciate it.

So I haven't watched Love Island in YEARS and it's my first time exploring public views on Reddit (or anywhere tbh) and it's feeling intense to say the least 🫪

Is it normally like this? The feuds? The blind support? The double standards? The hypocrisy? So many people feeling so strongly and so confidently about islanders who we literally can't know from a bar of soap, besides the sides of them the producers want us to see? Is this a pattern that we see every season or is this season bringing up some particularly interesting reactions?

The producers consistently distort people to suit their storylines, but are they doing anything extra this season to cause this reaction? Is it this season's islanders?? Or is it just always like this?

I find it so hard to see people supporting objectively bad decisions, seeing people comment on the contestants looks, making decisive comments about their character, and acting with such little concern for the fact that they're talking about very real people who have every ability to see their comments. I'm not coming at freedom of speech, but I am coming at this level of nastiness that so many people seem to possess 😦

And the stans, how does that even happen? How do you just hand over all your morals and faith to someone on TV when they're essentially being marketed to you for better or for worse :/

It just sucks to see people's morals shaking in the name of some stranger on a TV screen.

I know it's not that deep, it's reality TV , whatever I get it. This is just a new side to the general population that has shocked me a little and I'm curious to know if it's always been this way.

Woah guys do you think the producers purposefully sent in guys who weren't really bombshells to the girls because it fits their lads holiday, wives worrying at home narrative?

I know there are a lot of variables in place here but 2 of 7 girls re-coupled while the boys took that on and doubled it 🫪

I feel like if there was someone actually suited to Angie we might not be in this situation 😭

Here's a bunch of thoughts I'd love to have other viewpoints on, let me know if you agree/ disagree!

I spent half of last night's episode fuming at how the boys were moving and the other half almost happy for them?? I still think they've been disgusting but seeing how some of the boys are with people who might be better suited to them is making me realise that a lot of them were just not where they wanted to be. Look, the chats could be better but they just met these people, there's bound to be guards up and nerves all round.

I mean, has anyone else been shocked at how different Lorenzo is when he's actually confident that he's into someone 🫢

Seeing how keen on Julia he is, with the PDA and practically being attached to her hip, and then thinking about how he was with Jas and Yas is actually kind of embarrassing for me, how was I ever rooting for them to work out as couples when he was clearly not feeling it??

Ellie has consistently grown as a favourite the more times gone on and I definitely see Julia bringing the same result. When I saw Julia's intro I was scared she was going to be another Sam, but I am so glad to have been wrong about it! I hope this isn't an opinion that's going to change after 2 more episodes in typical LI fashion, but I really want to see her in the main villa (honestly, I can't see Lorenzo leaving her behind AT ALL).

And can someone explain to me why Fitzy took the one time he KNEW his actions would be shared with the main villa to act like a PIG?? He could've done all that without Lola knowing right away, is he testing her?? Is he relying on the 'challenge' excuse?? I made a post a while ago speculating about there being some truth in his going exclusive too early joke and I really didn't want to be right about it </3

Simba, I don't even care man. Every time the show moves to him I zone out 🤣 so done. So so done. Absolute DELINQUENT.

On the other hand, I love seeing Aiden not being given the time of day. Consistently have the biggest smile on my face whenever he's sad, and in Casa it's been a lot <3 love to see men facing the consequences of their actions and behaviour.

Unpopular Opinion: Guys I was rooting for Mica and Samraj in the early days, they just made sense. Now I find Mica's behaviour unsettling to the point that I'm not even mad about Samraj having his head scrambled. Yet another storyline I'm just not paying attention to.

Also why are all my thoughts about how the guys are moving. I feel like the girls aren't getting enough input from the producers in terms of challenges and that, they're just waiting. Why did the boys have that challenge on the first night and the girls were just left to their own devices? Please can the girls leave the villa next time, it's so unfair to leave them in the beds they normally share with their couples, surrounded by reminders of them. I want to see Angie moving on, Priya finding someone good for her, Jasmine finding someone more suited to her, and I want Ellie to be as open as Fin.

Just want to add that I don't know enough about any of the islanders to believe that any of them are inherently bad people and I know we never get the full story. Even where my thoughts have leaned towards negativity, I don't think there is anyone in there who is ultimately immune to self-reflection and positive growth.

The producers are REALLY moving the Lorenzo and Jasmine situation (I think the LI App after yesterday's episode really proved this). So I'm thinking they're going to let Aiden choose first which would ultimately end up with Kavan and Priya being coupled up (assuming Aiden chooses Yas). Alternatively, if Lorenzo chooses first, it would be Aiden with Priya (assuming Lorenzo chooses Yas).

Do we think both situations would be friendship couples or could we see something unexpected bloom for Priya? ✨

Wild card would be Lorenzo just straight up choosing Jasmine 🫢

Also would Aiden choose Yasmin if it impacts his brother's relationship at all?? Or would he take Kavan taking a step back as an opportunity to move guilt-free??

Predictions (for max TV drama):

Aiden and Yasmin

Lorenzo and Jasmine

Kavan and Priya

Fin and Ellie

Simba and Angelista

Samraj and Mica

Sean and Lola

I appreciate there is obviously a high chance it's just a standard recoupling and no unwanted couplings take place, but my life is no where near as exciting so I'll be here speculating about theirs like reality TV is there for 🫶🏻

I'm so excited to see what Bebe Rexha has to say and who she's talking to. Have any of the performers called people out or given opinions to the islanders before?

Guys actually when is the next possible chance for Tommy to get knocked out like fine this was a stupid and pathetic and pointless outcome but let's think of the positives, he can get dumped right?? But when!! How much longer!! When is the next dumping!!! Bonus points if Aiden goes too like no one was there voting you President 😭😭😭

Do we know who from the current season was scouted and who went through the application process? Here's what we've got so far:

Robyn: Applied Lorenzo: Scouted Fitzy: Scouted via TikTok Application Ope: West End Connections Mica: Connections Jasmine: Scouted Angelista: Victoria: George: Sam: Samraj: Aiden: Kavan: Tina: Halle: Simba: Yasmin: Chidi: Namibia: Ellie: Tommy: Fin: Lola: Priya:

My uncle passed away by suicide and I have been so happy to have the opportunity to name my first born son after him, but I'm worried about the connotations and how they might feel being named after someone who passed away in that manner.

Unfortunately my whole family suffers from depression and I've always worried about having biological children and knowingly passing on that gene. Would this be too much on a sad thought or a way of turning a sad thought into something beautiful?

Edit: thank you for your responses, I think a middle name or something similar is the route I'll be looking into. Thank you all! <3

I need help (England)

I'm 25 and lost my job last October, I've been in a serious depressive period since then and am only now in a position to actively seek help.

I am aware better mental health will better the situation and am actively working on it: I am on the NHS waiting list for therapy and working with my GP trialling different medication routes.

My partner (24) earns £1.9k, our rent is £1.35k, he pays £300 a month for his car, £300 for bills and council tax, and has to pay for travel (fuel and hotels - £100 hotel once a week, 150 miles traveled twice a week) for work.

Due to his high income, we have been rejected for crisis payments, council tax reduction, and UC. I signed up for JSA but have since had to change to ESA as I've been unable to keep up with JSA requirements and am only getting £199 a month. (ESA have tried to call to discuss the application but that was last Thursday and I haven't heard back, but I'm assuming the payment will be the same anyway) We have no savings.

My parents are in £15k debt themselves and unable to help.

I have a credit card and overdraft but I'll have no way to pay it off and I don't know what that will do to my credit score and predict it will only worsen my mental health.

It's a vicious cycle, the financial crisis destroys my mental health and my mental health prevents me from reliably seeking or potentially attending work.

Rent is due today.

At first I reached out to UC because I hoped some financial autonomy might help my mental health, my partner covers bills and food but I have no access to his money to buy things like deodorant, appropriate shoes or clothes (I've gone up 2 sizes since losing my job). With JSA it's proven to be true (that personal finance supports my mental state), but it's still not enough to get by.

The thought of going into debt at 25 is sending me to a really dark place and I really want to figure something else before the darkness has time to settle. I'm really sorry if you can't make much sense of this. I'm not exactly in a good brain space to think and, therefore write clearly, but if you need more information to give any advice please ask.

I have spoken to citizens advice who pointed out that an appeal is unlikely to change the outcome as the benefit system doesn't account for bills, car payments, fuel etc.

Do I really need to break up with my partner to survive? Is an appeal worth a shot? Is there support I haven't found yet? If I cancel JSA/ potential ESA will I get more UC? How long do council housing waiting lists typically take? Would we even qualify? Please, please, please, any help or advice or insight would mean the world.

We had two well paying jobs that appeared stable when we chose our rental unit, we understand we need a cheaper place but we can't afford moving vans, a new deposit if needed etc. There is a month left on our 12 month lease, but I don't think I could even handle the moving process mentally right now and am worried it might take me 10 steps back in my mental health battle. Edit: just realised the chance of being accepted for a new property with one of us unemployed is not looking good.

Hi!! I tend to send invites to those on higher levels for the co op events because I'm only on level 10 and unable to budget real monies for the game, so can only manage about 2 designs a day before I start running low on products.

To the higher level folks, does this annoy you? I mean I appreciate that you can reject/ ignore invitations if the level is too low, but you can't predict that it's someone who is limited to how much they can contribute.

I'm sure there are some who don't mind and some who do, I guess this is also just my way of releasing guilt. Like I wish I could message them and say I'm sorry 😭🤍

Also, I noticed the F U EA flair and somehow think that would be more fitting because why do I have to go broke to enjoy a game on my phone, alas we will settle for advice please 🤝

While I understand the avoidance of an official diagnosis for Sheldon, in my opinion his character displays a lot of traits that are familiar to me, having close friends and family with ASD diagnoses ( so not an expert ).

I was wondering if there's anyone with an ASD diagnosis who might be comfortable sharing their perspective on the show's representation of autism, or maybe you disagree with the autism assumption altogether.

The other day I asked my boyfriend what he thought about the potential representation of autism on the show since he grew up with a sister who was diagnosed with ASD at an early age.

He said he struggles with how everyone lets Sheldon 'get away' with things he says and does that are inappropriate or harmful to others and wishes it showed that those on the spectrum can still be held accountable to an extent. He does appreciate the character and cheered that they didn't shy away from showing the complexities of living with someone with autism, the unconditional love among all the perks and flaws.

(I'm sorry if any views or wording shared in this post offends anyone, I'm very open to any feedback on how to improve discussing matters such as this. I'm here trying to better my understanding of ASD)

I'm watching Once Upon a Time for the first time since watching season 1 when it first aired, I love it so much but am occasionally annoyed with the characters and storyline (honestly it's mostly rumple and belle that gets me).

I'm not sure if anyone can relate to this, maybe it's just not my style, but regardless there's more to love than dislike so I want to keep going. But I recently re-watched glee and wished I stopped watching at a certain point (iykyk). Very different shows, I know, and a downfall that I don't predict interfering with OUAT, but the feeling I'm trying to avoid is related.

I don't want a tainted memory of the show as I hope that it's something I can contently rewatch in the years to come. Are there any seasons that I should just skip or stop at?

Any tips??