3 Ways Swimming Has Made Me a Better Student
3 Ways Swimming Has Made Me a Better Student
By Sarah Lloyd
As I sat in the library writing this article, I couldn’t help but think about the amount of schoolwork that was piling up around me for the week. I had an annotated bibliography and the opening four pages of an history research paper due for Wednesday, 150 pages of reading and a quiz to study for on Friday, and a rough draft of another research paper for the coming Monday. I sat there, thought about everything I had to do on top of practices, and then thought: “Yep, I can do this” because that’s what swimming has taught me.
I don’t know if my professors have just been being polite, but at the beginning of every semester when I introduce myself to them and let them know that I’m a swimmer and that I may be missing classes for meets, there’s always some sort of “Oh, that’s okay! Swimmers are some of the best students at this school!” as a response, by which I’m constantly flattered. But when I really took the time to think about it, it makes sense — swimming is the kind of sport that facilitates high-performance students.
