OK this one is horrifying, especially for you gen z ers. As a teenager we were required to swim nude, in the school's pool. I grew up in the 60-70's.
It was not uncommon for public schools to have the boys swim nude during PE swim class. Hower, I do recall swim class being an elective class. And as boys, back in those days, we thought nothing of it.
I recall the reasoning being that some kids could not afford proper trunks and it was too cumbersome to determine what was, via construction and materials, acceptable swimwear. It was said that fibers would get caught up in the pool filters and cause significant damage.
For years I have told this story to a few ,only because, although I am from major city, we did have the reputation as being unsophisticated,backwoods and country. And, those few I did mention it to seemed highly suspicious towards the tale, so I just forgot about and haven't told a soul since the 80's. Now, many decades later, I was even beginning to question myself as to if this was a false or exaggerated memory.
I came across the commenter's posed question,just by random but ,before even constructing this reply; I decided to search it out. Believe me, there are some ignorant trolls on 'Similar Worlds's, in the same fashion as they run amuck on (snarky youth-dominated) Reddit. I already have had previous experiences with buffoonish comments towards my posting of unusual yet true events. So I took a long shot and did a internet search and I indeed found others, on other sites, posting similar experiences in their gym classes.
However, now living in an age where much of the hidden past has been revealed, I wonder; as boys we thought nothing of but, what about those gym teachers (LOL -...I think ? ...yikes !)
