Yes I can swim. I learnt to swim before I was five and was a member of my local swimming club. It took me like forever to learn how to dive, I just couldn't get it together but one day it just came and I was able to do it. I only did competitions up to 50 metres, 100 metres just seemed way too long. But I did eventually get the sticker saying I had done 1500 metres that was nice. Also did some competitions for the region, but I wasn't that good and at my local club I was always swimming against someone that was better than me, but that was ok you got to use it. I also liked backstroke and breastroke and could never get into Butterfly. I did like medley events too.
I believe swimming to be very important and I do not understand why some parents do not teach their kids to swim. They don't need to be great at it, but all children really should learn to have a basic swimming ability. Because, you never know what could happen. And do you want to be pushed off a boat and not be able to save yourself? I also believe people need to at least learn how the sea works because theres a big difference between swimming at the pool and swimming in the sea.