i did a swimming course at my mom’s embassy with a couple of white kids in delhi and there was a diving pool with a 16 feet deep swimming pool and i was very scared of it so my teacher made me swim and touch the floor when i was 10? 11? 12? i was the only one who was very scared of diving and did it badly, so he made the whole class swim to the bottom and touch the floor, but i made a whole scene by being the only one refusing to do it even when everyone had done it. and everyone was watching me standing on the edge of the pool, and it was dramatic because the edge of the pool way above cause the water is filled at a lower level in diving pools, and i felt like i was a hell pit seriously. my teacher wont let me get away with it, and i felt very humiliated and i hated him in that moment, but then he forced my head underwater, and then i did it?? and i felt so good! and then i kept doing it on my own for the next few days, because i started loving it, and it worked and made me overcome my fear of that pool because it all seemed approachable now! i gave my teacher a pen as a thank you cause i fell in love with him lol
edit: my mom says that a “korean” girl was involved? and she talked to me politely while i was gripping the edge of the diving pool, refusing and scared, and told me it wasn’t as scary and then i did it? i think i actually remember her? cause the next day i did it with her and we smiled at each other everytime we emerged after doing it ha!!