I graduated high school in June of 1977, the last of the high schools I went to (I did the tri-borough thing, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island); had a pool and swimming was one of the required gym classes before graduation. The teacher I remember to this day was Mr.Radolinski. He would show up in the gymnasium at the start of the term and select some 30 boys for the class. Swimming was usually done naked although for the really shy a pair of trunks was allowed-although it brought so much ridicule it wasn't worth the risk. I didn't give it any thought and just went naked.
My problem was two-fold. I had this thing for Mr.Radolinski and also one of the students. Mr.Radolinski was always fully clothed:frown1:; the student, big fellow by the name of John, was naked as I was. Looking at either of them threatened to expose my desires. John and I shared something in common-although not the height, he was 6 foot 5 (same as Mr. Radolinski)and a little pudgy-we were the only two with a foreskin in the two classes I got drafted for. Our teacher made a comment about it once as John and I walked past him after the swim session was over. He advised us to peel back and get any chlorine out from underneath. It was enough to get my penis to twitch which gave him to give a short laugh. The other thing about swim class, Mr.Radolinski would send some boys through his class two or three times. John ended up taking swim class 4 times in that 4 year stretch. If I had been in that school at the start, I might have as well.
Nudity was still somewhat normal back then; although, it could be seen that it was coming towards a close. John went on to become a teacher up in Maine, Radokinski went wherever he went and I went on to sell bus tickets, become an accountant and then into my current career. I think of the both of them every so often, wondering if John still has his foreskin and did our teacher have his back then? (in my thoughts he did and still does) I spend too much time wondering.