It's odd, but I don't remember screaming about the back-floating thing, although my mother might tell differently if she were here, as I have a lousy memory of my childhood. I almost drowned when I was 8, and had to be rescued from the Green River in Utah, and my mother took me to swimming lessons (beginner) for three years after that. I never did learn to float on my back, because every time my feet went out from under me, I panicked. But I don't remember screaming about it. Maybe I just blocked that part out.
