May I infer you are not too bored to read my views, Itchy?
If you've read my posts then maybe it really is just LoveinTokyo who has the problem.
Blagora
It's perfectly possible to teach children good manners in the pool. It's dangerous to dive in willy nilly without checking if anyone is underneath you. My ds learnt that as soon as he learnt to swim aged 4
Indeed it is, and the fact that most people do not come away from a pool with the imprints of small feet on their backs should tell us that most children have either been told not to try it, or have figured it out for themselves.
Yet we still see people getting uptight about children around pools, who fully believe that parents these days have stopped trying to exert any control over their offspring, annoyed to the point where they seethe about children's behaviour while they are in the water, observe a woman on the pool deck so closely that they can identify the make of her phone instead of getting on with swimming, and also fume about the fact that the children are using a pool in a hotel mainly used by business travelers.
Also people who think shrieking is outrageous.
People see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear. If being negative about children and anxious about rules is part of your culture then you will find fault everywhere. Normal fun will become evidence of the imminent end of civilisation as we know it
I second the advice to get prescription goggles and to use them instead of contacts, Woodhill*. Wearing your contacts in a pool (or while swimming anywhere else, or in hot tubs, or even showers) can result in infections, and worst case scenario, a corneal ulcer.