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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BFA3C5.C2F53D80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would like to enlighten this list as to what it really takes to become = a CDS instructor first hand. If anybody else has anything similar, = please post it. I don't expect to hear from any active CDS instructors, = they don't want to lose their cards, but then again, it really isn't = worth much in my view, so what are they scared of.=20 During my internship to become a Full Cave Instructor within the CDS I = was required to co-teach with several instructors within the = organization. One of these classes was with two former Intro Cave = students of mine (I was a Intro Instructor at the time) going for their = App Cave Card. Our first dive was to set-up a circuit at Ginnie. The = dive went without event, and the students preformed fairly, but not at = the App level in my judgement. When the time came for the post dive = briefing, and discussion for the second dive, the instructor in charge = signed their paperwork off at App cave, gave it to me, and took his = course fee's. When I ask him what he was doing he simply told me that = from what he had seen they did very, very good, that their is nothing he = could teach them and that he needed to get ready for a training = committee meeting later that night anyway. Needless to say, these divers = did do the required 4 dives (not 1) plus one more before I co-sign the = paper work. In a completely different class, a different CDS instructor = didn't even require that I get into the water with him. After witnessing = all of this and much more, I sought out the real deal, and finished my = internship solely with Pat Watson and Lamar Hires who both made me work = and learn more for my full cave instructor card. Bruic =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BFA3C5.C2F53D80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>I would like to enlighten this list as to what it really takes to = become a=20 CDS instructor first hand. If anybody else has anything similar, = please=20 post it. I don't expect to hear from any active CDS instructors, they = don't want=20 to lose their cards, but then again, it really isn't worth much in = my view,=20 so what are they scared of. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During my internship to become a Full Cave Instructor within the = CDS I was=20 required to co-teach with several instructors within the organization. = One of=20 these classes was with two former Intro Cave students of mine (I was a = Intro=20 Instructor at the time) going for their App Cave Card. Our first dive = was to=20 set-up a circuit at Ginnie. The dive went without event, and the = students=20 preformed fairly, but not at the App level in my judgement. When the = time came=20 for the post dive briefing, and discussion for the second dive, the = instructor=20 in charge signed their paperwork off at App cave, gave it to me, and = took his=20 course fee's. When I ask him what he was doing he simply told me that = from what=20 he had seen they did very, very good, that their is nothing he = could teach=20 them and that he needed to get ready for a training = committee meeting later=20 that night anyway. Needless to say, these divers did do the required 4 = dives=20 (not 1) plus one more before I co-sign the paper work. In = a=20 completely different class, a different CDS instructor didn't even = require that=20 I get into the water with him. After witnessing all of this and much = more, I=20 sought out the real deal, and finished my internship solely with Pat = Watson and=20 Lamar Hires who both made me work and learn more for my full cave=20 instructor card.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruic </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0045_01BFA3C5.C2F53D80--
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