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From: "Mike Bruic" <mikebruic@di*.co*>
To: <cavers@cavers.com>
Subject: NSS/CDS Instruction???
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:53:56 -0400
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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

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<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>
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