This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0480_01BFA3DB.D3244C80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Why don't you name these slobs? The point is well taken with regards to = there being riff-raff within the organization, but why stop here? Finger = the bastards. Drew -----Original Message----- From: Mike Bruic <mikebruic@di*.co*> To: cavers@cavers.com <cavers@cavers.com> Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: NSS/CDS Instruction??? =20 =20 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 =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. =20 Bruic =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0480_01BFA3DB.D3244C80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Why don't you = name these=20 slobs? The point is well taken with regards to there being riff-raff = within the=20 organization, but why stop here? Finger the bastards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Comic Sans MS" = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Drew</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20 </B>Mike Bruic <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:mikebruic@di*.co*">mikebruic@digitalexp.com</A>>= <BR><B>To:=20 </B><A href=3D"mailto:cavers@cavers.com">cavers@cavers.com</A> = <<A=20 = href=3D"mailto:cavers@cavers.com">cavers@cavers.com</A>><BR><B>Date: =20 </B>Tuesday, April 11, 2000 3:53 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>NSS/CDS=20 Instruction???<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV>I would like to enlighten this list as to what it really takes = to=20 become a CDS instructor first hand. If anybody else has = anything=20 similar, please post it. I don't expect to hear from any active CDS=20 instructors, they don't want to lose their cards, but then = again, it=20 really isn't worth much in my view, so what are they scared of. = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During my internship to become a Full Cave Instructor within = the CDS I=20 was required to co-teach with several instructors within the = organization.=20 One of these classes was with two former Intro Cave students of mine = (I was=20 a Intro Instructor at the time) going for their App Cave Card. Our = first=20 dive was to set-up a circuit at Ginnie. The dive went without event, = and the=20 students preformed fairly, but not at the App level in my judgement. = When=20 the time came for the post dive briefing, and discussion for the = second=20 dive, the instructor in charge signed their paperwork off at App = cave, gave=20 it to me, and took his course fee's. When I ask him what he was = doing he=20 simply told me that from what he had seen they did very, very good, = that=20 their is nothing he could teach them and that he needed to get = ready=20 for a training committee meeting later that night anyway. = Needless to=20 say, these divers did do the required 4 dives (not 1) plus one=20 more before I co-sign the paper work. In a completely = different class, a different CDS instructor didn't even require that = I get=20 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=20 and Lamar Hires who both made me work and learn more for = my full cave=20 instructor card.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruic </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0480_01BFA3DB.D3244C80--
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